For the issue of DIE ZEIT (16th February 2012) I was commissioned for two panoramic photographs. The article is about the price explosion of flat sales in Berlin Neukoelln. I shot them with my Noblex 150 panoramic camera. Haven’t worked with it for a long time. Another project I used this camera for is the Hunting Lodges series. The negative size is 5 x 12 cm. This is the contact sheet:
For SONNEMANN magazine (No. 8_1/2012 “Finance For All”) I photographed a story about microfinance in India. Among others, we met Vijay Mahajan, head of BASIX, India’s oldes commercial microfinance institution. SONNEMANN magazine is published by Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and designed by Nicole Algieri.
The last days in August I was commissioned to document a museum in a castle located in South Saxony. Before the museum will be refurbished next year I had the chance to capture the moment of the untouched and quiet situation. Most of the exhibition spaces set up in the former GDR more than 20 years ago.
Finishing off some work before the year ends, I recently worked on the photos and I’m totally attracted by the color, material and the peace. Depots, showrooms and staff rooms are mixed in the following pictures.
“To all our friends of the forests and the arts: The opening was a great success and now there is an opportunity to purchase the photographs of our Woodland exhibition in a special Christmas auction. On the 17th of December we will sell many of the pictures of our group show in an auction. Our auctioneer will be the actor Alexander Scheer from Volksbühne. So this auction will be as theatrical as the ones at Sotheby’s – but funnier of course. Whether it is as a Christmas present or for your own living-room wall – it is always wise to invest in a piece of art. So, join us for our big auction of the woods!” Text by Pavlov’s Dog
Saturday, 17th December, 5pm
Pavlov’s Dog
space for photography
Bergstrasse 19
10115 Berlin
Photos from the opening night on the 24th Nov 2011 by Pavlov’s Dog.
“Woodland” is the title for the upcoming exhibtion at the gallery Pavlov’s Dog. I’m taking part with prints from the series “Garden Of Eden”.
Private View: 24th November, 7pm
Pavlov’s Dog
space for photography
Bergstrasse 19
10115 Berlin
”From the vast forests that once covered all of Europe not much remains today. The forests of our time are mainly the product of human forestry. Nevertheless, the relics of the once vast woodland are still somewhat magical. They are places of wilderness and serenity and thus represent a contrast to our noisy cities and polished landscapes. It is not a coincidence that the Romantics made the forest one of their main subjects. For them, the gloomy twilight of the forest posed the perfect antithesis to the bright light of the age of reason. The forest is one of the last places today where we can confront the myths of our time, the things we cannot grasp by reason. Filled with Dryades and Nymphes, the forest has been mythical ever since the Greeks described it.
Is it at all possible to capture the magic of a forest with something so technical as the photographic camera? What do photographers encounter when they walk into a forest that is symbolically charged. Or do artists think of something else than an accumulation of trees when they think of a forest? All these questions lead to our idea to ask 84 photographers to produce one image of the forest.The outcome is a rampantly growing forest of images, a photographic jungle in which one may get lost or loose oneself.” Text by Pavlov’s Dog
Participating photographers: Johanna Ahlert / Angelo Antolino / Arist / Maxime Ballesteros / Julian Baumann / Ute Behrend / Thiemo Bögner / Christelle Boulé / Robert Brembeck / Jan Brockhaus / Guido Brogers / Sophie Caron / Guido Castagnoli / Piero Chiussi / Thomas Dashuber / Dieter Deventer / Juliane Eirich / Federal Studio / Sarah Feulner / Anthony Franklin / Christian Frey / Amira Fritz / Marcus Gaab / David Gagnebin-de Bons / Dominik Gigler / Andrej Glusgold / Daniel Hahn / Elias Hassos / Carsten Hein / Manja Herrmann / Michael Hudler / Fred Hüning / Susanne Huth / Britta Isenrath / Stephanie Kloss / Silke Koch / Jörg Koopmann / Simon Koy / Thomas Koy / Paul Kranzler / Tobias Kruse / Sandra Kühnapfel / Dario Lehner / Corinna Liebreich / Florian Maderspacher / Nina Mangalanayagam / Peter Meffert / Jörg Möller / Bernhard Moosbauer / Gérald Moulière / Dirk Müggenburg / Klaus Münzner / Peter Neusser / Noshe / Andreas Pein / Christina Peretti / Mark Pillai / Hanna Putz / Florian Richter / Hervé Rigal / Matthias H. Risse / Alessandro Rizzi / Linda Roberts Matzinger / Ria Patricia Röder / Maximilian Rossner / Andy Rumball / Martina Schlüter und Bernhard Wache / Lorenz Schmid / Oliver Schmidt / Michael Schnabel / Anne Schwalbe / Mirjam Siefert / Frank Stöckel / Jan Stradtmann / Marie Taillefer / Wolfgang Vollmer / Jan von Holleben / André Wagner / Lisa Wassmann / Maurice Weiss / Matthias Ziegler.
The new issue of SONNEMANN magazine (No 7_7/2011, “Copy & Waste”) is out now. “A question of energy: can the south afford to crow by following the west’s example? The climate justice issue” is the subtitle of the magazine, published by Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and designed by Nicole Algieri. I photographed a story about sustainable energy in Senegal. The title shows women in Baranlir village (South Senegal) patiently waiting for their solar lamps.
The village and the solar-power man: gathering in Baranlir.
Baila (South Senegal) has power cut almost every evening. A solar lamp gives enough light for cooking rice and lemon chicken.
Screenshot from Troika Editions web page.
“We are delighted to announce the addition of three new prints from Jan Stradtmann’s series “Manor Garden Allotments” to our collection. Recently selected for the Mostyn Open 2011, exhibited at The Photographer’s Gallery 2008 and one of the winning series for the 2008 Magenta Flash Forward Awards, “Manor Garden Allotments”, is a visual memorial to the gardens that were demolished to make way for the 2012 London Olympics. Interested in the effect such large scale construction projects have on an area and its residents, Jan Stradtmann saw the eviction of the allotment holders as symbolic of the disruption and often life-changing consequences that emanate from regeneration schemes. Disconnected from the city on a small island in the East End of London, the Manor Garden Allotments were a collection of 80 garden plots, tended by local families, many of whom had worked on the small plots of land since the 1920s. In October 2007 they were demolished to make way for the 2012 Olympics. Shooting at night and influenced by the flash photography of Weegee’s famous crime images, Stradtmann selected the garden sheds as his objects of evidence. Standing proud against the night sky and pregnant with the history of their owners, each shed becomes a character in Stradtmann’s story. With their individual designs and use of ad hoc recycled materials they are all different, bringing into visual relief each of the allotment gardeners’ own personalities. Curtains at the windows and numbers on the doors remind us that once there was a human spirit associated with these places.”
Text by Bridget Coaker, Troika Editions
Work from the series “Bright Before Me The Signs Implore Me” are part of the group exhibition “Wien ruft 0049” at Gallery DieAusstellungsstrasse, Vienna.
Vernissage: 10th June 2011, 6.30pm
Open: 10th – 15th June 2011
Participating artists: Ida-Marie Corell / Mara Diener / Lena Göbel / Benjamin Heps / Maximilian Rödel / Jan Stradtmann / Lisa Tiemann / Raul Walch / Tina Ribarits / Gustav Rieck
Concert: IMCakaLLEROC und BLACK MISTAKE 11th June 2011, 10pm, Petersplatz 1010 Vienna
Exhibition view, Gallery DieAusstellungsstrasse, Vienna.
The “Manor Garden Allotments” are selected for the “Mostyn Open 2011” and on show at Oriel Mostyn Gallery in Wales, UK.
Oriel Mostyn Gallery
12 Vaughan Street
Llandudno
LL30 1AB
Opening times:
21st May – 9th July 2011
Open daily
10.30am – 5.00pm
Participating artists: Susan Adams / Radhika Agarwala / Vasilis Asimakopoulos / Awst & Walther / Ingrid Berthon-Moine / Fagner Bibiano / Andrew ‘Dime One’ Birch / Kiran Kaur Brar/ Tobias Buckel / Lorraine Burrell / Stephen Carter / Rachel Cattle / Nicky Coutts / Paul Cummings / Nicholas Dedics / Kristian De La Riva / Haydn Denman /Cornelius Dupre / Louisa Durose / Geraint Evans / Rabab Ghazoul / Ana Genovés / Steph Goodger / Sam Holden / Neale Howells / Thorsten Knaub / Laurence Kavanagh / Sarah R. Key / Emma Knowles /Jo Longhurst / Lou-Atessa Marcellin / Nigel Massey / Gavin Maughfling / Harry Meadows / Nicholas Middleton / Rob Miller / Jost Münster / Andreas Rüthi / Miho Sato / Helen Sear / Rosemary Sharman / Jayne Anita Smith / Rosie Snell / Jan Stradtmann / Shubha Taparia / Fern Thomas / Barbara Walker / Simon Wright