About Me

Statement

Photography is my passion. Already during my studies I was fascinated by painting, drawing and photography. After few years, I concentrated on photography. The human representation is my photographic focus. Sometimes I'm interested in the personality and sometimes the sensuality of the person in front of my camera. A small sample of my photography can be seen on this website or in my photo book. The portraits in my portfolio are not differentiated according to whether my models are clothed or not, because nudity is often not the main purpose, but usually the starting point for my minimalist, sensual image composition.

I work both analog and digital, depending on my task and mood. In general, I prefer the physical presence of a signed print over a digital image.

References

Sometimes I note references like publications and exhibitions here. To be honest, I'm a bit lax in documenting my references and rarely complete them.

Interview-Blog

The blog shows my talks with people in the photo scene and a few articles with my personal view of photography. To be frank I do not claim to be journalistic. I do it just for fun for me and friends & family. The blog shows the timeline of posts. I choose my interview partners myself and purely intuitively. Save your time and mine and please don't apply for an interview.

Photo Books

A photo book is an independent medium that utilises photography as an art form and presents it in book form. It is a deliberate composition in which the photographer's vision and aesthetics take centre stage. The design of the photo book is often just as important as the photographs themselves. November 2024 I released my first public photo book “On Every New Day”. Read more about it here. Just sign up for the newsletter (below) to receive announcements about new books.

Polaroids

On this website I make no distinction between analogue and digital images. The only distinction I make concerns instant photography because it is something special. In my article ‘Polaroid Passion’ I describe the reason for this. And I also run a separate Instagram account for my Polaroid photography.

Table Talks

Table Talks is a current photo project where I sit at a table with a person and talk to them. Usually in my studio, sometimes somewhere else. I encourage the person in front of my camera to behave how they want, use accessories, express a mood or anything else. The situation usually develops in an interesting way during our dialog. This results in photos, some we keep private, some I show under the title “Tables Talks” here on thomasberlin.net/tabletalks and some on my dedicated Instagram account.

Models

I'm open to work with both professional and amateur models. I use the term model in general for a person in front of my camera, regardless of whether the person does it professionally or not. Write me via the contact form if you are interested in a photo shoot and what your ideas are. Or if you have questions regarding modelling, if you want to achieve a publication as a model or just to say hello.

Please bear in mind that I only work with models if I can use the photos without restrictions. In exceptional cases I pay a model fee, otherwise we shoot on a collaboration basis.

Photographers

I am always interested to communicate with creative people, to receive feedback or to discuss portfolios or photo books. Looking forward to your message via the contact form.

Retouchers

I edit my images myself because editing/retouching is part of my creative process. If you are a retoucher, please save your and my time and refrain from retouching offers.

Copyright

Unless otherwise stated: All images are mine. They may not be copied, modified, reproduced or published in whole or in part without my prior written consent.