Daniel Dornhöfer

I've been fascinated by the art of acting and the medium of film for as long as I can remember. When I followed the call of photography, I already had my own way of seeing things—even in the early days of my professional portrait training.

Inspired by photographers such as Leibovitz, Selliger, Jens Koch, Gregory Crewdson, and Vincent Peters—and by classical painters like Rembrandt, Caravaggio, and Vermeer—I gradually found my own voice.

Combined with my perspective as a neurodivergent person, portrait photography became more than just taking pictures. It became a way to reveal the person behind the mask in a way that feels true to me.