Ralf Schilberg photographs exclusively in black and white, always focusing on the play between light and darkness. In doing so, he loves to tell stories with his photos. However, this does not apply to classic portraits, because portraits do not need a story, faces tell their own stories. That's why his portraits are reduced, almost strictly focused on the personality, whether celebrity or model from next door.

Pierre Steinhauer, a photographer from the bell town of Gescher in North Rhine-Westphalia, has developed a striking and intimate form of portrait photography in his work entitled 'Ich bin - I am'. In his analogue black and white photographs, he shows people presenting themselves in a unique moment of openness and honesty. He succeeds in visualising their vulnerability, their fears, their desires and their deepest emotions.

Selda Schretzmann is a creative portrait photographer from Cologne, Germany, whose passion for photography has developed over many years in various genres, especially nature photography. But portrait photography has captured her heart. Inspired by renowned photographers such as Peter Lindbergh, Vincent Peters and Herb Ritts, she has developed her own distinctive style, characterised by black and white photography and the use of available light.