Born and based in Tallinn, Estonia. Rene first picked up a camera in 2007. Drawn to people and to the world of extreme sports, he started out capturing the action and the riders around him.

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His first big breaks came with the Kuldrula awards and photographing nights at club Privé. For around eight years he photographed the city’s nightlife almost every weekend, often several nights a week. Today his portfolio counts more than 1,000 events.

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Since 2018 Rene has worked as a freelance photographer, covering conferences, company events, concerts, festivals and private celebrations. Yet through all those years of fast-moving events, it was portraits that kept pulling him in.

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Portraits are where his heart is. He draws inspiration from photographers such as Peter Lindbergh and Vincent Peters, known for honest, unretouched beauty and cinematic black-and-white light.

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Rene’s style is clean, classy and bold, and above all it is about emotion. Whether at a packed event or in a portrait session, he wants people to feel comfortable, confident and at home in front of his camera. 

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​Clients most often describe him as genuinely helpful. He notices the small things and steps in before anyone has to ask, so everything runs smoothly.