MARFA

Sep 2025

This editorial feature for Marfa centers on chess grandmaster Judit Polgár, weaving together contemporary portraits and archival documentation to profile her career. The layouts balance personal interview transcripts with a clean, minimalist typographic approach, grounding the narrative in both history and present-day reflection. Photographer Valeria Herklotz captures the subject across various settings, utilizing a monochrome aesthetic that leans into cinematic and documentary-style portraiture. The project makes frequent use of analogue film techniques, paired with hair styling by Tobias Sagner and makeup by Ischrak Nitschke to maintain a consistent, refined visual tone throughout the editorial spread.

Editorial, Horizontal, Monochrome

Analogue / film

Magazines

Editorial