Never have I ever done a shoot 900 km away from the person I was supposed to photograph—until I was asked to photograph Janja Garnbret, world champion climber and Olympic gold medalist.

In 2020, with everyone in lockdown, Janja was at her home in Slovenia and I was in Switzerland. Despite being over 900 km apart, we managed to pull off the shoot smoothly. Janja tied her phone to a bag of flour and patiently followed my voice instructions: “A bit to the left… good, now push your hair away from your face… perfect, turn slightly to the side… lean in a little toward the camera…”