Pulse Friction is a Berlin‑based collective hosting intimate, high‑energy nights at Madame Claude and other Locations. I was commissioned to document one of their events, moving between the booth and the crowd to catch the friction between performance and release.
In this set I lean into hard flash and deep colour to show how the room actually feels: sharp, graphic moments in the tiny DJ space, and slower, saturated frames on the dancefloor where purple and red light carve out silhouettes in the haze. The focus is less on clean portraits and more on proximity — DJs and dancers sharing the same visual field, gestures, sweat and noise all spilling into the frame.
The photographs are meant to work both as memory of the night and as communication material for future events, giving the collective images that carry the atmosphere of their parties rather than just their names on a flyer.
