Through the lens in reverse: snapshots of photographer Kathrin Weident

It's a rainy, beginning of autumn day in Bucharest and I'm heading to Kathrin Weident's photo studio to watch her take pictures. Not the best day to be outdoors but a good one to watch creativity at work. I had met Kathrin for an interview during the summer. Her story unfolded slowly as we talked: she had moved from Germany to Romania and pursued her dream to set up her own photography studio here. By Corina Saceanu When she holds the camera and takes pictures in her studio on a colorful street in Bucharest, Kathrin Weident seems a different person than the camera and recorder-shy one I had seen during the interview. The photographer tries to become the inspiration for the model she portrays. She shouts when the model needs to look angry and asks her to shout together to create the effect she is looking for. She constantly talks in Romanian to the girl she's taking the picture of . You can barely see her face, almost completely covered by the camera,