📷 Photography & Stories

Chasing Light,
One Frame at a Time

Hi, I'm Alex. I wander with a camera and an eye for the quiet, the golden, and the forgotten. This is my visual journal — shot on film, printed in memory.

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Rolling hills bathed in golden sunset light
★ Featured Story

The Golden Hour: Shooting Dusk on Expired Kodak

There's something irreplaceable about loading a roll of expired film and surrendering to the uncertainty. These frames from the Tuscan hills remind me why I started shooting analog in the first place.



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Portrait study in natural window light

Window Light Portraits: A Study in Stillness

All I needed was a north-facing window and a willing subject. Shot on Ilford HP5 pushed two stops.

ilford hp5 · pushed 2 stops
Street photography from Tokyo

Tokyo at 3am: The City That Never Goes Quiet

Between the last train and the first ramen shop opening, there's a city that breathes differently. I was there with my Leica and no plans.

tokyo, feb 2025
Foggy Iceland landscape photograph

Iceland in Fog: When the Scene Disappears

I drove four hours for a waterfall I never saw. What I found instead was better: a world made of white silence and basalt shadow.

iceland, jan 2025
Darkroom development process

Darkroom Notes: Why I Still Develop My Own Film

There's something almost liturgical about the darkroom. No screens, no notifications — just chemistry, timing, and the slow reveal of an image.

home darkroom, 2024
Candid market portrait

Market Faces: Candid Portraits from Oaxaca

A 28mm lens and a slow walk through the mercado. These are the faces of a Sunday morning in southern Mexico.

oaxaca, dec 2024
Portrait of photographer Alex Mercer
— that's me, somewhere in Portugal

✦ The Photographer

Hello, I'm Alex.

I'm a photographer and visual storyteller based between Lisbon and wherever the light takes me. I've been shooting film since 2014, chasing the grain, the warmth, and the imperfection that digital can only approximate.

My work spans landscapes, portraits, and street documentation — united by a preference for available light, quiet moments, and the feeling that the best photographs are the ones that happen by accident.

I believe a photograph should feel like a memory: slightly faded, slightly warm, and impossible to fully explain.

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