ART DIRECTION

PHOTOGRAPHING NOTHING

(AUTHOR)

IRIS KOH

(PUBLISHED)

(READING TIME)

5 MIN

(CATEGORY)

ART DIRECTION

ARTICLE COVER — 16:9

(ARTICLE)

How we shot the Noct headphones in near darkness — and why the empty space sold the product.

Darkness as a material

Most product photography fights for attention with light. We did the opposite and let the product emerge from shadow.

Less in the frame

Every shot contains one object and one source of light. The empty space around it does most of the work.

The campaign became a lesson in how much can be said with almost nothing.

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