Alma Haser’s art adds an eye-popping twist to otherwise classic portrait photography. Expanding the dimensions of traditional portraits, she takes her photographs further by using paper-folding techniques, collages, and mixed media to create layers of intrigue around her subjects; manipulating her portraits into paper sculptures.
Born in 1989 into an artistic family in the Black Forest, Germany, Haser is now based in London and on the southeast coast. “My father is a painter and sculptor and my mother, when we were living in Germany, was doing pottery, but since has moved on to first mixed media and then photography, which inspired me I think,” she shared with Plastik Magazine.
“My mother and father used to take turns to watch over me and my brother when we were kids. We were born and grew up in an old match stick factory, and were always surrounded by creativity. So I can imagine it has rubbed off on me.”
Indeed, her interest in artistic creation began at a very young age. “My first ever camera was a Box Brownie, which I was given when I was about seven,” she shared. “I used to set up scenes with my dolls and photograph them. And at this point, my mother was doing photography and had a darkroom, which I found extremely interesting, and used to develop my own pictures.”
