The Slow Exposure of Humanity

I am a documentary photographer who believes in the weight of a moment. In a world that races toward the next pixel-perfect instant, I work with manual cameras, black-and-white film, and the quiet discipline of analog processes to craft images that linger. Every photograph is a collaboration—with light, with time, and with the unscripted stories of people and places on the brink of being forgotten.

Rooted in the physicality of film, the practice rejects shortcuts. Rolls of 35mm are loaded, shot, and developed by hand, in blackbags, or whatever the field demands. The grain of each frame is not just texture; it’s a testament to patience, a language of shadows and silver that digital perfection cannot replicate.

Specializing in cultural preservation and intimate portraiture, I document vanishing traditions, resilient communities, and the quiet poetry of ordinary lives. The work bridges art and anthropology, transforming fleeting moments into heirlooms of memory.

This is photography as ritual: deliberate, unretouched, and unapologetically human.

Why Film?
Because some stories deserve the dignity of slowness.

Explore the work. Witness the craft.

— Geir Overland
Documentary Photographer | Film Alchemist