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05 · Documentary

Process documentary.

Atelier week · day 3 Photographer documenting hands at work in an atelier

Behind the seams: the atelier, the kitchen, the building site — the week of making, told honestly. Documentary commissions embed one photographer in your process for days or weeks at a time, building a press and archive library that no staged shoot can fake.

We work small and quiet: available light, no art direction of real life, and an agreement with your team about what's on and off the record before we start. The result is the kind of access photography that wins features — because editors can tell the difference.

What's included

  • — Embedded photographer, days to weeks
  • — Available light; nothing staged, ever
  • — Daily selects for your social and press
  • — Long-form edit for archive and features
  • — Captions, releases and embargo handling
  • — Optional film diary alongside digital
Timing
1–3 weeks embedded · edit in ten days
From
$3,900 / day embedded · see rates
Recent
Ateliers, kitchens, building sites
Documentary frame of a maker holding a camera
Strips of developed 35mm film negatives

Access, delivered.

Also see: Editorial → Stills + motion → Spaces & interiors →

Booking · 2026

Making something worth documenting?