Christian

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Practicing photography with the minimalist approach, a box with a hole is all that it needs to create a picture. (Photo by Oliver Pera)

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Transfer zwischen Parallelen

Wenn Malerei Bilder erschafft, die den Atem raubend realistisch wirken, daß man sie für Fotografien hält, spricht man von der Kunst des Fotorealismus.

All in One

Bride and groom asked me, proud “co-witness” to their marriage, for an image of the ceremony.

Sirens of Truth

This image was created on Friday 01/24. The very first New Moon of the year 2020, that night was crisp.

Transfer - welcome or not

On Feb 3, 2020 “The Cup” was posted here. Two months later a variation of the image appeared.

Pinhole - just blurry pictures

Most of us know and some even love pinhole photography. The pictures created using a very tiny hole in a dark box, the long exposure times more in the minutes, even hours, than seconds: The process of pinholing is as magical as fascinating to some and as boring as inconvenient to others.

Beyond original - unique

Changing cubicles on beaches like this were en vogue in the 19th century. Decades before the photographic process was invented.

Low tech - high emotion

An utmost simple DIY camera for less than $ 20 did the job. Equipped with a “just good enough for primitive art” plastic lens (1 lens in 1 group…) and modified by Gaffa for 24 x 24 mm to get in touch with the magic adolescent square format off we went on a bright, cold and partly sunny day last January.