What Stories Lie Behind the Lens of Calla Fleischer?

What makes a photograph linger in your mind long after you have turned the page? In Stories Untold, internationally renowned photographer and adventurer Calla Fleischer offers an answer through nearly 400 pages of arresting, deeply human images gathered over more than a decade of travel.

Launching in the UK on 3 February, the book brings together Fleischer’s work across ten countries, spanning the Americas, South Asia, Europe and the Middle East. From Cuba and Guatemala to Ethiopia, India and Morocco, each photograph feels less like a snapshot and more like a quiet conversation. Now based in New Hampshire in the United States, Fleischer reflects a global perspective shaped by years of movement, curiosity and connection.

Her journey began at just 12 years old, when her father, Theo, placed a camera in her hands. What started in her childhood home in South Africa, photographing friends, family and strangers, evolved into a lifelong pursuit of documenting cultures, traditions and fleeting everyday moments.

Stories Untold reveals an artist drawn to the human condition in all its complexity. Through a blend of colour and black and white photography, Fleischer captures scenes that feel both intimate and expansive. Whether focusing on geographic themes such as Ethiopia, Kolkata, Darjeeling or Cuba, or simply observing daily life unfold, her images invite us to pause.

In a fast moving world, Stories Untold reminds us that sometimes the most powerful narratives are the quiet ones waiting to be seen.