Portfolio – joerg alexander

Pursuit of Happiness

Pursuit of Happiness constructs a radically stylized visual world — between mirrors and skulls, longing and surface. An aesthetic that exists somewhere between Hades and haute couture. The protagonists are icons of illusion. Staged bodies enclosed in vitrines of darkness and sheen. What they think remains their own. What they feel is reflected in light, in surfaces, in metallic skulls — never spoken. Merely suggested.

Les Protégés – Fragments of Hope and Despair

“They do not know their roles – yet the world does.” Each figure carries a name, but the name is not protection — it is expectation. The women are archetypes — Lady Macbeth, Desdemona, Ophelia, Viola, Beatrice — and yet they are counter-images of themselves. They speak — but often without a voice.

Les Protégés – Fractures without Origin

“Not all drama bleeds. Some stays quiet. And waits.” The names disappear, the quotes fall silent. What remains is the everyday – kitchens, animals, patches of light on skin. The drama hasn’t vanished, it has seeped into the banal. They are silent carriers of a tension that does not explode, but endures. They show that there is a role even without a costume – and that many do not find themselves in dramas, but in routines they were never written out of.

Les Protégés – An American Fable

These solitary figures and pivotal scenes reinterpret Shakespeare’s dramas, exploring the boundary between reality and imagination. Each image captures moments charged with tension, where hope meets despair and strength confronts vulnerability.

Marisol

The Invisible Space That Shapes Us - This essay reflects on how we navigate between these invisible spaces: the hope for what is to come and the melancholy of what has been lost. The various figures are not mere representations of ideas — they are mirrors of our inner experiences. One question remains: How does the invisible—the things we hope for and the things we have lost—shape our being?

Raven

'Raven' continues the ideas introduced in 'Marisol'. The images depict a half-lit, seemingly abandoned house where a single figure sits with a raven, echoing the cryptic whisper “Nevermore.” This setting invites a closer look at how memory and uncertainty intertwine, suggesting a quiet shift from the warmth of the past to the unsettled shadows of the present.

First Crush

Blush of Affection

Silent Rebellion

Cuban youth—especially young women—move through a landscape where visibility is mandatory, but power is never guaranteed. Reggaeton blares from windows and street corners, hyper-masculine and relentless. It isn’t just background noise—it’s choreography for a daily performance of gender, control, and escape. Promiscuity is not liberation; it’s the only rebellion left. A passive survival strategy dressed in rhythm and repetition. Visibility is not freedom—it’s negotiation.

Salome

Obsession and Defiance in Oscar Wilde's Heroine

Lolita

"Silent oppression."

Traces of Light

"In the shadows of shame, traces of light shine."

Plus Proche

"Vous pensez savoir. Et puis, non. Vous ne savez pas."

Shaping Perception

„Challenging dominant narratives.“

Marisol’s Gaze

The raven at her side is neither companion nor omen but something in between, a presence that refuses to be defined. This series explores the weight of that in-between space, the tension of quiet recognition, the way meaning forms not in what is said but in what is left unsaid.