Picknick am Müggelsee, Ost-Berlin, 1963 by Max Scheler

(Copyright by Max Scheler)

"Max Scheler had the ability to pay attention to the nuances in dealing with people. His portraits of celebrities or historical moments are characterized by this talent. He noticed small, seemingly insignificant gestures from the perspective of detached serenity. Nevertheless, his competence and ability to empathize with his subjects and an intense interest in the psychology of people already characterized his earliest essays for the magazine Heute. In a portrait of his oeuvre in 1958 Scheler mentioned „Im focused on reportage with dramatic content. I look for situations in which facial reactions of the individual or the masses mirror the atmosphere of the event. The human face with emotions of joy, sorrow, excitement, hysteria, faith, despair is most beautiful. I am more interested in the psychological than formal aspects of photography. Excellent composition, graphic qualities, and distribution of light, are prerequisites of a good image, but I apply these unconsciously."

Exhibited at Photokunst, Berlin.

Compost Picture 1 by Nigel Shafran

(Copyright - Nigel Shafran)

"Nigel Shafran's series Compost Pictures quietly documents an ever changing bowl of kitchen scraps ready for the compost pile and carries a more abstract sense of the passage of time and light."

Exhibited as part of the HOUSE exhibition, Hove.

from Brot by Gosbert Adler

(Copyright - Gosbert Adler)

"Gosbert Adler’s internationally acclaimed photography questions reality without claiming to offer definitive answers. His pictures depict seemingly trivial, mundane scenes. Always serial and limited to a few themes, they explore the specific aesthetic scope of photography, which sees itself as documentary and is aware of its absolute subjectivity. In his conscious choices of perspective, detail, focus and colour, Adler constantly reflects the possibilities and constraints of his medium."

Exhibited at zone E, Essen.

Seehausen by Hans-Christian Schink

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"From the very start of his artistic activity, Hans-Christian Schink has worked on strictly defined series in regard to content that developed over a long period of time. The exhibition focuses on four thematic and aesthetic emphases of his photographic oeuvre. It presents portrayals of walls and empty interiors that negate central and interpretative perspectives, taking their place in the ranks of colour field painting."

Exhibited at  Neues Museum, Weimar.

The Smothering by Natalie Dybszi (Miss Aniela)

 






















(Copyright - Natalie Dybszi)

Exhibited at JoAnne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach and IfIConstantlyShowMyKnickersMaybeTheyllNotNoticeTheDuffPhotos Gallery, London

from Landscapes by Sandra Kantanen



(Copyright - Sandra Kantanen)

"Sandra’s works are combination of painting and photography; it’s more about abstract than figural, however, she’s always following the canons of art photography. Fusion of different cultures seen by the photographer gave her insight to perceive image from a different angle."

Exhibited at Pobeda gallery, Moscow

Unseen vistas of the Big Apple by Swiss photographer, Christoph Studinka

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"He's interested in the miraculous moment of seeing and framing the image, which is often happening in a matter of seconds. Studinka strolls through the chessboard of New York's streets with his preloaded camera, the lens on f 8, the shutter on 1/125 second, waiting, watching, searching, waiting, wondering, deciding, and instantly shooting the picture of a concerned wall street banker, of a young couple in love at SoHo, of an elegant lady approaching the stretch limousine waiting in front of the Plaza Hotel. He is fascinated by New York's greed and poetry, its success and failure, the symbols for world power and (like Ground Zero) destruction."

Exhibited at Gallery See 301, Zurich.

from Carte Blanche VI: VNG Verbundnetz Gas AG

(Copyright - Berndt Borchardt)

"The photo collection of Verbundnetz Gas AG is one of the most significant collections of contemporary photographic art in Germany. It is a reflection of a period of social transition, documenting the radical political, economic and social changes that took place in the former GDR between 1992 and 2000."

Exhibited at GfZK Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig.

JUVENILIA no 39(Kiss) by Ole John Aandal

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"In his works, Ole John Aandal uses photography to question the politics of the medium and how it shapes and charges our culture. JUVENILIA is the voice of teenagers in a new media world where everybody is an artist and everything you can imagine is real."

Exhibited at Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing.

(from) Nickla by Armand Quetsch

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(copyright - Armand Quetsch)

"The photographic approach presumes a distance, a highly particular space time. The photographer carries out an inventory with technical equipment that is both cold and direct. Yet through his gaze what ought to have been a mere recording becomes a quest for time, for the past... for a person."

Exhibited at Centre national de l'audiovisuel (CNA), Luxembourg.

Elvis by Erik Steffensen

(copyright - Erik Steffensen)

“Erik Steffensen investigates art history and its theoretical perspectives as well as current popular culture. His photos offer a reflection of the significance of our common cultural references and the fascination that they hold, through an exploration of places and phenomena that are part of the contemporary mythology. His work deals with fears of nothingness and with solitude, yet it never lacks humour and irony.

In Tarkovsky's 'Stalker' two men are guided through 'the zone' by a third, the Stalker, in search of a nearly unreachable place called 'the room' where a person's innermost dreams and desires are said to come true. In the film as in the work of Erik Steffensen the journey in itself is paramount compared to its objective.”

1978 by Elizabeth Gordon

(copyright - Elizabeth Gordon)

"(she) … celebrates sobriety with anonymous portraits of women, titled with the year they stopped drinking. This represents just a tiny slice of the many, many women worldwide who have recovered from what feels like such a hopeless and desperate situation."

Elizabeth Gordon won the (UK) Channel 4 'Picture This' photography competition programme in 2008.

Rekha by Fazal Sheikh

(copyright - Fazal Sheikh)

“Fazal Sheikh (b. 1965, USA) has been nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2008 for his publication Ladli, published by Steidl, Germany (2007). Sheikh is an artist-activist who uses photography to create sustained portraits of different communities around the world.”