Deserted Depth — more than photography.
HOW AND WHY
Photography used to be about freezing a moment.
For me, it became about releasing one.
Deserted Depth started as a quiet rebellion against everything that felt staged, polished and perfect. It’s not a brand — it’s a presence. A cinematic approach to portrait photography that lives somewhere between documentary realism and editorial storytelling.
Each session begins with the same question: what if we stop performing for the camera?
That’s where the real image begins — in the seconds where a person forgets how they look, and starts to exist instead.
Every time a model or a client is worried about HOW they look on the camera, is a time where I always tell them to stop interfering with my work. Its not your job to know how it looks on the camera, its mine and mine alone, my precious.
HOW AND WHY
Photography used to be about freezing a moment.
For me, it became about releasing one.
Deserted Depth started as a quiet rebellion against everything that felt staged, polished and perfect. It’s not a brand — it’s a presence. A cinematic approach to portrait photography that lives somewhere between documentary realism and editorial storytelling.
Each session begins with the same question: what if we stop performing for the camera?
That’s where the real image begins — in the seconds where a person forgets how they look, and starts to exist instead.
Every time a model or a client is worried about HOW they look on the camera, is a time where I always tell them to stop interfering with my work. Its not your job to know how it looks on the camera, its mine and mine alone, my precious.
HOW AND WHY
Photography used to be about freezing a moment.
For me, it became about releasing one.
Deserted Depth started as a quiet rebellion against everything that felt staged, polished and perfect. It’s not a brand — it’s a presence. A cinematic approach to portrait photography that lives somewhere between documentary realism and editorial storytelling.
Each session begins with the same question: what if we stop performing for the camera?
That’s where the real image begins — in the seconds where a person forgets how they look, and starts to exist instead.
Every time a model or a client is worried about HOW they look on the camera, is a time where I always tell them to stop interfering with my work. Its not your job to know how it looks on the camera, its mine and mine alone, my precious.
Most of my work falls between portrait, editorial and cinematic storytelling.
It’s moody, often minimal, and always emotional.
I’m not chasing flawless beauty I’m chasing the tension that makes someone human and sexy.
The process itself is simple:
a light, a person, an atmosphere.
There’s no rush, serene chaos, no production circus.
Every shoot is built around the individual and their rhythm, their screams inside that need to come out, their way of existing when the world stops to watch.
This is what I call cinematic presence — the feeling that you’re not being photographed, but remembered.
The Philosophy Behind It
Deserted Depth is built on three simple ideas:
Presence over perfection.
Emotion before aesthetics.
Real moments over trends.
I like using natural or imperfect light — harsh, uneven, sometimes wrong — because that’s how truth looks.
I use editing as a tool of emotion, not correction.
Color grading isn’t about making something pretty — it’s about making it feel.
My sessions often happen in spaces that carry weight:
abandoned buildings, forest trails, rooftops after rain.
Zagreb is full of these silent corners that feel cinematic on their own.
Every place has a pulse and it only needs someone brave enough to stand in it and breathe.
Most of my work falls between portrait, editorial and cinematic storytelling.
It’s moody, often minimal, and always emotional.
I’m not chasing flawless beauty I’m chasing the tension that makes someone human and sexy.
The process itself is simple:
a light, a person, an atmosphere.
There’s no rush, serene chaos, no production circus.
Every shoot is built around the individual and their rhythm, their screams inside that need to come out, their way of existing when the world stops to watch.
This is what I call cinematic presence — the feeling that you’re not being photographed, but remembered.
The Philosophy Behind It
Deserted Depth is built on three simple ideas:
Presence over perfection.
Emotion before aesthetics.
Real moments over trends.
I like using natural or imperfect light — harsh, uneven, sometimes wrong — because that’s how truth looks.
I use editing as a tool of emotion, not correction.
Color grading isn’t about making something pretty — it’s about making it feel.
My sessions often happen in spaces that carry weight:
abandoned buildings, forest trails, rooftops after rain.
Zagreb is full of these silent corners that feel cinematic on their own.
Every place has a pulse and it only needs someone brave enough to stand in it and breathe.
Most of my work falls between portrait, editorial and cinematic storytelling.
It’s moody, often minimal, and always emotional.
I’m not chasing flawless beauty I’m chasing the tension that makes someone human and sexy.
The process itself is simple:
a light, a person, an atmosphere.
There’s no rush, serene chaos, no production circus.
Every shoot is built around the individual and their rhythm, their screams inside that need to come out, their way of existing when the world stops to watch.
This is what I call cinematic presence — the feeling that you’re not being photographed, but remembered.
The Philosophy Behind It
Deserted Depth is built on three simple ideas:
Presence over perfection.
Emotion before aesthetics.
Real moments over trends.
I like using natural or imperfect light — harsh, uneven, sometimes wrong — because that’s how truth looks.
I use editing as a tool of emotion, not correction.
Color grading isn’t about making something pretty — it’s about making it feel.
My sessions often happen in spaces that carry weight:
abandoned buildings, forest trails, rooftops after rain.
Zagreb is full of these silent corners that feel cinematic on their own.
Every place has a pulse and it only needs someone brave enough to stand in it and breathe.
Clients describe it as slow, calm, almost meditative.
There’s no posing — I direct energy, not limbs.
You don’t have to know what to do in front of the camera. You just have to show up.
We build a scene together — it’s not about you fitting into my vision, it’s about creating one together.
That’s why I call it a session, not a shoot.
A shoot is about taking.
A session is about revealing.
Where It’s Headed
Deserted Depth will keep evolving — more stories, more visuals, more human layers.
This project isn’t about chasing fame or followers; it’s about building something timeless in a world that moves too fast.
If you’re drawn to cinematic portrait photography, editorial visuals, or simply want to experience what it feels like to exist on camera and Deserted Depth is open.
Let’s create something that feels like you.
Contact me, @deserteddepth on all socials, or sime@xpsr.eu
Clients describe it as slow, calm, almost meditative.
There’s no posing — I direct energy, not limbs.
You don’t have to know what to do in front of the camera. You just have to show up.
We build a scene together — it’s not about you fitting into my vision, it’s about creating one together.
That’s why I call it a session, not a shoot.
A shoot is about taking.
A session is about revealing.
Where It’s Headed
Deserted Depth will keep evolving — more stories, more visuals, more human layers.
This project isn’t about chasing fame or followers; it’s about building something timeless in a world that moves too fast.
If you’re drawn to cinematic portrait photography, editorial visuals, or simply want to experience what it feels like to exist on camera and Deserted Depth is open.
Let’s create something that feels like you.
Contact me, @deserteddepth on all socials, or sime@xpsr.eu
Clients describe it as slow, calm, almost meditative.
There’s no posing — I direct energy, not limbs.
You don’t have to know what to do in front of the camera. You just have to show up.
We build a scene together — it’s not about you fitting into my vision, it’s about creating one together.
That’s why I call it a session, not a shoot.
A shoot is about taking.
A session is about revealing.
Where It’s Headed
Deserted Depth will keep evolving — more stories, more visuals, more human layers.
This project isn’t about chasing fame or followers; it’s about building something timeless in a world that moves too fast.
If you’re drawn to cinematic portrait photography, editorial visuals, or simply want to experience what it feels like to exist on camera and Deserted Depth is open.
Let’s create something that feels like you.
Contact me, @deserteddepth on all socials, or sime@xpsr.eu