Personal Brand Portrait Session
created by Vigie ador portrait photography
She wasn't my client when I first noticed her work.
I was in Perth, watching a session happen inside a friend's home, and there was Annika — her jewelry laid out on a surface, catching light in a way that made me stop mid-thought.
I didn't book her. I offered.
Because what she's building isn't just beautiful. it's a quiet act of defiance.
Annika grew up in former East Germany, moved to Australia in 2012, and somewhere in the space between those two worlds — between Bauhaus structure and wild Australian flora, between Berlin's underground and Fremantle's coast — she found her way to jewelry. not as decoration. as a statement. a way of taking a stand without raising her voice.
Her pieces are made from recycled precious metals.
Her packaging is sustainable.
She's been exhibited nationally. She graduated with an outstanding student award. and she has built studio|hau into something with a distinct sense of edge and a clear conscience.
People don't just buy what she makes. they buy why she makes it. That's the thing I wanted to photograph
Intention
so we met at the Maritime Museum in Fremantle at six in the morning — because that's when the shadows hit the structures just right. because good light doesn't wait for a convenient hour. and neither does she.
what happened in that session was something I didn't fully plan for: it became about both things at once. the jewelry, and the woman behind it. product photos where her face needed to show up too. because when your work carries that much intention, people need to see you in it.
Sometimes you don't know you need a session until you realize your photos aren't telling the whole story yet.
Annika's are now.