Three friends talking in warm golden hour light between festival tents

Photographer · Berlin · available worldwide

Light, fire & the people who carry it.

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Selected work

A solo fire dancer holds two burning fire fans overhead, body lit only by the flames

Solo with Fire Fans

Fire & Performance

Photo by: Marlin Pohl

Close-up portrait of a woman's eyes over a patterned scarf

Eyes First

Portraits

Photo by: Marlin Pohl

Three friends talking in warm golden hour light between festival tents

Golden Hour Crew

Festival & Culture

Photo by: Marlin Pohl

A fire breather exhales a bloom of flame at a night market, neon signs glowing behind him

Fire Breather

Fire & Performance

Photo by: Marlin Pohl

A performer covered in hexagonal mirror tiles, lit blue through drifting smoke

Mirror Man

Fire & Performance

Photo by: Marlin Pohl

A woman sitting cross-legged among a festival crowd under a shade sail

In the Crowd

Festival & Culture

Photo by: Marlin Pohl

Two grooms cutting their wedding cake together, red roses on white icing

First Cut

Weddings

Photo by: Marlin Pohl

A woman in a hood with glitter face paint, lit in deep purple ultraviolet light

Ultraviolet

Portraits

Photo by: Marlin Pohl

A fire performer spinning props beside burning letter signs

Letters Alight

Fire & Performance

Photo by: Marlin Pohl

A man in a white hat and suit walking through a narrow European street

Passing Through

Commercial & Street

Photo by: Marlin Pohl

01 · Where the light source is alive

Fire & Performance

Fire shows, flow artists and stage performers, shot in the dark with nothing but the flame itself. I spin fire and poi myself, so I know where the arc is going before it gets there.

02 · The in-between moments

Festival & Culture

Gatherings, dance floors at noon, golden hour crews and boat parties. Candid documentation of communities in their element: no posing, no interruptions.

03 · Close enough to matter

Portraits

From ultraviolet paint to quiet studio light. A portrait works when the person forgets the camera is there.

04 · One day, told honestly

Weddings

Ceremonies and celebrations documented as they happen: the nervous groomsmen, the first cut of the cake, the guests who cry first.

05 · Product, people, pavement

Commercial & Street

Apparel campaigns on location and the streets in between. Clean frames that still feel like real life.

Black and white portrait of Marlin Pohl

Marlin PohlEST. Berlin

About

I photograph what I'm part of.

I'm Marlin, a photographer and software engineer based in Berlin. I spin fire and poi myself, which is how most of this portfolio happened: when you're inside the circle, the camera stops being a wall.

That's the throughline in everything here. Festivals, weddings, portraits, campaigns: I work embedded, not from the sidelines. Available light where it exists, real flame where it doesn't.

  • Fire & performance showson stage, in the dark
  • Festival & event coveragemulti-day, embedded
  • Weddings & celebrationsdocumentary style
  • Portraits & campaignsstudio or location

Berlin, Germany · travels anywhere the light is good

Have a stage, a story, a wedding, a brand?

Let's make it glow

founder@marlinjai.com