A KALTBLUT exclusive ediotrial. Photography by Thomas H.P. Jerusalem – MUTE. Starring Mateusz Brak, a 21-year-old model from Chicago and a cancer patient entering a period of growth and renewal and embracing change: mental, physical, and emotional. Once fixated on tiny flaws, no longer.
Photography by Thomas H.P. Jerusalem – MUTE / www.mutephotography.com /
Instagram: @mute_photography
The model is Mateusz Brak / Instagram: @mateusz.w.brak
Thomas H.P. Jerusalem of MUTE Photography is a German Fashion Photographer based in Chicago, IL USA.
Born in Germany and living and working in Frankfurt, Germany and London, UK he relocated to Chicago in 2004.
Thomas H.P. Jerusalem is specialized in fashion and conceptual photography with a focus on editorial and commercial work. His work has been published in the US and in international magazines including VOGUE Portugal, Italian VOGUE/PhotoVogue, L’OFFICIEL, PLAYBOY, FHM, ESTETICA, Dark Beauty, DODHO, Kaltblut. He is represented by the prestigious New York agency Art+Commerce/VOGUE NYC and Motion Licensing, London UK and gallery represented by YELLOWKORNER and LemonFRAME.
Thomas H.P. Jerusalem’s childhood during the Cold War in West Germany and his father’s over-sized 1960’s Photo Academy books from the ‘Famous Photographers School, Westport, Connecticut’ by Irving Penn, Bert Stern and others influenced his style that emphasizes atmosphere and strong narrative. Thomas H.P. Jerusalem started his career with Street Photography and Photojournalism, both very expressive ways of photography that forged his distinctive sensitive approach.
His work includes street and street style photography, dark romantic, high-fashion, and avant-garde as well as vintage space-age and minimalism photography with a European touch. His models are often placed in surreal environments – devastated, displaced, and out of the world. Their appearances are eerie and edgy with rebel and punk influences. Often spiced with irony and sarcasm. But always with a strong meaning or statement. His photographs are strong and tell stories. His portraits are capturing souls – not just faces.
