I shot this recreation of da Vinci’s painting in an abandoned factory building in Dortmund, Germany, that is in the process of being torn down. Since I could not get a permit to shoot there, what we did was technically illegal and the shooting hat to be well prepared and get over with very quickly to lower the chance of being discovered by the police. All the models are friends (of friends), none is a professional model and they were not paid for the shoot. All of them liked the project and this is why they took part in it.