photographer , director , artist
KOLOSSEUM
What do we see?
An ordinary photo suddenly becomes unique when we hear that it was taken, for instance, by Elvis.
Just like words in a sentence, the image also only gains meaning within a certain context.
We often think we already know what we see, while the story or meaning behind it turns out to be something completely different.
This photo series is a playful attempt
to question 'what' we see.
Kolosseum came to me as a vision, something I had dreamed about .
I imagined that long time ago there was a museum with very high ceilings and arch shape doorways in the heart of Italy where all these huge statues where on display .
I imagined that there must have been a photographer that time to record it all .
Then I imagined that years later I would walk around a small second hand market in Naples,Italy and bump into the negatives of this photographer ..
After waking up I started building the images I had dreamed up in the studio with my friend Roland Mylanus (art direction). After the pictures where taken and selected I thought it would be wonderful to see the pictures as etchings , photogravures . And Luc Brefeld was the master who prepped and printed the pictures.
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The images are presented through The Kahmann Gallery
@ Haute Photography 2023
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photogravure etching on 21x29 cm etching paper
editions of 5 each with 2 AP prints.
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![KOLOSSEUM](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7664b2_bc9e5ea87f8c406293218d894c79cca0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_450,h_600,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/7664b2_bc9e5ea87f8c406293218d894c79cca0~mv2.jpg)
il dettaglio / the detail. 13x16.5 cm on 21x29 cm paper
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l'uragano silenzioso/the silent tornado
13x16 cm on 21x29 cm paper
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la stanza intermedia/ the in between space 13x14 cm on 21x29 cm paper
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l'attesa / the waiting 13x14 cm on 21x29 cm paper
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una bellezza / a beauty 13x15 cm on 21x29 cm paper
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lo strand pensiero / the strange thought 13x16 cm on 21x29 cm paper
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