Captivating Portraits, Mood Images & Experimental Photography
For Agencies . Magazines . Companies . Artists
Asja.
As a professional photographer with many years of experience in advertisement, corporate and editorial photography I am now working for renowned agencies, companies, fashion brands, magazines and artists.
My studio is located in the heart of Hamburg-Sternschanze, Germany, though I work across Europe and in Latin-America.
Argentina is where I lived for a few years and got my education in fashion and advertisement photography, with a special focus on continuous lighting, as well as an additional training in high-end beauty retouching, most of which I do myself.
Two souls are residing in me: Artist and photographer.
The One : The enthusiastic artist in me is motivated by play, flow, beauty and connection, has the courage to be led by intuition, and loves to create staged experimental portraits and fashion stories that aim to be rich in atmosphere and have a magical lighting.
The Other : The professional photographer in me focuses on the client’s needs, loves planning shoots and working in teams, sees looking behind the scenes of different industries as an adventure, gets all geeky about lighting techniques and photo gear, and genuinely likes people and does everything for them to shine and feel good and seen in front of her lens.
In both roles, be it artist or photographer, I have very high standards for my work, demanding a lot from myself. I don’t like having to do work “quick and dirty”.
Creating beautiful, poetic, powerful, outstanding, captivating portraits is where it all comes together for me. It’s the combination of technical expertise and creative vision that allows the artwork to get to next level. And that’s what drives me.
Foto: Santiago Salazar
Clients
GOOGLE INC., Deutsche Telekom, Johnson&Johnson, Procter & Gamble Company, Tchibo, Lanserhof GmbH, Harisch Hotels, SMP, Raffaello Rossi, zero, Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, ECCO Sko A/S, ARTvergnügen GmbH, Dr. Schnell Chemie, Audi Hamburg, BMW
ROWOHLT VERLAG, Gruner & Jahr, 3Sat/ZDF, dtv Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Naxos Music Group, Quadriga Media Berlin GmbH
SCHOLZ&FRIENDS, DDB Germany, Territory - Content to Results, Die Kameradinnen, Art+Com, Elevate Identity, Von Helden und Gestalten
UMWELTMINISTERIUM NRW, Universität Hamburg / Hamburg Center for Health Economics, Behörde für Wissenschaft Forschung und Gleichstellung Hamburg, igs - Internationale Gartenschau Hamburg
KAMPF DER KÜNSTE / Slam Kultur gGmbH, I.P.O.N. - International Peace Observers Network e.V., Unternehmer ohne Grenzen e.V.
SOPHIE PASSMANN (author/radio show host), Ina Müller (singer/TV host), Michel Abdollahi (conferencier/performance artist/journalist), Eugen Ruge (author), Florence Kasumba (actress), Stefanie Stahl (author/psychologist), Dr. Anne Fleck (author/medical doctor), Sandra Gerling (actress), Anthony Lazaro (musician)
PLUS PORTRAITS of a wide variety of actors, bands, musicians, artists, entrepreneurs and politicians among other clients
Published
ELLE
Brigitte
STERN
DB Mobil
L'Officiel China
Die ZEIT
GALA Greece
FACES Magazin
NEON
Mega Magazine
Bunte
BARBARA Magazin
Lanserhof Magazin
taz
Jute Magazine
Flanelle Magazine
Spiegel online
Brigitte Woman
Brigitte Leben!
IRK Magazine
Nasty Magazine
Atlas Magazine
Catalogue Fashion Book
Institute Magazine
Szene Hamburg
Commercielle
Observer
Urbanshit
and many more
Exhibitions
"12 Seconds" - BFF
Aufschlag #14
Hamburg, Sept 2023
"RUNWAY" - Haus der Wirtschaft Stuttgart,
Sept/Oct 2022
"Bewegung" - BFF
Aufschlag #13
Hamburg, Aug 2022
"RUNWAY" - Frankfurt
Fashion Week, Jan/Feb
2022
"Future Perfect" - BFF
Aufschlag #12
Hamburg, June 2021
"FSK ab 18" - group
exhibition. Galerie
Drewes, Hamburg, 2020
50 Jahre BFF. "Your
signature - Das bleibt."
Stuttgart, Berlin,
Hamburg, 2019
BFF Aufschlag #10.
Hamburg, 04/2018
"Uncommissioned" -
BFF Aufschlag.
Hamburg, 05/2017
"Immersion&Illusion" –
first solo show.
Bonn, 02/2017
"Reduction" -
BFF Triebwerk.
Berlin, 10/2016
"Volcano" – group
exhibition.
Fotodesign
Buenos Aires,
Argentina, 12/2015
Press
I have been interviewed five times so far. You can have a look here (German only):
ProfiFoto
May 2022
A presentation of my portfolio on six pages with a short text about me in Germanys reknown photographic magazine ProfiFoto under the title of "Poesie und Euphorie". The cover photo is also by me.
digit! Magazine
July / August 2020
On eight pages the author writes about my view on photography, my path of becoming a professional full time photographer, presents an excerpt from my portfolio and does an interview with me. (German only)
Podcast-Interview
April 2022
If you want to know more about my path from well-paid senior project leader to professional full time photographer, my fears and if I regret it, listen to this 30-minute interview with me on the Podcast of "Montags gerne aufstehen"
PhotoPresse PP04
April 2021
In the interview I get to talk about a favorite job of mine from the past, what I liked about it and how we did it.
H.E.I.
January 2018
If you want to know more about my path of becoming a professional full time photographer read this article published in 2018 on the Blog of Hamburger Existenzgründungs Initiative (German only).
Foto: Santiago Salazar
Some biographical fun facts about me
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In my first life I worked for a Federal German enterprise in the field of International Cooperation as project leader. It was an awesome job! I just love photography so much more, so I quit it and started a new life. That career made me comfortable with leadership, handling high budgets, and taught me “corporate speak”.
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I have a master’s degree in Intercultural Communication, Adult Education and Psychology.
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Currently I speak six languages, having lived and worked in many different countries.
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Depending on the job, my sailing & motor boat license, or downhill skiing and horse-riding skills may come in handy.
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I am passionate about many things besides photography. Among them the Tim Ferriss Podcast, personality development, nonviolent-communication, entrepreneurship, romantic comedies, the series New Girl, literature, South America (Argentina & Brazil especially!), philosophy, investing, or rabbits... We will have lots of topics to bond over. Just give it a try ☺