Alisa Resnik's photographs are rich in atmosphere. It is as if she ventures through stage sets catching fleeting moments of an insubstantial reality. Working mainly in Berlin, she explores faded bars and hotel rooms that echo the past--leaden-colored scenes and spaces emptied of life--and people's faces, etched with the traces of their lives.

As winner of the European Publishers Award for Photography, Alisa Resnik's work is published in five European languages and exhibited at the prestigious Rencontres Festival, France, in July 2014. She has exhibited in Rome, Milan, and...