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Photographed across time zones,
borders, and oceans —
each portrait made in
the subject's own space.
About the project
Every portrait I've ever made has required the same thing: being in the same room as the person I'm photographing. The same light, the same air, the same silence between us. Closer Together asks what happens when you take that away.
The series is an ongoing collection of remote portraits of artists and creators from around the world — people making things with intention, in studios and spare rooms and kitchens and garages, wherever their work happens. I photograph them from here, wherever they are from there, and something real still comes through.
"Distance turns out to be less of a barrier than I expected. The work is still about attention — about looking carefully at another person and waiting for the moment they forget you're there."
What draws me to artists as subjects is the same thing that makes portraiture interesting at all: the gap between the face people show the world and the one that appears when they're absorbed in something they care about. Artists tend to have a particular relationship with being seen. Some lean into it. Some resist it. The tension between those two things is where a portrait lives.
The project is ongoing and open. If you're an artist or creator and you're interested in being part of it, I'd like to hear from you.
Portraits are made using the CLOS remote portrait app, which enables real-time photographic connection across any distance.
Artists and creators from around the world — photographed in their own spaces, on their own time, from wherever they are.
The artists
Meet the people
in the series.
A selection of artists and creators featured in Closer Together so far. The series is ongoing — new portraits are added as the project grows.
A contemporary artist in southern California exploring the unknowable through the overview effect and awe. Works across time, sound, photography, painting, and film. Shown at Scope Art Show, Mana Contemporary, Palm Springs Museum of Art, Desert X, and Bombay Beach Biennale.
An Estonian fine art and documentary photographer whose work centres on the exploration of interhuman connections and intimacy.
Get involved
Are you an artist?
I'd like to photograph you.
Closer Together is an ongoing series and I'm always looking for new subjects. If you're an artist, maker, or creator — anywhere in the world — and you're interested in being part of it, reach out.
There's no cost to participate. All you need is a device with a camera, an internet connection, and an hour of your time. I'll handle the rest.
I'm particularly interested in artists whose work I haven't encountered before — the more unexpected the practice, the better.
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