SEE YOU IN A GOOD LIGHT Professional photographer in Berlin

THE PERFECT COFFEE CIRCLE

Analog series about coffee - developed in the very coffee

This project is about using coffee as the medium to develop the photographs - bringing the images to life thanks to coffee itself.

I began experimenting with alternative developing method called Caffenol in 2024, as a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional darkroom B&W chemicals. Usually made with instant coffee, I wanted to explore further, testing it with real coffee beans. After some trials, the vision became reality.

My approach is to document the coffee culture in Germany thought the photographs, which are again only able to appear thanks to coffee.

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For the beginning of this project, I worked with Stray Coffee Roasters and their specialty coffee - the UBA FAMILY, macerated with banana.

Concept and photography by me, including developing, scanning and retouch.

Shot on FUJI GS645S, BW film Kodak TRI-X TX 400

Two men standing in doorway of a shop, one outside, the other inside. The man outside wears a white t-shirt and shorts, with glasses and a beard. The man inside wears a black t-shirt with tattooed arms, shorts, a cap, and has tattoos on his legs.

STRAY COFFEE ROASTERS

A coffee roastery from Munich, with the aim of offering unique, limited-edition single-origin coffees with an awareness of their origins, they draw inspiration from the countless possibilities of the coffee world.

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Shelf displaying packages of UBA FAMILIA banan macaroons from Colombia, with prices written underneath.

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A coffee setup on a wooden table with a coffee pot, a coffee filter, a coffee cup, and a package labeled "UBA FAMILY," with shadows of a hand and a coffee maker casting on the textured white wall behind.

A woman sitting cross-legged on a dark surface by a window, smiling at the camera, wearing a tank top, shorts, a beanie, glasses on her head, and a choker necklace. The wall behind her has posters, and the window has a vent at the bottom.

Two men enjoying a piggyback ride inside a house, smiling at the camera. One man is giving a piggyback ride to the other, both appear happy and casual.