The photos titled Alba – Italian for sunrise – were all captured on negative in the high mountains of the French and Italian Alps. I regularly go into the mountains to experience the immense landscape and the physical exertion of a multi-day hike. In this way, I experience both the insignificance of man and the rhythm, grandeur, and beauty of nature. The photographs show mountain ridges and plateaus. Due to overexposed skies or snow areas, the image loses its usual contours. To emphasize this burned-out aspect, the analog color prints are kept small and placed on a larger sheet of paper. As such, the shot seems to disappear into the paper. The print size contrasts sharply with the grand subject and, at the same time, emphasizes its fragility.
Works from the series Alba and bleu, blue, blauw, blau, mèlyna were on display in the exhibition Ausschit mit Zimmer at the Fotogalerie Wien (AT).
Aussicht mit Zimmer brings together the works of Hélène Fauquet (FR), Liesbet Grupping (BE), Bernat Haupt (HU), Laure Nitsch und Barbara Juch (AT), Eszra Oezen (DE), Kai Werner Schmidt (DE). “The artworks in the exhibition explore the relationship between interior and exterior spaces, both architecturally and mentally. Architectural space can be a safe haven or a place of isolation. Windows, facilitating light, air, and a connection to the outside, expand spatial potential, or can be obscured to hinder the view. The boundary between inside and outside is fluid. Natural spaces encourage self-reflection, shifting the gaze from outward to inward. The exhibition’s inverse title reflects the artists’ unconventional approach and unique perceptual experiences.” (extract from exhibition text by Petra Noll-Hammerstiel)
