Every change leaves a mark on the face before it reaches words.
To hold that passage on film while it is happening. So as not to forget what we were, and what we are becoming.
It is the most intimate form of the introspective portrait. It begins when there is a change in your life that deserves to be seen, and not only remembered.
A change cannot be posed: it lets itself be photographed only if the person going through it has the time to get there and the certainty of not being judged.
My job isn’t to make you look different from how you are in that moment. It is to recognise what you are going through and hand it back to you as an image — one you can return to once your transformation is complete.
Where this work begins
You don’t need a dramatic reason. You need a real passage:
- A personal rebirthComing out of a period, a decision that changed you, a beginning you want to mark.
- A transformation of the bodyA physical journey, a transition, a pregnancy, a recovery: the body becoming something else.
- A milestoneThe moment that closes one chapter and opens another, and that you want to keep before it becomes ordinary.
- A change of identitySomething you have become and want to look in the face, instead of letting it blur.
One session, or a journey
Sometimes a single dense session is enough: the change has already happened and it needs to be recognised. Other times it is work over time — several meetings that follow the passage as it happens, and give back a sequence instead of a single frame.
We decide the form together, according to where you are. There is no right format: there is yours.
Journeys
Is there a passage you are living through? Let’s talk about it.
How we work
First we talk, unhurried: you tell me about the passage, I tell you what I see and what shape it could take. Then we choose times and places — a studio in Milan, or somewhere that belongs to your story. On the day we work calmly, leaving room for what isn’t a pose. At the end we look through the images together and choose the ones that really recognise you.
Discretion
A personal passage is delicate material. You decide how much to show — a face, a body, a detail — and how the images may be used. Any public use happens only with your written consent, and whatever you choose to keep private stays private. If you prefer, we work in complete confidence.
Questions I get asked
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Is one session enough, or does it take several meetings?
It depends on the shape we choose: a single dense session, or a journey across several meetings that follows the change over time.
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Can I keep my face out of it?
Yes. A body, a gesture, a detail can tell a passage as well as a face can. You decide how much to show.
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This is very personal work: how is my privacy protected?
The images are yours. Any public use happens only with your written consent, and whatever you choose to keep private stays private.
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Where does it take place?
In Milan, in a studio or somewhere that means something to your story. During the year I also take the work to other cities, on tour.
Let’s start with a conversation
Tell me what you have in mind, or even just where the idea came from. I answer, personally.
- dan@danphotostudio.com
- Phone
- +39 351 793 2905
Sessions take place in various studios in Milan or on location, agreed case by case.
Where we are
Via Conservatorio 30,
20122 Milano (MI), Italia
+39 351 793 2905
www.danphotostudio.com
Opening hours: Monday–Saturday 09:00–20:00 | Closed on Sunday