(Portrait & Documentary)
I photograph the moments that words can’t hold
Documenting life in the spaces between — editorial, portrait, and documentary work from around the world.
Keahi
Based in Berlin. Available for editorial, commercial, and documentary commissions worldwide.
(Featured)
2024 / Editorial
Light Study, Kyoto
A two-week residency documenting morning rituals in traditional neighborhoods. Shot on medium format, natural light only.
(Portfolio)
“Keahi sees things other photographers miss. She doesn’t just document a space — she reveals it.”
Thomas Reiner, Creative Director, Studio Reiner
800+
Shoots
12
Countries
3
Awards
15
Publications
Photography found me before I found it. Growing up between Honolulu and Berlin, I learned to see the world as a series of contrasts — light and shadow, silence and noise, permanence and flux. That tension drives every frame I shoot.
My approach is rooted in patience and presence. I spend days on location before shooting — observing how light moves through a building, how people inhabit a space. The camera comes last. Understanding comes first.
I work primarily with architects and design studios who need photography that reveals the intent behind their work — not just the surface. Currently based in Los Angeles, available worldwide.
— Sofia Mercer, 2024
Exhibitions & Publications
Between Walls — Solo Exhibition
Gallery Eight, Los Angeles, 2024
Light in Structure — Group Show
MoMA PS1, New York, 2023
Concrete Poetics — Featured in Architectural Digest
Issue 204, Spring 2023