diary september & october 25: Madita between my legs
Keeping a diary with my camera is like writing with light instead of words — a visual journal seen through my eyes.
I document my surroundings in an intimate and personal way, trying to capture fragments of time that would otherwise fade from memory. It’s rarely the grand moments that draw me in, but the quiet ones — those filled with a certain atmosphere, a fleeting feeling, a trace of pain, or the tenderness of connection.
Photography, for me, is more than preservation; it is a way of staying present. It’s a daily practice of seeing — of letting go of concepts, control, perfection and expectation, simply to observe what is.
It’s one of the strengths of photography: the ability to give a raw and unfiltered view into a life, revealing what words often cannot express. I hope my images invite viewers to linger, to feel, and to recognize something of themselves within them.
You can see my whole diaries of each month on Patreon: patreon.com/linamarieritthammer
diary august & september 25: hairs in sunlight
diary july & august 25: Timothée and Nicole in the morning
diary july 25: a puddle of salt
diary june 25: Luca talking
diary may 25: bruise on my tigh
diary april & may 25: flowers
diary march & april 25: wound on my elbow
diary january-march 25: Adina smoking and laughing
diary december& january 24/25: Mum sleeping