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Honorable Mention BIFA 2026 People / Event

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  • Photographer
    Theresa Maria Steiner
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention in People / Event

A fan launches from the balcony into the crowd during Paleface Swiss's deathcore set. Shot from above, arms outstretched mid-fall, stage light cutting through the smoke below. Grain and black and white mirror the rawness of the show itself.

Self-taught since 2024, I work primarily in live documentary photography, capturing music and performance as it unfolds rather than staging it after the fact. My approach stays close to the moment: I play with colour and composition, but the priority is always being a reliable witness to something that only happens once. I came to photography as a fan first, drawn in by proximity, three feet from the stage, right in it with the crowd, and that instinct for closeness shapes everything I shoot. My work spans intimate 150-cap venues to festivals and stadium tours.

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