I can't draw, but release the shutter... (I
suppose) ;) Anyway, I've been fascinated with nature, especially sea and
landscapes, all my life, and how it relates to personal feelings, atmosphere
and moods. Got my first camera around the age of ten. Therefore, artistic
landscape photography has always been a favorite subject, also viewing
landscape paintings (e.g., created by Caspar David Friedrich). However, I'm
much interested in other genres of photography as well. For the last ten years
I have primarily used digital SLR cameras, though still employing and
developing (b&w 35 mm) film occasionally. "Well, on a deep personal
level, I’m very much a romantic and attracted to idealized pastoral beauty. I
love idyllic places and the kind of suspension of history they offer. But noble
beauty is not enough these days. One must complicate the picture, because
there’s now nowhere to “escape” to on the planet in pursuit of a hermetic
pastoralism or a redemptive wilderness sublime. Earth is now a human
park." Michael Light (http://www.believermag.com/issues/201011/?read=interview_light_weschler,
accessed on 04.01.14)
"ORDER OUT OF CHAOS My job as a photographer is to
bring order to chaos. While it's true that our world is full of visual richness,
it's also true that our world is full of visual chaos. The difficulty in
creating strong, dynamic photographs is in dealing with that chaos. Out of an
infinite number of elements, I (and you) have to select and arrange a certain
number of them into some visual harmony. Consider the difference between a
painter and a photographer. Starting with a blank canvas, the painter
constructs an image by adding only those elements needed for visual excitement.
But my job as a photographer is to eliminate, to strip away many of those
chaotic elements that exist in front of me until I arrive at the strongest
possible image." Norton, B. (2001) "The Art of Outdoor Photography -
Techniques for the Advanced Amateur and Professional", Voyageur Press, Hong
Kong
All images © Volker Birke
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