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A portrait of street photography

that points the camera backwards.

Anchor 1

Production took place around commercial projects (2019-2024), the project is currently in post-production (2025). Privately funded. 

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Overview

A short doc about street photography, following photographers in Venice,

Nairobi and Berlin who's lives have been shaped by the practice.  

Summary

Production and funding

The Trace explores what drives practitioners towards street and travel photography. Whether being falsely arrested in Nairobi, creating a personal archive in Venice or escaping domestic abuse in Berlin, these photographers have a lot to show us about life and art. 

Cast + Crew

Photographers

Msingi Sasis 

Mark Smith

Ute Herzog 

Second Camera Operator

Kurt Stevenson 

Cinematography

Ollie Lansdell

Producer | Director | Editor

Theodore Simmons

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"If you see nothing

you have no history."​

 

~ Mark Smith

Travel, street and architectural photographer, 

author of 'Palaces of Venice'. "Passages of Time”

exhibition currently on at the Querini Stampalia Foundation.

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