
Some shoots are planned down to the last detail. This one was built on instinct and moved fast.
The brief was simple. Take two friends, two sharp suits, and find Berlin. What came back was something between a street series and a fashion editorial, shot across multiple locations in a single day with nothing but a camera, a flash and someone willing to hold it.
The outdoor frames happened the way the best street work does. Quickly, with the city doing most of the talking. Berlin's architecture, its textures and its light do not need much direction.

The underground sequence happened at the Messedamm underpass, the tunnel with the orange pillars and 70s ceramic tiles that has appeared in The Hunger Games, Captain America: Civil War and Atomic Blonde, among others. It is one of the most photographed and filmed locations in Berlin and it earns that reputation every time. The orange hits differently under flash. The suits made sense there in a way they wouldn't anywhere else.
Full concept, styling direction and photography handled independently.

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