Or rather, when is photography actually art? – An eternal topic of dispute… In view of the fact that photography is omnipresent nowadays, we may also allow ourselves to take a critical look at it. I don’t necessarily mean whether the image has been heavily edited or whether a special filter has been applied. In …
It is undenied that black and white photography has its very own charm. Anyone who starts to deal with it enters a completely separate world within photography. Its character is the play of light, darkness, contrasts and shades of gray. However, such photographs are now a rare pictorial style and an unfamiliar sight in public, …
In the beginning there was light – The fascination of black & white photography Read More »
Since I wrote about the fascination of mountains in my previous blog post, it makes sense to tie in thematically and also write about a very special mountain. The Kazbek was already mentioned in Greek mythology and supposed to seal the fate of the Titan Prometheus for eternity.In 2018, I was allowed to have my …
Prometheus’ Mountain of Fate – The Mythical Kazbek in Georgia Read More »
There are moments in life that burn themselves deep into the mind and become unforgettable memories. Inside you know that something very special just happened and afterwards nothing can ever be the same again. Until that moment, I would never have thought it possible that a sight could ever fascinate me so much and turn …
The deeper I dive into the world of photography, the more often I inevitably ask myself, how do you actually recognize a good photograph? The answer to this question is not so simple and has a high potential for controversy, which probably some of you have already noticed in various forums, Facebook groups or either …
It was the last evening in the Pakistani city of Skardu before we were to travel to Islamabad and from there back to Germany. We came back from Askole with the jeeps only the evening before and were pretty exhausted from the past weeks. Nevertheless, I wanted to make a last attempt to capture an …
It always takes two – the story behind a special portrait Read More »
It’s Sunday, mid-November. The Corona pandemic is still holding us at bay and the 2nd lockdown is again severely restricting life. So I don’t have much choice but to spend my time in the home office working on various projects. In the last few days, the weather hasn’t necessarily shown its best side anyway, which …
My studies to become a photojournalist are progressing and with them the scope of new challenges. So it happened that I was up to create my own photo series as an assignment, the topic I could choose freely. After some musing with my roommate, the initial idea was to capture the charm and zeitgeist of …
With the reproducibility of images at the beginning of the 19th century and the invention of roll film, photojournalism also became increasingly important. Where previously heavy equipment had to be brought in, mobile and flexible photojournalism was now possible. Photojournalism became a permanent institution at the latest with travel and war photography. In the long …
In other words, who am I? Finding an answer to this question may not be so easy for some people. For me it took many years to be able to answer this question somewhat satisfactorily. Even without a great deal of thought, I would say that the last 15 years have served the purpose of …
