Portrait — 2025
The Operator
The crew, finally in front of the lens.
Client
Gallery self-commission
Year
2025
Format
B&W stills · exhibition
Services
Photography, print
Overview
Twenty-four portraits of invisible people.
Focus pullers, grips, drivers, caterers — the names audiences never learn. We photographed twenty-four of our own crew in the prep bay, each holding the tool of their trade, lit like leading actors.
The series opened our spring exhibition and now tours rental houses across the state as a reminder of who really makes the image.
Approach
One light, one tool, no retouching.
A single hard source, a dark backdrop, and strict instructions to keep every wrinkle and scar. Subjects chose their own tool — clapboards, C-stands, headphones — and their own ten minutes of fame.
- — Single-source dramatic lighting
- — Zero-retouch black and white finish
- — Touring exhibition and catalogue
Credits
Photographer
Sofia Marchetti
Producer
Maya Lindqvist
Print & framing
Oriel Finch Gallery Lab
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