I always start my work in a state of curiosity.
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The basic idea of this work is to photograph people in such a way that it is not about photographed individuals, their gender or appearance.
I take pictures under water because its density changes the movements and postures of my protagonists so that they look sculptural.
The very limited distance view under water closes the background visually and makes the scenes appear as if on a stage.
In addition, the density of the water reduces the photographic sharpness and creates a sketchy, painterly effect.
I overdraw colors in post-production until the water appears more viscous, which should give the images a dreamlike, surreal effect.
I do not influence the processes and constellations.
It is one of the characteristics of photography to make things appear in a different light than the one in which they were photographed.
Simply by being photographed.
The situations appear ordinary in reality…
…and reveal their crazy character only stopped by a camera
When someone glides deliberately through the water, two people, standing more than swimming, tiptoe touching the ground now and then, facing each other I dive. I don’t look at the display of my camera. I anticipate the composition: distance to the motif = width of the image, choose portrait or landscape format, take a few pictures and reappear to take a breath.
I still find it difficult to explain what fascinates me in that piece of work. I see it as kind of surreal play, a peaceful reality that is invisible without being recorded by a camera.