Photographer · editorial and commercial
Quiet pictures of places, rooms and people
I'm Felix Arendt, a photographer working for magazines, architects, hotels and food brands. I plan around the light, shoot slowly and deliver files that are ready to print.
- 14 yrs
- on assignment
- 212
- published editorial stories
- 19
- countries shot in
Felix Arendt
Photographer
Hamburg, Germany
Booking commissions from March 2027
I have worked with
- Northbound
- Hollin & Marsh
- Casa Alvar
- Ledger Magazine
- Oat & Ember
- The Weekend Paper
- Fennel Row
- Studio Brask
Selected work
Six recent commissions, from the brief to the final frame
Each project shows what the client asked for, what the weather and the budget allowed, how I lit and shot it, and where the pictures ended up.
- 01Salt Line: six days of winter light on the Faroese coastNorthbound Quarterly2025
- 02Kestrel House: a timber home photographed for an award entryHollin & Marsh Architects2024
- 03Casa Alvar: a 24-room hotel shot while guests were checked inCasa Alvar Hotel2025
- 04The Makers issue: seven portraits in four days for LedgerLedger Magazine2024
- 05Oat & Ember: a still life system for 18 bakery productsOat & Ember Bakery2026
- 06Night Shift: people who keep a port city running after darkThe Weekend Paper2023
About me
I'm Felix Arendt. I photograph places and the people in them.
A working photographer since 2012, splitting the year between editorial assignments, architecture and hotel commissions, and still life for food brands. Most jobs start with a map, a tide table and a phone call.
- 2016–nowIndependent photographerEditorial and commercial
- 2014–2016Staff photographerNorthbound Quarterly
- 2012–2014First assistantStudio Brask
Kind words from clients
Felix Arendt came back from the Faroes with a cover, two spreads and a story told in pictures. The planning sheet alone told me we were in good hands.
“Architects are fussy about verticals and fussier about honesty. These images look like the building on a grey afternoon, and that's why the jury liked them.”
Callum MarshDirector, Hollin & Marsh Architects“We booked a photographer and got a system. Every new product since then has been shot to match in an hour, not a day.”
Lena OkoroCo-founder, Oat & Ember“Four days, a fully booked hotel and August heat. Not one guest complained and we have pictures for the next five years.”
Teresa MourãoOwner, Casa Alvar
Services
Commissions, licensing, prints and workshops
Most of my year is commissioned work for magazines, architects, hotels and food brands. The archive is available to license, the best frames are printed in small editions, and twice a year I teach.
- 01
Commissions
Editorial, architecture, hotel and still life shoots, planned from a scout and a shot list. Day and half-day rates, travel at cost, a stylist or assistant when the brief needs one.
From $2,400/day
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Licensing
Over 9,000 captioned images of coasts, landscapes, interiors and food, available for editorial, advertising and packaging use. Licences are priced by use, territory and term, not by guesswork.
From $350/image
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Prints
Archival pigment prints and darkroom silver gelatin prints from the film work, in editions of 30. Signed, numbered and shipped flat or framed in oak.
From $280
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Workshops
Two-day field workshops for six people at a time, on coastal landscape and on interiors with natural light. Shooting at dawn, editing in the afternoon, honest portfolio reviews.
From $690
Have a story, a building or a product to photograph?
Send the dates and the place. I'll reply with questions, a scouting plan and a written quote within two working days.
Date holds are free for seven days