"My art is rooted in a single reflection:...

...why am I not as others are? ... my art gives meaning to my life."

Edvard Munch


"mein herr, denken sie nicht zu lange nach", germany, 2006

"I am in blood...

...Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o'er."

Shakespeare, "Macbeth"

"enter"

"close shadows see poison"

"release for shooting down"

black 'n' white or sepia?

"stagnation of the transit", germany, 2006

camera: Nikon TW Zoom 35-80

film: Ilford Delta 100 pro

paper: Ilford b/w

"Das ganze Unglück des Menschen liegt darin,...

...dass er gezwungen war, zur Menschheit zu werden, oder dass er es zu spät wurde, als er schon unumstößlich in Völker, Rassen, Glauben, Stände und Klassen differenziert war, in Reiche und Arme, Gebildete und Ungebildete, Herrschende und Unterworfene."

Karel Čapek, "Der Krieg mit den Molchen" (orig.: "Válka s mloky", engl.: "War with the Newts")

"schach dem könig", germany, 2006

"Photography is not an art. ...

... Neither is painting not sculpture, literature or music. They are only different media for the individual to express his aesthetic feelings… You do not have to be a painter or a sculptor to be an artist. You may be a shoemaker. You may be creative as such. And if so you are a greater artist than the majority of the painters whose work is shown in the art galleries of today."

Alfred Stieglitz

"X", germany, 2006

"Denn nur die Realität , auch wenn sie gut versteckt ist,...

...besitzt die Kraft, mitzureißen."

Jean Cocteau

"aufbauende altbauten", germany, 2006/2008

the music: Einstürzende Neubauten - "Stahlmusik"

How to restore a picture, which ist 100 years old?!

People "live" after their death in the memories of their families and friends and as well in photographs.
In this case it is a photograph from my grand-grand-grandmother. The picture is from 1890 - 1910, the size is 30x40cm and it is fixed on a cardboard.

I scaned and edited it with Photoshop CS. I used the clone stamp, selective color (neutrals and black) and curves. I needed for this restoration 30 - 40 minutes.

I know the last step isn't really perfect, but I think that an old picture needs a little bit of patina.


Original scan:


1.Step:


2.Step:


3.Step:


4.Step:


I've used this picture as a layer for my "business card":

90th anniversary of the Bauhaus.

A great year for a great institute!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus

I'm a great admirer of the Bauhaus and certainly I had to create two collages, which are homages to two works of art made by members of the Bauhaus:


"utopia. gedicht der phantasie.", brasil, 2008 _ homage to "Utopia. Dokumente der Wirklichkeit" by Rudolf Lutz


"Haben Sie mitgeholfen?", brasil, 2008 _ homage to "Helfen Sie mit!" by Marianne Brandt
You can watch the originals of the two "Bauhäusler" in this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Bauhaus-Design-Jeannine-Fiedler/dp/3829025939

The brazilian Photography.

Do you really think that the brazilian photography only consists of Sebastião Salgado?

This attitude is wrong, very wrong.

Salgado is one of the best photographers in the world, but Brazil has more grandiose photographers. Here is a short list:

Eustáquio Neves, Julio Bittencourt (winner of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2007), Boris Kossoy, Luiz Braga, Otto Stupakoff, Mário Cravo Neto, Nair Benedicto, Bob Wolfenson, Klaus Mitteldorf, Ella Dürst, J.R. Duran, Cláudia Andujar, Angelo Maciel, Luis Crispino, Paulo Vainer, Marcos Santilli, Roberto Cecato, Vania Toledo, Marcelo Tabach, Walter Firmo, Juca Martins, Rubens Mano, Gal Oppido, Clicio, Hélio Oiticica, Miguel Rio Branco, Thomas Susemihl, Ed Viggiani and Charles Steuck, a friend of mine, with a great capability.

One of the best books about the contemporary brazilian photography is this one:

"Die Dichte des Lichts: Zeitgenössische Brasilianische Fotografie - Density of Light: Contemporary Brazilian Photography - A Espessura da Luz: Fotografia Brasileira Contemporânea" by Paulo Herkenhoff (author) with photographs of Cláudia Andujar, Luiz Braga, Mário Cravo Neto, Hélio Oiticica, Miguel Rio Branco and others. The book was printed for the Frankfurter Buchmesse 1994 in Germany and is in german, english and portuguese.

http://www.amazon.com/Die-Dichte-Lichts-Zeitgenossische-brasilianische/dp/B0006F6PX0/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232377781&sr=1-16


The best brazilian publisher for art books is Cosac Naify.

The brazilian photo magazines:

Photo Magazine, Fotógraphos, Iris (Foto) - a revista da imagem, Paparazzi - arte fotográfica, Fotografe Melhor, Photo & Camera - explorer magazine, Fotografia Popular, Photos and Digital Photography - fotografia digital.

This site is a very good brazilian photo site: http://photos.uol.com.br/

monochromatic color.

I using the example of the color blue, but you can do it with each color you want.

The original 35mm-scan:

"in the stream", brasil, 2008


Photoshop CS: selective color, desaturate, photo filter: deep blue (density: 100%), curves and selective color:

"monochromatic blue 01", brasil, 2008


detail:

"monochromatic blue 02", brasil, 2008