Josef Sulaiman is a photographer and visual storyteller drawn to people, places, and moments that exist slightly out of frame. His work sits between documentary and fiction, where real life is shaped by mood, memory, and emotional distance.
Much of his work is rooted in the experience of being between worlds. As an immigrant in Sweden, he is drawn to outsiders, quiet observers, and people who move through spaces without fully claiming them. Whether photographing street vendors in Marrakesh, reflections in Hamburg, or shadows in Amman, the focus remains the same: how identity reveals itself when no one is performing.
His projects are built as sequences rather than collections. Each image is meant to speak to the one before and after it, forming visual narratives about distance, memory, and the fragile moments that make a place feel human.
Alongside photography, Josef co-founded the storytelling driven clothing project Halfway Dream, where garments, graphics, and releases are treated as chapters in a larger narrative. The same instincts guide both mediums, design and photography as different expressions of the same need to tell stories.
Josef’s work is not about spectacle. It is about atmosphere, and the quiet tension between being seen and remaining unknown.