Claire
Whitman
Photographer & Director — New York
“I’m not interested in the pose. I photograph the second after it.”
Beauty
exists
in the
in-between.
Notes on seeing
The approach
The method hasn’t changed in twelve years. The light, the waiting and the edit do most of the work.
01
One light.
A single window or a single lamp. Fewer sources, clearer decisions — and skin that looks like skin.
02
Long silences.
Most of a shoot is waiting. I give people time to forget the camera, then I take the picture.
03
A ruthless edit.
Twelve frames tell a story better than two hundred. Everything else stays in the archive.
Services
Every commission is quoted individually. These are starting points, including retouching and usage for one year.
From $3,500 · 1–2 days
From $8,000 · 2–4 days
From $4,500 · 1–2 days
From $1,200 · half day
As seen in
Northline
The Fold
Maison / Review
Common Thread
