The exhibition by the f3 Portrait Masterclass brings together eleven photographic perspectives. Over the course of almost a year, under the guidance of Sibylle Fendt, the participants encountered people through the lens and explored the question of what it means to face someone with a camera, and how projects and relationships develop through repeated and increasingly in-depth engagement with the subject.
Featuring works by: Anna Eckold, Anke Jäger, Fabienne Karmann, Gerald Pirner, Nadja Singh, Rixa Schwarz, Stefan Fröhlich, Susanne Dewein, Theresa Wißmann, Thomas Kierok, Tom Sauer
The photographers and their series:
Anke Jäger – Alla
This portrait tells the story of Alla—a woman who, compelled by life’s circumstances, has set aside her own ambitions—exploring themes of devotion and duty, identity and liberation. She represents one of the many “invisible hands” that sustain Italian society. Once a gynecologist in the Soviet Union, she gave up her profession to ensure her family’s survival. The portrait captures her quiet resolve, shaped by both routine labor and love. It invites us to look into her eyes and sense her inherent dignity.
Anke.jaeger@1ax.it | @ankejaeger_roma
Anna Eckold – STOLPERARBEIT (2025–2026)
Everyone in this country knows about the Stolpersteine; they have almost been canonised. Yet hardly anyone knows who makes them possible. Someone found the name in the archives, someone wrote to the grandchildren in Israel, someone knelt and laid the mortar, and someone returns later with a cloth and polish. Gunter Demnig still kneels on the pavement himself to this day. But he cannot do it alone. I mainly photograph the others: Berliners, unpaid, unsung. I call this ‘Stolperarbeit’. Photographed with a Rolleiflex SL66 SE on Kodak Portra 400
Fabienne Karmann – My clothes my CV
Fashion opens a possibility of self-expression. The portrayed people of Berlin combine traditional clothes with modern styling. Modest fashion like a long skirt is worn together with a headscarf bound as a turban. Muted colors meet vibrant patterns. By choosing their clothes the models on the street hold onto their cultural identity and incorporate current fashion trends.
fabiennekarmann.de | @fabiennekarmannphotography
Gerald Pirner – What Becomes Light Through Touch
The quilt perceives. From this perception the quilt draws its power. An image born of movement: the touch, the light, the figure. The reversal of time in the touch.
Touch is found in the quilt. The fulfillment of the power of reach in a shape. The reach of power as a unity. The unity of the fulfillment of power as a part. The part that seeks to come together as a whole.
geraldpirner.com | @geraldpirner
Nadja Singh – Oceans in a Box – A Photographic Exploration of Biracial Identity
How do you fit an ocean into a box? This photo series questions how we slot people into rigid constructs, centering personal agency instead. Rather than viewing individuals as fractions, these portraits show people whole: exactly as they understand themselves.
nadjasybill.com | @nadjasybill
Rixa Schwarz – IN IT FOR THE LONG RUN
“In It For The Long Run” profiles people who are working towards a climate-resilient future. Some have been doing so for years, others for decades. They can be found in academia and politics, in education and international climate policy, in business and in their own neighbourhoods. Some act as mediators, social psychologists or climate activists. Their fields of activity may be diverse, but their commitment is equally indispensable. They are all guided by their convictions and embody hope – come what may.
Stefan Fröhlich – Me and my Universe
Me and my Universe is a photographic exploration of the inner worlds of artists. Rather than focusing on their work itself, the series looks at how they see the world and what inspires them. Combining portraiture with objects, symbols, and biographical references, the photographs offer a glimpse into the individual worlds behind each artist.
stefanfroehlich.com | @stefan_froehlich_photo
Susanne Dewein – Perillä kotona / Made it home
This is a series of portraits of people from Northern Finland who, like the photographer herself, live or have lived in Berlin. The portraits capture a connection between these two very different places, one that lives within the people who retain intimate ties to both. Making these portraits became a way of bridging the emotional divide that comes with living between multiple homes, and is part of the photographer’s personal journey to further connect with her current home in Northern Finland.
susanne.dewein@protonmail.com | @virityskuvaaja
Theresa Wißmann – KALIMANDSCHARO (2023–26)
Since 2023, the project has been observing the area around Zielitz in Saxony-Anhalt, which is characterised by one of Germany’s largest potash mines and its enormous tailings heap. The heap is a dominant feature of the landscape and, at the same time, serves as a starting point for exploring the lives of the people who live and work in the surrounding area.
theresawissmann.de | @theresawissmann
Thomas Kierok – SHIBUYA X-ING (2026)
In ‘Shibuya X-ing,’ I photograph individual and group portraits at various times of day at the Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo, one of the busiest pedestrian crossings in the world. As soon as the traffic lights turn green, crowds of people pour across the street. Despite the physical closeness and visual chaos, harmony remains. I seek to capture the unspoken mindfulness and consideration that arise from subtly keeping space and mutual yielding.
Tom Sauer – RUDOLF.KIEZ.PORTRAITS
For a year, I wandered through the Rudolfkiez, a neighbourhood in Berlin, to take portraits of the people who work, live and meet here. The portraits paint a picture of this neighbourhood between Warschauer Straße and Ostkreuz. They tell stories of the fate of a GDR light bulb combine, the dispute over a planned high-rise and a church serving as a cultural venue, sports at the community centre and on the Lasker, as well as the community garden, sausages, coffee and club music.
Framework program
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Wednesday, Nov 25, 2026, 7 pm
Opening Reception
Sunday, Nov 29, 2026, 2 pm
Guided Tour with Sibylle Fendt (de)
Exhibition Venue
Kunstquartier Bethanien | Projektraum
Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin, Germany
Opening hours: 12 – 8 pm
Admission: free
