Elma Riza
I am Franco-Tunisian and have been living and working between Berlin, Paris and Tunis since 2007.
I studied at the Hight School of Fine Arts in Nantes (France), and then at the Hight School of Fine Arts Weißensee (Berlin), where I graduated in 2012 with a degree in visual arts. Photography and video were my first means of expression; that’s probably why I naturally started, in parallel to my artistic activities, to work as a photographer in 2008, and as a video maker in 2019. In 2020, I created LayLay_IMAGES.
While remaining open to other fields, I have chosen to specialize in video portraits of artists, with a particular focus on women artists… On the one hand, it’s an echo of my own career path, and on the other, I like to film people who are working, creating a vision of the world or defending their ideas. And through my images, I aspire to share their passions and pass them on to others.
I offer to document or promote:
- Artistic, environmental, educational, social projects
- Cultural events
- Workshops
- Artists Portraits
Since 2022 using a Sony Alpha 7IV Really good picture-quality 33.0 Megapixels and great results in many light condition! And because the sound is also really important for a good video, I use a Microphone (Sony adapter XLRK2M Postproduction) and extra Professionals Lavaliere-Microphone for Interview. If needed I can film with two cameras (Sony Alpha 7IV). And for more dynamic shots I can also use a gimbal.
For videos dedicated to social media, I use an Iphone 15 pro with 48 Megapixels / 4K60 ProRes combined with Rode Microphones.
Format
- Video: 4K _ 3840 x 2160 pixels
- Photo: RAW / JPEG
Post-editing
- Photo: Adobe Photoshop / Lightroom
- Video Editing: Adobe Premiere Pro
PRICES
Contact me and don’t forget to take into account in your prices or my prices the video and sound equipment and the editing hours 😉
CV
I worked regularly as a videographer & photographer with fabrik Potsdam (since 2022) and , iCollective – ERbeLEBEN (since 2023), explore dance (since 2023), Fair Share Berlin ( since 2025).
Between 2010 – 2025, I worked with institutions, galeries and festivals:
BBK Berlin (2025), Kultur Mitte (2025) // Frauen Museum Berlin (2024), FRÖBEL (2024), TANZWERK Werder (2023), Along the Lines, Berlin (2023) // Er(be)leben Urbane Kunst, Berlin (2023) // Galerie Weisser Elefant (2020-2023) // URBANRAUM Berlin (2021-2023), // Project Space Festival Berlin (2022-2024), La Boîte _ Un lieu d’art contemporain Tunis (2022) // Humbolt Forum Berlin – Moving the Forum (2022) // Galerie Houg Paris (2022) // Institut Français de Berlin _ Bureau du Livre & Bureau des arts plastiques (2021/2022) // AquabitArt gallery Berlin (2021) // IASS – Institute For Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. Berlin (2021) // BDK – Fachverband für Kunstpädagogik e.V. Berlin (2021) // Stiftung Brandenburger Tor Berlin (2017-2021) // Kunsthochschule Wießensee Berlin (2020) // IET GmbH (2018) // Xchange Festival Berlin (2016) // Impro per Arts Berlin (2015) // La Ménagerie e.V Berlin (2010)
And between 2008 – 2024 I worked with collectives, freelance artists & performers:
Groupo Oito, KOLLEKTIVTRANSIT, Trio Transmitter, Trio SCALES, Sidelaner, Eva Burghardt, Andrew Wass, Stefania Petracca, Paolo Cingliani, Akemi Nagao, Bettina Neuhaus, Aurélie Pertusot, Laure Catugier, Ramona Taterra, Bernd Krüerke, Pascal Brateau, Jorge Lopes, Alice Dittmar, Susanne Soldan, Klara Kroymann, Zoé Baraton, Miss Anaïs-Myriam Riza, Hela Lamine, Férielle Doulain Zouari, Safa Attyaoui, Nicène Kossentini, Yesmine Ben Khelil, Marta Colombo, Vanessa Farfàn, Natalia Irina Roman, Emilie Delugeau, Paula Vidal, Adi Weinberg, Marion Orfila, Sudden Starlings Collective
In 2021, I created the video series “INSIGHT#_Women Artists Berlin”, with the intention to highlight women in their artistic practices. This series has been extended to Tunis in 2022/23 in collaboration with La Boîte_ Un lieu d’art contemporain Tunis.
In 2022 I produced also a series of short video documentaries to present the artistic and craft activities of Nefta, a small town in southern Tunisia, on the edge of the desert. And also a short documentary on the city’s oasis, the palm grove, source of all craft activities, which is in perdition.
Publication (Photos): Book Cover “L’ Apparition” by Joël Becam, 2020 // Catalogues “Max-Artists in Residence an Grundschulen” – Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, 2017/18 & 2018/19
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