Concrete Light
01Architecture — Porto, Portugal — 2025
A month photographing a research library as its raw concrete learned to hold the Atlantic light.
Photography studio — Lisbon & Copenhagen
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Atelier photographs architecture, culture and craft for architects, publishers and brands who would rather be described honestly than flattered.
- Founded
- 2014
- Commissions
- 40 a year
- Countries
- 19
Selected work
Recent commissions
Four projects from the last two years. The full archive runs to eight.
The studio
Six people, forty commissions a year, and a strong preference for going back twice.
We began in 2014 with a commission to photograph a boatyard that was closing. It took eleven visits over four months — ten more than the budget allowed, and exactly the right number.
That set the terms for everything since. Small crews, available light, and schedules built around the hours a place is worth photographing rather than the hours a studio is usually booked for.
Disciplines
What we photograph
- 01
Architecture
Completed buildings and interiors, photographed over several visits on the light they were designed for.
- 02
Culture & documentary
Long-form stories for magazines, publishers and institutions, made with access and patience.
- 03
Craft & product
Material-honest studio work for makers, with consistent geometry across a full range.
- 04
Brand & campaign
Seasonal campaigns and the quieter library imagery that holds a brand together between them.
Selected clients
Commissioned by
- Halden & Vance
- Nord Editions
- Maison Verrier
- Studio Kessel
- Aperture Review
- Fjord & Field
- Lumen Ceramics
- The Quarterly Review
- Casa Palma
- Norrland Hotels
Commissions
Tell us what you're making.
We take roughly forty commissions a year and quote each one individually. A sentence about the project and a rough date is enough to start.