Objective Photography

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My photographs depict the presentation of individual architectural objects, their location as well as their unique settings.

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In doing so, I follow a distinct line of photography with an aesthetic core, which has remained unchanged since the beginnings of the medium: trust in the expressiveness of our visible reality and its phenomena. This trust recognizes a beauty and expression of an object that is best reflected by the most accurate and genuine representation possible in the photographic image. This conception of photography barely oversteps the borders of real facts and conditions, which is why “the precise expression becomes a beautiful expression” applies to it (Ref.1).

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In this sense, Hella Becher also formulated: "Why should I transfer my mood and feelings to something that can speak for itself?" (Ref. 2). This depiction is still shared by several photographers today, as e.g. in Germany and the USA. 

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Through attention to detail and precision in craftsmanship, I try to make the objects speak for themselves. For this I work with an 8'x10' plate camera for the necessary attention to detail. In order to unify the light settings and direct the focus on the object, I only take photos when the sky is overcast. As a result, the light appears diffuse and does not allow shadows to appear on objects, which in turn would create their own reality.

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As a result, we experience objects in a calm, majestic clarity before our eyes.

 

Ref 1: Stephen Shore, Photographs, Catalog of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, 1981, p.9

Ref 2: Hilla Becher, quoted from the film Contacts Hilla and Bernd Becher by Jean-Pierre Krief, KS visions, Paris.