A portrait of street photography
that points the camera backwards.
Production took place around commercial projects (2019-2024), the project is currently in post-production (2025). Privately funded.

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

"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.