Cerissa’s passion for capturing moments in time began while working in the now mostly defunct Kodak photo labs in Australia in the early 2000s. This passion was sparked again in an enduring way when she spent a year living in Berlin in 2014. From the moment she landed, there was an exhilarating energy about the city, which made exploring the streets so inviting. Travelling only by foot or on a bike, the overlooked parts of the city were all so easy to access. Led by curiosity and immersed in the moment, this is where her photographic style developed: in the layers of a city with history running deep.

There are aspects of place Cerissa is repeatedly drawn to; the architecture, transportation and those spaces where seemingly you would expect to find people, however, she captures these spaces in stillness. When our existence is so often fast-paced and filled up, it’s easy to overlook these slices of time – moments that we could use to slow down and look up.

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