Diana Pfammatter

In late 2024, I began working on a new series that crosses portraiture and documentary, following artists in their studios as well as in gallery and exhibition spaces during moments of production and installation. Inspired by Helke Bayrle’s (1941–2022) iconic video series "Portikus Under Construction," I wanted to shed light on an often invisible area of artistic production and process, highlighting both the beautiful and the sometimes unglamorous moments of artistic labour. This series is not just about the finished work, but about the act of making — the quiet, sometimes lonely concentration; the noisy physicality of installation; and the intimate relationship between artists and the spaces their work inhabits.

For Gallery Weekend Berlin 2025, I was commissioned to extend this ongoing series to the festival itself. The series includes the following artists: Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Thomas Bayrle, Cihan Çakmak, Leelee Chan, Šejla Kamerić, Benjamin Lallier, Diane Severin Nguyen, Megan Plunkett, Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), Thomas Struth, Tobias Spichtig, and Álvaro Urbano.

A short trip to Tashkent, the capital city of Usbekistan. A journey full of many amazing encounters and discoveries.

The non-profit Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA) Berlin, founded in 2022, has quickly established itself as one of the city’s most compelling platforms for contemporary art. Since its inception, I have worked with the institution to shape its photographic identity, consult on visual communication, and produce editorial portraits of its artists, curators, and exhibitions.

I photographed artist Nora Turato for Family Style Magazine (Fall 2024).

Emeka Ogboh, Isabel Seiffert, Katharina Grosse, Josh Johnson for Das Wetter, Baby B3ns for ZEIT, Cassidy Toner, Mat Dryhurst, Lucie Meier for SGPD, Nazanin Noori for zweikommasieben, Şeyda Kurt for ZEIT Campus, Wu Tsang for Elephant Magazine, Tilda Swinton, Sung Tieu, Cathy & Joel for ZEITmagazin, Marcel Moses, Marietta Slomka for ZEITmagazin, Enno, Rosa-Lin, Moubi, Anina & Pauline

"Others might think that I don't dress according to my age. I don't follow norms or trends, I have my own style. And it has always been like that."

What does age have to do with fashion? Together with author Amelie Apel we asked people over the age of 69 in the streets of Berlin how they decide what to wear and how their relationship to clothes has changed over the years.

My roots often take me back to nature, to the alpine areas of Switzerland where I was born and raised. But it is only now that I am beginning to realize how close I was to nature there, how utterly beautiful it is and, how essential it is to appreciate, nurture and highlight this beauty.

I portrayed all incoming residents of the 2024 and 2025 cycles of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program. This residency program is one of the most renowned for international artists and cultural practitioners in the fields of visual arts, film, literature, and music & sound. Each year, it awards residencies in Berlin to around twenty outstanding cultural producers.