I want to make art that moves people
I’m Vanessa, a documentary photographer and creative mind with a deep curiosity for people and the way they move through the world. What started as a volunteer stay in Ghana has grown into a way of seeing, working, and connecting.







I was born in the Alps and grew up doing combat sports which shaped how I move through life. I still seek that energy in surfing, skating, running… That’s also where my latest project Southpaw comes from.
Later I moved to Vienna to study design. It gave me tools, language, structure but it was also where I started to question things. Myself included.
Spending time in Ghana changed something in me. I went there to volunteer, but I stayed longer in thought than I did in time. I observed a lot. Slowed down. Let things affect me.
I started out photographing weddings and private portraits. I still do, but more selectively now, when it feels right and I can bring myself into it.
My heart lies in the work I create for myself. Social and travel documentaries where I move along visually with the questions that life raises. That’s what gives meaning to what I do.
Now I live close to where I grew up, surrounded by mountains and quiet. I still design, I still create: but more from within now.