Depth
Underwater worlds, fragile forms and non-human spaces.
Photography · Documentary Film · Composition
Yann Sebastian Harz
The Traces We Leave Behind
Shaped by contrasts of light, silence and movement, human presence and non-human spaces.
Based in Cologne, Germany, I work wherever light and story lead me.
I search for moments in which places lose their familiar order and take shape in my visual language.
Selected Works
Spaces of perception
Distance
Roads, coastlines, aerial perspectives and landscapes of transition.
Light
Natural and artificial light shaping atmosphere, space and perception.
Presence
Gestures, encounters and traces of life within everyday spaces.
Motion
Bodies, rhythm and fleeting forms held between movement and stillness.
Selected Series
About
I approach photography, film and composition as one practice.
Audiovisual storytelling lies at the centre of my practice. This takes shape in built spaces and the traces we leave behind, as well as in places where human presence recedes. Working primarily with natural light, I’m drawn to the quiet beauty, geometry and shifting atmospheres of these places.
From corals and wildlife to landscapes, aerial views and human-made structures, form, geometry, light, rhythm and atmosphere shape a shared visual language through which stories emerge.
Documentary Film
Ride in Paradise
My 35-minute documentary Ride in Paradise — An Artistic Journey explores art, friendship and life on a remote island in Indonesia.
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Documentary in Development
Age of Plastic
Plastic moves through the world like a man-made current. It travels from everyday consumption into rivers and oceans, enters food chains and accumulates in landscapes and communities far from the places where it was first discarded.
Beginning with the ocean as a living circulatory system, Age of Plastic follows these movements through polluted waterways in Indonesia to the landfill communities of Bantargebang near Jakarta. The film explores how an environmental crisis becomes a human one — shaped by infrastructure, education, global consumption and social inequality.
Through field observation and conversations with local residents, educators, activists and scientists, the documentary asks not only how plastic can be removed, recycled or reused, but how our relationship with disposable materials must change.
The project welcomes dialogue with researchers and institutions working in ocean science, plastic pollution, circular systems, environmental justice and Earth observation.
Research, interviews and visual partnerships
Selected Commissions
Commissioned, with a point of view.
Alongside my independent practice, I work with companies and institutions on photography and film projects.
I develop imagery that reflects each organisation’s identity and translates it into a distinctive, coherent audiovisual language. From the first conversation to the final delivery, each project is developed in close dialogue, grounded in mutual trust — carefully produced and individually interpreted.
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Fine Art Prints
Selected works are available as prints.
A focused print selection will follow. For formats, editions and availability, please get in touch directly.
Contact
Prints, screenings, collaborations.
For print requests, film screenings or collaborations, please contact me directly.
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