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  • Ralf Schmerberg | augenscHmERZ

    Ralf Schmerberg | augenscHmERZ

    Ralf Schmerberg | augenscHmERZ
    pavlov’s dog raum für fotografie, Bergstraße 19, 10115 Berlin
    Eröffnung: 20. Februar 2014, 19h
    Ausstellung vom 21.2.2014 – 29.3.2014

    Es gibt keinen Schmerz ohne Herz, kein Licht ohne Finsternis, keine Angst ohne Hoffnung, und umgekehrt.”

    Als Ralf Schmerberg vor zwanzig Jahren mit dem Filmemachen begann, entschloss er sich gleichzeitig, keine Auftragsfotografie mehr zu betreiben, denn wo ein Auftrag ist, so sagt er, da ist Geld, und wo Geld ist, da sind auch Erwartungen, denen sich die Bilder schließlich anpassen müssen. Stattdessen benützt er die Fotografie seit dieser befreienden Entscheidung als ein ganz persönliches Medium, eine Art Tagebuch, in dem er festhält, was ihm auf seinen Reisen und Spaziergängen begegnet. Unbeeinflusst von fremden oder auch eigenen Erwartungen, ohne ein Seriendenken oder einen Anspruch auf ästhetische Exklusivität im Hinterkopf, folgt er dem einfachen Impuls, Dinge, die ihn emotional bewegen, fotografisch festzuhalten. (mehr …)

  • piK Magazine Issue #05 | Launch at Le Bal Paris

    piK Magazine Issue #05 | Launch at Le Bal Paris

    Happy to have been able to contribute to a great print mag – piK Magazine Issue #05, curated by photographer Isabelle Evertse – in the form of a written introduction.

    Issue #05 was launched with a screening on January 30th 2014 at Le Bal Paris, and features photographic work by the following artists:

    1/ Benjamin Schmuck
    2/ Philippe Herbet
    3/ Alma Haser
    4/ David Favrod
    5/ Andrew Miksys
    6/ Nick Ballon
    7/ Nina Poppe
    Preface: Julia Schiller

    Last available copies of piK #05 (limited edition of 100 copies) can be purchased here. (mehr …)

  • Jenny Fitz | Kammerspiel

    Jenny Fitz | Kammerspiel

    For four years, Jenny Fitz, a graduate of the Neuen Schule für Fotografie Berlin, accompanied a young actor for her project Kammerspiel. In her work, the photographer questions the habitus and role-play of people from her social environment.

    At first it was curiosity that made me take the pictures, and later the urge to grasp our relationship. It’s a story about boundaries. Getting close. Pulling away. What constantly fascinated me, was the unpredictability with which he confronted me and the camera.“ (mehr …)

  • SMBHmag | Call for entries: Accident & Emergency

    SMBHmag | Call for entries: Accident & Emergency

    Our friends at SMBHmag have a brand-new responsive website – check it out sometime!
    They also have a new call for entries for the upcoming ISSUE 16 „Accident & Emergency“. Deadline is March 1st, 2014.

    For all further details please visit
    www.smbhmag.com/submissions

  • Mark Curran | The Market

    Mark Curran | The Market

    …what people don’t understand… is that what happens in the market is pivotal to their lives… not on the periphery…but slap, bang, in the middle…
    (From telephone conversation with trader, name withheld, Dealing Room, Investment Bank, London, February 2013

    After recent installations in Ireland at both the Gallery of Photography and Belfast Exposed, Mark Curran’s long-term project on the global stock and commodity markets titled, The Market, is now travelling to Paris:

    Mark Curran « The Market »
    Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris
    Vernissage: 30 January 2014, 6.30-8pm
    Exhibition: 31 January – 2 March 2014 (mehr …)

  • Dagmar Keller + Martin Wittwer | Passengers

    Dagmar Keller + Martin Wittwer | Passengers

    Passengers“ is the result of an observation Dagmar Keller and Martin Wittwer made at night at a bus station while travelling through Poland.
    For a moment, the passengers on an old bus, obscured behind stained, ice-covered windows, in the pale light of the bus station had the appearance of figures in a painting. Travellers, fallen out of time. Tired, lost in thought, their faces drawn by sadness or lit up with joy – so close and yet distanced behind the glass. Dagmar Keller and Martin Wittwer have preserved those quiet, fleeting moments in their series “Passengers”. (mehr …)

  • Collection Arthur de Ganay | Guided tour

    Collection Arthur de Ganay | Guided tour

    Arthur de Ganay’s private photography collection is located on the 3rd floor of a former jam factory in Berlin-Kreuzberg.

    The next public guided tour by Arthur through his collection will be on Saturday, December 7th 2013 at 2pm. (mehr …)

  • SO GESEHEN.

    SO GESEHEN.

    TeilnehmerInnen der Freien Klasse 2012/2013 von Eva Bertram (Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin) präsentieren den Stand ihrer Langzeitprojekte. Mit Arbeiten von Jenny Fitz, Alex Giegold, Marjola Rukaj, Cina F. Sommerfeld und Markus Ulrich.

    Eröffnung: Samstag, 07. Dezember 2013, 17 – 21 Uhr
    Ausstellung: 8. Dezember 2013 – 2. Februar 2014
    Finissage: Sonntag, 2. Januar 2014, 17-20 Uhr

    Opening: Saturday, Dec 7th 2013, 5-9pm
    Exhibition: Dec 8th – February 2nd, 2014

    Finissage: Sunday, February 2nd, 2014, 5-8 pm

    Neue Schule für Fotografie, Brunnenstr. 188-190, 10119 Berlin (mehr …)

  • Druck Berlin | Screenprint festival / Siebdruckfestival

    Druck Berlin | Screenprint festival / Siebdruckfestival

    Druck Berlin
    Festival: 6th-22nd December 2013 / Friday – Sunday / 12-7pm
    Opening: December 5th 2013, from 7pm
    Stattbad, Gerichtstraße 65, 13347 Berlin
    www.druckberlin.com
    www.stattbad.net

    Druck Berlin is a festival orientated around silk screen print. It is the perfect opportunity to gain insight into an assortment of silk screen print methods from the best printers globally. It aims to provide a comprehensive look into everything silk screen print focused. With lots of live print action, an eclectic exhibition, fully stocked print shop, individual collections by different artists and plenty of creative interactive activities. (mehr …)