Gallery

This gallery presents portraits, performance documentation, and project materials that outline the visual dimension of my practice. It serves as a clear index of collaborations, contexts, and the progression of ongoing work.

A close-up outdoor portrait of a man wearing black rectangular sunglasses, a beige trench coat, and an embroidered floral collar in vivid red, blue, white, and green tones. He is looking to the side with a cigarette between his lips.
Photograph © 2025 Valerie Marie Voithofer. Floral collar by Katharina Reuschel.

This portrait captures a deliberately restrained, almost architectural presentation of self: sunglasses shielding the gaze, a neutral trench reframing the posture, and the embroidered floral collar by Katharina Reuschel providing the single point of chromatic intensity. The cigarette interrupts the elegance just enough to keep the image grounded in lived texture rather than stylization. Valerie Marie Voithofer’s photograph fixes a moment where persona, craft, and environment align without theatricality, allowing the details to carry the meaning.

A formal portrait of composer and conductor Theo Thorsson taken by Valerie-Marie Voithofer in June 2025. The photograph was shot in a historic interior setting in Schloß Karlslust
“Portrait of Theo Thorsson.” Copyright © 2025 Valerie-Marie Voithofer.

Taken shortly after the premiere of “Brauteinzug“, this portrait shifts the scene from the sacred acoustic of the Dominikanerkirche to the intimate architectural textures of Schloss Karlslust, catching the brief interval in which the concentration of performance relaxes without quite dispersing. The muted palette, the measured lighting, and the slightly asymmetrical stance register as an aftermath rather than a pose, with the ornate interior framing the figure without overwhelming it, so that what remains visible is a quiet equilibrium between persona, new work, and the space that receives it.