Throwing

A day at the wheel with Atelier Soma, from wedging the clay to the first firing.

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Hands shaping a clay bowl on a spinning wheel

The brief

The client wanted pictures that looked made the way the work is made: few tools, patient light, and nothing added in post that was not there on the day. We agreed the shot list in one call and kept it to what the space and the season would give us.

ClientAtelier Soma
DisciplineDocumentary
RolePhotography, art direction
LocationBergen and on location
Three ceramic vessels on a travertine plinth, lit by one hard flash
From the same series.

What we did

We scouted at the hour we would shoot, built one set and moved the subject rather than the light, and delivered a first edit within the week. Retouching stopped at dust and the odd cable.

We asked for photographs that felt like the place smells. We used almost every frame.

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