the better half of her worst side
short films - the better half of her worst side - Sep/2025
There are always moments like this for each of us. It's what you can't see from the outside, the conflicts and struggles we wage unseen within ourselves. Franzi repeatedly makes this clear in her words and brings it to light. She always encourages self-acceptance and makes our own needs understandable. I am all the more delighted that I was able to translate this struggle into images with her in the studio. Every time I am in the studio with someone, new facets of the themes I am trying to capture in images open up to me, helping me to understand myself better in the process.
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I kept this series practically closed as a self-portrait series for a very long time. I think it’s time to open it up and at the same time connect it to my overarching theme, the portraits. And now I've expanded the project even further and had a couple in front of my lens for the first time.
As a rule, these are long exposure shots with exposure times varying between 2 and 30 seconds. In this case 15 seconds. They are series that deal with a range of human feelings and thoughts. They deal with desire, loss, regret and pain and the attempt to process all of this.
the better half of her worst side
short films - the better half of her worst side - Sep/2025
There are always moments like this for each of us. It's what you can't see from the outside, the conflicts and struggles we wage unseen within ourselves. Franzi repeatedly makes this clear in her words and brings it to light. She always encourages self-acceptance and makes our own needs understandable. I am all the more delighted that I was able to translate this struggle into images with her in the studio. Every time I am in the studio with someone, new facets of the themes I am trying to capture in images open up to me, helping me to understand myself better in the process.
***
I kept this series practically closed as a self-portrait series for a very long time. I think it’s time to open it up and at the same time connect it to my overarching theme, the portraits. And now I've expanded the project even further and had a couple in front of my lens for the first time.
As a rule, these are long exposure shots with exposure times varying between 2 and 30 seconds. In this case 15 seconds. They are series that deal with a range of human feelings and thoughts. They deal with desire, loss, regret and pain and the attempt to process all of this.