Being nice keeps the world spinning. In our daily life and (especially in German culture) we rarely take the time to tell each other when we did something good, or what we like about someone. We take a lot of things for granted. This project is focused on the most simple gift in the world you can give another person: A compliment.

This project happened in collaboration with the Michelberger Hotel in Berlin. During the project employees were invited to bring their favorite staff member to our mobile photo studio to give them a compliment. In one week we shot over 90 people catching the dynamics and relations between all of them. There were smiles and tears, and many compliments made that on a daily basis get lost in the hustle of the hotel business. The compliments and interviews were then illustrated and transformed into a  Michelberger Hotel Agenda for the year 2015, which was then distributed as a Christmas present to all employees.

Idea, Concept, Interviews, Cover-Design and Project Management by me.
Photography and Art Direction: Rita Braz.  Project Management Assistance: Wencke Ruppenkamp