Cover Photographer, TopBest Magazine — Q2 2025

In this episode of the DES_Photomag Podcast, we speak with Andreas Geisinger, photographer and cover author of the 2nd Quarter 2025 TopBest Magazine.

Trained as a sociologist and psychologist, Andreas approaches street photography as both an artistic outlet and a form of observation. During the conversation, we explore how his academic background informs his way of seeing — not as analysis in advance, but as awareness in the moment.

Inspired by Erving Goffman’s The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, Andreas reflects on the city as a stage, where people move between roles as actors and audience in an ongoing, unscripted drama. His photographs emerge from this tension: unposed, attentive, and grounded in everyday encounters.

We also discuss photography as a necessary counterbalance to professional life, and the camera as a tool akin to a pencil — a means of sketching moments rather than constructing narratives. The episode touches on patience, proximity, and the quiet discipline required to remain open to what unfolds.

As with all DES_Photomag Podcast conversations, this episode focuses on process, perception, and sustained photographic thinking, rather than outcomes or trends.

Andreas Geisinger’s work is featured in the DES_Gallery, where a curated image connected to his magazine cover selection can be viewed.

Cover Photographer, TopBest Magazine — Q1 2025

Tom Berth is the photographer behind the cover image of TopBest Magazine, 1st Quarter 2025.
His work stood out not for spectacle, but for its quiet tension.

In this first episode of the DES_Photomag Podcast, we sit down with Tom to talk about photography beyond outcomes: the rhythm of working slowly, the importance of restraint, and the moment when a photograph stops trying to impress and starts to resonate.