Leen Al Shemaly

 
Picture by Lily Hardy

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Ground 
Before We Leave
Basement 
PRIVATE GARAGE
Denisa on Tour

Leen Al Shemaly
Weserstraße 123
12045 Berlin
Germany
leenshem@gmail.com


Photographer from Lebanon. Based in Berlin since 2021.

For portfolio request: leenshem@gmail.com
@leenshem
01.Ground
Location: Berlin
Models: Hanna, Coke, Monica, Sasha
Personal Project
Black and white photography

This project is about the struggle of returning to movement.
I’ve been dancing since childhood, and I’ve come to know the quiet ache of stillness—
the loss of flow, the unfamiliar weight within my own body.
Staying grounded felt impossible when I was heavy, like stone.
This project traces a slow, tender journey back to motion—
a dream that fades in and out, always hoping to return.


02. Before We Leave

Location: Berlin
WG Residents: Matti, Laura, Rayah
Personal Project

Hardcover photo book

Focusing on how residents of shared apartments (Wohngemeinschaften) in Berlin navigate feelings of home, belonging, and identity through photography—particularly in a city undergoing rapid gentrification. The focus is on photography as a form of visual memory-making in transitory, often impermanent living spaces.


03.Basement

Location: Tegel, Berlin
Model: Veronica Melissari
Fashion Photography 

Black and white photography

 How much can you do with a white wall? How much possibilities?

04. PRIVATE GARAGE Album Release

Location: Tegel, Berlin
Artist: Isitseif
Fashion and Music Photography

Black and white photography

Album Release promo photoshoot for Egyptian, Berlin based producer Isitseif.

05.Denisa on Tour

Location: Urban Spree, Berlin
Denisa and her band
Live Show Photography

Black and white flash photography

CONCERTS! CONCERTS! CONCERTS!
All the way from Indonesia