Tide
Eighteen months on the Setúbal peninsula · 42 frames
Nadia Berger — documentary and portrait photography, based in Lisbon, working anywhere the flight is worth it.
Selected work — 2024 to 2026
Series
Eighteen months on the Setúbal peninsula · 42 frames
Lisbon's markets between 3am and 7am · 31 frames
Four families, one room each · 24 frames
The last working pans in Aveiro · 19 frames
About
I photograph people doing the thing they would be doing anyway. Fifteen years of it, mostly at hours nobody else wants.
My work sits between documentary and portraiture. I spend a long time not taking photographs — the first morning of a shoot is usually a write-off, and that is deliberate. People stop performing around the third hour.
Clients include Monocle, the Guardian Weekend, Zeit Magazin and a number of people who simply wanted a decent picture of their grandmother while there was still time.
Rates
Two hours, one location
€480
Full day, travel within Portugal
€1,650
Multi-day, quoted per brief
From €6k
Book
I take on roughly two commissions a month. The more specific the brief, the faster I can say yes or point you at someone better suited.
Direct
nadia@aperture.example