The picture before the pose.
Observational portraiture and documentary work — Hungarian cultural life, street, and the occasional editorial sitting where the subject was left alone long enough to be themselves.
— On assignment, winter
LpB Photography is not built around a studio. It's built around a preference for pictures that look like they happened rather than ones that were made. The best frames here are of people who forgot the camera was there — a street musician between songs, a woman glancing up from traffic, a boy in a straw hat thinking about something else entirely.
Approach
Sessions are unhurried. Most start with a walk and a coffee, not a reflector. The job is to be quiet long enough that the subject stops performing, and then to be ready when they do. That's the whole craft, really — patience and timing.
Commissions
Available for portrait, documentary, and editorial assignments. Particularly interested in cultural and heritage work, small-business founder portraits, and projects that benefit from an unposed approach. Based in Switzerland, available on location.
Print & archive
Work is archived in high-resolution digital masters. Selected frames available as limited-edition prints on cotton rag, signed and numbered on the reverse. List of available editions on request.
- Based
- Switzerland. Available on location.
- Clients
- Editorial, private, and cultural.
- Specialties
- Portraits, documentary, editorial.
- Gear
- Full-frame digital & 35mm film, natural and strobe light.