Ralf Cohen | Unknown Territory (2011 - 2018)
Ralf Cohen | Unknown Territory (2011 - 2018)
Text excerpt / Ralf Hanselle: catalogue „Ralf Cohen - SYNTHESE“ In 2011 Ralf Cohen converted former large-format baryta paper prints once more. He gradually removed the gelatin from the prints, transforming the images one last time. The transformation was an active interference with the original. The results were unique. Ralf Cohen called them “NEULAND” (“Unknown Territory”). This “NEULAND” series fundamentally refuses to obey the rules of photography. Time is not the frozen subject of a photograph. Time is a process which has penetrated photography. Photographs are not “instants décisifs“. For Ralf Cohen, they are layers and residues of a lengthy transformation process. Photography means change for Cohen: The world undergoes a radical change during the process of exposure, developing and fixation, modifying and experimenting.
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