Photographer Tobias Faisst has an eye for the surreal and uncanny

Date
2 February 2016

Tobias’ body of work shows an eye for the surreal and an ability to convey the uncanny within careful crops. His tightly composed photography focuses on the intricacies of the banal, finding form, texture and humour in the everyday. Currently working in the central studio at Education First in Switzerland, the Berlin-based graphic designer, photographer and art director graduated from FH Potsdam in 2014.

Aside from the photography Tobias’ work as an art director shows a different skillset. His lookbooks for Berlin-based lifestyle brand Ucon Athletics reveal an ability to juxtapose his vision with more traditional fashion photography to create a vibrant and intriguing document. In 2014 Tobias designed Streem, an arts magazine in a newspaper format that, like the big issue in the UK, is sold by homeless people in Berlin. This year, alongside his work in Switzerland, Tobias will be producing his own photobook that will explore the interface between photography and CGI.

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Tobias Faisst: MPI – MP 2015

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Tobias Faisst: MPI – MP 2015

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Tobias Faisst: Berlin 4

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Tobias Faisst: Berlin 4

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Tobias Faisst: Florenz 2015

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Tobias Faisst

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Tobias Faisst

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Tobias Faisst: Berlin 4

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Tobias Faisst: Florenz 2015

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Tobias Faisst: Florenz 2015

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Tobias Faisst: Florenz 2015

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Tobias Faisst: Berlin 4

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Tobias Faisst: Berlin 4

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Owen Pritchard

Owen joined It’s Nice That as Editor in November of 2015 leading and overseeing all editorial content across online, print and the events programme, before leaving in early 2018.

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