Photographic works between observation, memory and perception.
My gaze wants to linger, to capture the moment. It’s nice when a viewer of a photograph caught fire.
Manfred Hohlweg
I take targeted photographs when the lighting conditions make special moments possible. I use photography to capture shapes, symmetries and special moments – and turn them into little stories.
Unique creatures
What is that?
Monsters of the deep sea, dragons or mythical creatures –
what do these bizarre shapes remind you of?
Cocoons of a butterfly become independent phenomena:
enlarged, isolated, photographed in continuous sharpness.
They are preserved rarities of a completed metamorphosis –
strange, functional and of quiet beauty.
Series of works – vier.viertel
Four.quarters is one bar.
Not every picture stands on its own. Meaning arises in the context, in the distance between the moments and in recognizing the familiar.
Repetition and change stand side by side. Some things return, others start anew. Reduced, graphic forms create lines in the landscape – almost silhouette-like and deliberately rich in contrast.
vier.viertel is oriented less to a specific location than to the rhythm of the sequence of images.
In Conflict / Conflict Zone Living Room
A living room is a familiar space. In the evening, the couch, light and screen are ready for retreat and everyday life.
But images of violence, destruction and war penetrate this protected space via the news. They come from afar and yet do not remain outside.
The project asks what happens when such images continue to have an effect in one’s own interior – between dismay, distance and helplessness.
Transition areas – Helmstedt / Marienborn border crossing.
Transitional spaces – Helmstedt / Marienborn
Helmstedt and Marienborn were places of transit, control and waiting. Before 1989, the transit route to West Berlin ran through here; Helmstedt was on the western side, Marienborn on the GDR side.
Today, cars drive past unhindered or stop briefly at the rest area. What used to mean movement, testing and tension now appears as an open space with abandoned architecture, traces of the old order and a peculiar calm.
There is no silence. The highway roars in the background.
Forest in transition
Silvery-brown deadwood, open areas and dead trunks characterize a forest that can be frightening at first glance.
But new life is gaining space between the dead trunks. The photographs show a forest in transition – between loss, new beginnings and the signs that show us the way.
Photographs and short stories
Notes on photography
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How white is white?
How white is white? A photographic note about perception, memory and the subtle color shifts that change images, spaces and works of art.