Statement

I am particularly interested in man-made things and human interventions in the landscape and its surroundings. Therefore, the built environment always plays an important role in my work. My focus is not on the spectacular, but on the everyday, which is often overlooked in its banality, even though it is so characteristic. I usually deal with public places and urban or suburban spaces in which people live, work or spend their free time. What they look like is the result of collective and individual decisions. People shape their environment, but at the same time, they are also shaped by it. By taking a close look at the built environment, the urban structures, the architecture and its relationship to nature, one can get a lot of information about people and societies, even without showing people. For me, photography is the perfect tool to make this information visible. Although documentation is not one of my main concerns, I don't stage my pictures. I work with what I have found. The reason is that images that are not staged are rooted in the reality that the photographer was part of. For me, the challenge is to use my perception of reality to create images that go beyond it. My work is often about structures and constellations of things or people in space. For me, objects or motifs are always material for the composition of my pictures. It is important to me that my photographs function as images, i.e. that they appeal to the viewer in some way, even if they are detached from concept, content, and context. My aim is not to achieve a clearly defined reaction from the viewer, to push him in a particular direction. I want to leave room for imagination and interpretation.