Kim Herman

Kim Herman performer | photographer | filmmaker

I TELL STORIES THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY AND PERFORMANCE

-photographer-
I help people and organisations to make them, their product or service more visible. I do this by delivering high quality photographs. My focus is on portraits for businesses or artists, theatre productions, events and food. My goal in every image is to hold the attention of the viewer as long as possible, so they really observe the image and become interested in the story behind it. My background as a filmmaker, in which storytelling is key, is helpful in my work as a photographer.

-performer-
Sometimes people can feel blocked in certain social situations and need help to unblock and move on to pleasant interaction with the people around them. I can provide this kind of help. Being trained as an actor has contributed to making me overcome most of my own social awkwardness and lead to an easier, more satisfying and more effective way of communicating with people. This is beneficial in both my work as well as my private life. It has created a desire to help others to experience the same. As a training actor, I am able to do so in co-operation with trainers.

I have a curiosity for so called taboo topics that tend to make us feel uncomfortable or that we find hard to talk about. Like the naked body, s*x and s*xuality, gender, cultural and religious differences, violence and abuse, loneliness, depression, mourning and vulnerability. By making them visible, I believe we can contribute to making them easier to talk about and to deal with. When I perform on stage, I like to work with these topics.

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