Through Senta Simond’s lens, the relationship between a photographer and her sitter is magnified tenfold. The Geneva-born artist is principally concerned with human connection, identifying its nuances in the expression on a face or the gesture of the body, and placing it front and center in her powerfully intimate compositions. Through close crops of her subjects, Senta identifies the crux of their shared contact, documenting it for her viewer to play a part in, too.

Senta’s debut book Rayon Vert, published by Kominek in 2018, presents a series created over the last years, photographing close friends and friends of friends in the privacy of her Switzerland studio. In this series, the artist’s enduring interest in filmic ideas interacts with a profound pursuit of emotional connection.

Senta has previously exhibited in solo shows at Foam Museum and Webber gallery, and as part of group exhibitions in Tokyo, London, Bienne, and Basel, among others.

Clients include: Acne Studios, AnOther, Bottega Veneta, Boucheron, Calvin Klein, Chloé, Chanel, Dazed, Double, Hermès, Holiday, i-D, Jil Sander, La Prairie, M Le Monde, Marfa, Miu Miu, Nina Ricci, Emilio Pucci, Purple, Re-Edition, Self Service, Vogue Italia, Wall Street Journal.