THE SONIC BLOG Fotografie ist Kunst | Photography is Art

In a tight but suitable style Jens Sundheim photographed “Summerlin“, a masterplanned community on the western edge of Las Vegas. Living in Summerlin means a lot of rules to observe.

Jens Sundheim, born in 1971, studied at the University of Applied Art in Dortmund and at the University of Plymouth. He lives and works in Dortmund.

“Photographs never end, but perhaps new images can stop the old ones from haunting us.”

Anja Schaffner

“There are moments when I want to slow things down. I stare and imagine those moments on hold. It is like when someone says ‘pssst’ and you stop and listen for a short while. Afterwards, things continue in their usual way… some images continue to hum though.” – Anja Schaffner

Anja Schaffner studied Visual Communication at the University of Applied Art in Bielefeld and Communication Art & Design at the Royal College of Art in London. She lives and works in London.

What we see in the outer corner of the eyes stays always hidden in the blurred. If someone directs the view toward it, the eye focuses automatically and the perception changes. Stefan Heyne, scenic designer and photographer, places this volatile thing into the centre. But he neglects to readjust the sharpness and makes visible what we would see hardly ever otherwise.

Stefan Heyne, born 1965 in Brandenburg, studied scenic design at the Art Academy Berlin. He lives and works in Berlin.

Stefan Heyne’s solo show “Blind Spot” at Kaune, Sudendorf in Cologne runs from May 30th to July 11th 2009. The opening night is on Friday, 29th May 2009, at 7 pm. His current solo show “The Noise” in Brandenburg / Havel runs until July 13th.

Translate the German interview by Google:

Peter F. (PF): Stefan, du hast ja eigentlich Bühnenbild studiert. Wann hast du die Fotografie für dich entdeckt und wie kam es, dass die Fotografie für dich ein zentrales Ausdrucksmittel wurde?

Stefan Heyne (SH): Der Übergang vom Bühnenbild zur Fotografie war fließend; anfänglich habe ich meine Bühnenbilder fotografiert aber dabei gemerkt, wie schlecht sich so was mit den Mitteln der Fotografie abbilden lässt, wie subjektiv und ungeeignet die Fotografie für dokumentarische Zwecke ist. Dadurch ausgelöst, hat mich immer mehr interessiert, was die Fotografie im Eigentlichen ausmacht. So entstanden ab 2002 erste intensivere fotografische Arbeitsphasen, bei denen ich gemerkt habe, dass die Fotografie gegenüber dem Bühnenbild das besser geeignete Mittel ist, um wesentliche Bilder zu machen und die Fragen um die es mir geht, stellen zu können.

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Johan Willner’s series “Boy Stories” reflects emotions of childhood and adulthood.

Johan Willner, born in 1971 studied at the Konstfack in Stockholm and International Centre of Photography in New York.

The gallery Mikro presents Joachim Weischer series “Räume” (Spaces). Joachim Weischer discovers the objects for his photographic work on flea markets. He revises and manipulates the discovered images with modeling clay and simple tools.

Joachim Weischer, born 1971 in Elte/Westfalen, studied Photography at the Folkwanschule Essen and at Kunsthochschule Kassel. He lives and works in Cologne.

After a period of hibernation StrayCats, the weblog of the photographer community BerlinPhotoWorkshops, came to life and presents on a daily base an intelligent mix of photographers, projects, events and exhibitions (German only).

Just take a walk: => StrayCats

“The future’s already happened, it’s just unequally distributed.”

William Gibson

In his reportage “Scouts” Stefan Volk questions: “What Scouts are doing?” and takes a pleasurable look on scout troops.

Stefan Volk, born 1971 in Münster, studied photo design at the FH Bielefeld. He lives and works in Hamburg.