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Street snaps

Posted on 09/09/2017

One genre of photography is street photography. At its most basic, street photography is taking shots of people as they go about their daily business. […]

Art in society, Meaning of art, Photography

Art is political

Posted on 24/06/2017

During the Open Studios last week, a visitor stated to me, that my art is not political. My surprised expression might have been the reason […]

Art in society, Meaning of art, Photography

Macro and micro

Posted on 05/04/2017

Micro: looking closely. Sometimes when I am out taking photographs of flowers and plants, I think of Georgia O’Keeffe and her famous close-up paintings of […]

Art in society, Composition, Meaning of art, Photography

Photography without a lens

Posted on 12/02/2017

A camera is basically a light-tight box, with one (usually) controlled ‘door’ through which light can enter. The light brings with it the colours of the […]

Alternative photographic techniques, Photography

High-tech tools

Posted on 24/11/2016

I’ve recently had the pleasure of opening my one-woman photography exhibition (‘Vielfalt im Augenblick’, or, ‘Diversity at a glance’). The last three or four weeks […]

Art in society, Meaning of art, Photography

Diversity in the blink of an eye – Artist’s Statement

Posted on 21/11/2016

My one-woman exhibition, ‘Vielfalt im Augenblick’ [Diversity in the blink of an eye], is open from November 2016 through mid-January 2017. [This is the Artist’s […]

Art in society, Meaning of art