Still Life - Amateur

School is out

Natalie Truchsess
Germany

Nominee

"School is out"
Empty frames, cold steel, now only shadows keep watch. Blinding sun, no ringing bells, no laughter, the bike racks freeze into blueprints of silence.

Biography: I learned my photographic craft from the photographer Valentin Schwab. During a specialized internship with him in 1986/87, I gained profound insights into the technique and aesthetics of documentary photography. After a specialized internship in film and studio production at Bayerischer Rundfunk in 1988, I worked for several years as a camera assistant, both in analogue and electronic film recording. Over the years, I have increasingly abstracted my visual language. In my current work, I explore the representation of the subliminal, the ineffable and the ephemeral with abstract...

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