The photographer Felix Noll lives between Massachusetts and Saarbrücken (Germany).
In his artistic work, he explores themes of identity and sexuality. His mostly analog and black-and-white photographs can be understood as an extended self-portrait – a visual diary that reflects the dynamics of his life, his love relationships, and his friendships.

Noll’s work moves between documentary observation and poetic self-inquiry. For him, the camera is not a tool of distance but an instrument of closeness: it makes intimacy and vulnerability visible.

What distinguishes Noll’s photographs is their quiet, concentrated presence. His images seem to capture the moment with an almost desperate determination – aware of its fleeting and fragile nature. At the same time, the body of work unfolds its tension through seemingly contradictory motifs: tender, intimate portraits and raw, untamed nature; the orderly, normative uniformity of suburban housing developments and the depiction of love beyond those norms.

Within this field of tension between vulnerability and resistance, Noll creates images that speak as much of closeness as of distance. His portraits of lovers and friends resemble family pictures, yet they are also subtle counter-images to conventional ideas of community, belonging, and normality. The private becomes a form of self-empowerment – a space where personal fragility gains political dimension.

It is a quiet yet resolute plea for the diversity of human life, for its visibility, dignity, and vulnerability.