We live in a shifting cultural moment where the lines of trust have blurred. True authenticity is a rare find in a digital space crowded with artificial media and relentless promotion. By Someone I Trust moves in the opposite direction — towards something more personal, honest, and real. The series is a conversation between photographer Michaela Mira Plesner and her best friend Noa Levy.
They simply sat down on Noa’s bed, in the clothes she actually wears at home, and talked. About getting dressed, about the things we hold on to, and about who we are when nobody’s watching.
“What made you feel beautiful this week?”
“Noa works in front of a camera, so I wanted to shoot her as she is when it’s off. I used an old Sony camcorder, at home, with nothing styled.
What stayed with me is how much the small things carry. There’s a sweater she’s had for years, and a ring from her mother. The few things we’d never give away are always the ones someone we love gave us.”
Michaela shares more about the afternoon and the thoughts behind the series in her own words:
“Noa and I have been friends for a long time.
Alongside a newer digital camera, I brought an old Sony camcorder to her place and we sat on her bed and talked. I didn’t style her. She wore what she wears at home. I asked her what she was wearing and what inspires her style and the way she looks. Most of her answers weren’t about clothes at all. They were about how putting things together made her feel. I wish I could play that conversation on a loop for the audience. It was so raw and beautiful. Childish, even.
That’s the part I keep thinking about. Almost everything we own has a feeling of trust behind it. A friend who said it looked good on you. A sister who handed it down. A girl on the street you followed for two blocks to ask where her bag was from.
As Gen Z, we’re living in a very interesting time, one where trust has become a blurry, messy word. Authenticity is hard to find. Social media is saturated with AI content and ads, and there’s no place left that’s simply about style and inspiration, effortlessness and chic.
I’ve been building something around that for a while now. It’s called Maze, a diary of everything you’ve bought, made from your own inbox, so you can see what the people you trust actually own and wear. Not what they’re paid to post.
Shooting Noa felt like the analog version of it. One friend, one camera, no edits, and a room full of things that each have a story.
These frames are the closest I’ve gotten to showing what I mean.”
