Gunnar Meier Photography | Aafje van Gemert

EHSAN EBADI

TRAUMA THERAPY, SATSANG, MASSAGES

Ehsan is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and massage therapist in Amsterdam. We already worked together a couple of times, taking pictures of his session rooms, group events as well as portraits. It's been always a pleasure to work with him and it did not feel like work at all.

NEELA PAULUSSEN

BODY ORIENTED PSYCHOTHERAPY & COACHING

Neela is a body oriented psychotherapist in Amsterdam. She asked me to make a portrait of her for her website and social media appearances as well as some pictures of her session room. I focused on giving a good overview of how it looks in her practice, so that potential clients can imagine themselves being there, and I also did some detail shots which support the overall atmosphere. In the end of the shoot we took some beautiful portraits, which capture Neela's friendly, inviting and connected presence.

P O R T F O L I O

GUNNAR MEIER PHOTOGRAPHY

I N F O R M A T I O N

AAFJE VAN GEMERT

PIANIST

Aafje is working as a concert pianist and piano teacher. But instead of photographing her playing piano or trying to create photos in the way you would imagine a pianist photo, she wanted the pictures to be more personal about herself. Natural and authentic. Another reason for this was, that she is starting to give workshops in which she uses music as a gateway to presence and attunement with the body, and that she wants to use the images for that as well. So our approach was to focus on some of her qualities like connection, presence, sensitivity, aliveness and fun. Almost needless to say, that in order to capture these qualities, they need to be present while taking the pictures. Which then was the challenge and the joy of the shoot.