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WORK WITH ME · EVENTS

Events, photographed from inside the room.

Openings, launches, conferences and parties. I work among your guests, not from the edge, and you get the moments people talk about the next day.

A saxophonist playing fire at a costume party
Friends laughing with a skateboard on a U-Bahn platform
BIRTHDAY PARTY, BERLIN
A full conference auditorium
CONFERENCE, RIT
Two women laughing at an art opening
ART OPENING, 2024
A fire dancer in purple light
LEITI HSU’S SURREALIST BALL · LAVAN CHELSEA, NEW YORK, 2024
A saxophonist in the crowd
CONCERT, BERLIN
An atrium full of conference guests
CONFERENCE, RIT
A woman looking back over her shoulder, black and white
RENCONTRES D’ARLES PHOTO FESTIVAL, 2026
Leiti Hsu, the host, leaning out of a giant painted mouth
LEITI HSU, HOST · SURREALIST BALL, NEW YORK, 2024 · @LEITIHSU ↗
A man laughing at a table at night
RENCONTRES D’ARLES PHOTO FESTIVAL, 2026
ADD A PORTRAIT CORNER

Portraits of your guests, on the night

Hosts book me to set up a small portrait studio in a corner of the event: one backdrop, one light, a few minutes per guest. Everyone gets a portrait of themselves on a good day, and you get a set for press and social.

Two ways to get the photos: edited portraits delivered after the event, or printed on the spot with my thermal cameras, so guests leave with their portrait in hand that night.

AT LEITI HSU’S SURREALIST BALL, LAVAN CHELSEA, NEW YORK, 2024

Event portrait: a guest in a green jacket against a purple curtain
Event portrait: a guest in a black jacket
Event portrait: a guest smiling
HOW IT WORKS

From the brief to the gallery

01
A short call

What the event is, who needs to be in the pictures, and what they are for: press, social, sponsors or your archive.

02
On the night

I arrive early for the room before it fills, cover the speeches and performances, and spend the rest of the night with the guests.

03
Next day

A first set of edited pictures for social media, usually within 24 hours.

04
The full gallery

The full edited set within a week, sized for web and print.

ADD-ONS

More than photographs

VideoShort films and reels of the night, cut for social media.
Live thermal portraitsGuests are photographed and handed a print on the spot. See the Thermal Memories show.
InterviewsShort filmed conversations with speakers, artists or founders.
BERLIN · EUROPE · US

Tell me the date and the room.

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