(02) About
I wait for the light
(01) Story
I’m Noa, a photographer and filmmaker in Copenhagen.
I started in a school darkroom and never quite left. I still shoot film when it matters, print my own work, and make short films with a crew small enough to fit in one car.
I work with magazines, labels and people who would rather wait for the right half hour than fix it later. Most of my favourite pictures took three days and lasted a sixtieth of a second.
Between commissions I go back to the same few places every year, and those visits become the series. Six of them are in print so far.
Years behind the camera
Series in print
Commissions
Books
Contact sheet
(03) This year
How a shoot works
(04) Four steps
Talk
01
A call about what you are making, who it is for and how it should feel. No mood boards needed.
Scout
02
I visit the place at the hour we will shoot, and plan around the light that is already there.
Shoot
03
One camera, one lens, a small crew. We work slowly and stop when the light does.
04
I edit, print and deliver: files for every use, and a hand-made print of the frame we both love.
Press & shows
2026
Northern Review
Salt Hours, 12 pages
2026
Nordic House, Tórshavn
Solo exhibition
2025
Atlas Quarterly
Night Ferry, cover story
2025
Kade Gallery, Rotterdam
Group show
2024
Field Notes
The Quiet Year, book
In the bag
Leica M6
35mm film
Hasselblad 500C/M
Medium format
Bolex H16
16mm film
Kodak Tri-X 400
Black and white
Kodak Portra 400
Colour
“She waited three days for the light. Every picture in the issue was worth one of them.”
Editor, Northern Review
