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EVENTS AND COMMISSIONS

Events and commissions, photographed from inside the room.

Photo and film for openings, parties, performances, conferences, launches and institutions. On the night I work among your guests, not from the edge. Before it, we plan how the material will be used, so a one-day event keeps working for your business.

Performers on a festival stage
Ukulele Death Squad with the crowd on tour at Rudolstadt Festival
A couple embracing on stage in front of a festival crowd, black and white
UKULELE DEATH SQUAD ON TOUR, RUDOLSTADT FESTIVAL, 2024
WHAT IT COVERS

Choose what you’re planning

Events and parties

The room, the people and the moments in between, from openings to club nights.

  • Photo, film or both
  • Edits for social, web and press
  • Usage agreed up front
FROM INSIDE THE ROOM
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 last edit

01
Brief

What the event is, when and where, and what you want the material to do.

02
Plan and quote

We plan how the photos and films will be used, and you get a quote in tiers with the team and usage.

03
Shoot

On my own or with a crew scaled to the day. I work quietly, without getting in the way.

04
Deliver

For events, a first set of edited pictures within 24 hours. The full photos and films within a week, edited for each place they will go.

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. How it works at your event →
InterviewsShort filmed conversations with speakers, artists or founders.
CLIENTS INCLUDE
KitKat Club and ZigZag Jazz Club, Berlin · Con Alma and the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh · Sidra Bell Dance NY · Mark Perna Music SELECTED CLIENTS →
WORK APPEARED IN
TIME · THE NEW YORK TIMES · VANITY FAIR · THE GUARDIAN · BBC · CNN · NPR · FORBES
QUESTIONS

Before you ask for a quote

Every commission gets a quote in tiers once I know the brief, what we deliver and how it will be used.

Yes. I work on my own or bring in second shooters, camera operators, sound, lighting and editors, depending on the size of the project.

You get a licence for the uses we agree in the quote: social, web, print, advertising or editorial. Wider use can be added at any time.

Yes. I work mainly across Europe and the US, and worldwide when a project needs it. Travel is quoted separately.

It depends on what we shoot and what it is for. We agree the timing together when we plan.

GET A QUOTE

Tell me about the event.

A few lines are enough. You will get a quote in tiers once we know what the material is for.

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