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Marlene

Marlene is part of Girls Like Us, a long-term portrait series exploring modern femininity through moments that are rarely seen and never staged.

A woman reclining on a dark patterned sofa, wearing lace lingerie, captured in high-contrast black and white. The photograph highlights her confident gaze, sculptural lighting, and intimate Glam Realism aesthetic.

The project focuses on women who move between identities, roles, and emotional landscapes — performers, outsiders, caretakers of their own mythology. This photograph captures Marlene in a moment of self-possession, somewhere between rest and readiness. The hard flash carves her out of the dim room, revealing her with an honesty that is neither decorative nor confrontational. She doesn’t pose; she inhabits.Her gaze is direct, grounded, almost amused — as if she knows exactly who she is in this second, and invites us to hold that knowledge with her.

The red velvet behind her and the lace she wears hint at nightlife, desire, and performance, but the atmosphere remains intimate. This is the core of Glam Realism: a world where glamour and raw truth coexist in the same frame.

Portrait of Marlene preparing for a photoshoot, applying makeup at a dressing table — candid moment from the ‘Girls Like Us’ series by photographer Sahin Dellemann
Marlene is preparing for the shot
“Behind-the-scenes view of Marlene adjusting her hair in front of a vanity mirror, captured as part of Sahin Dellemann’s ‘Girls Like Us’ portrait series
Behind the scenes

Marlene embodies the spirit of Girls Like Us:a woman caught in the brief space between vulnerability and control, revealing her own truth without asking for permission.

Available on request:• 70 × 50 cm• 150 × 100 cmPrinted on Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta, hand-signed, limited edition, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

 
 
 

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