‘Photography’ Archives
Pieces of Berlin
Carlijn Potma chats to photographer Florian Reischauer about his Pieces of Berlin project... Austrian photographer Florian Reischauer is the founder of ‘Pieces of Berlin’, an appealing photoblog focused on the Hauptstadt. Bored of his hometown Vienna and longing for something new, Reischauer made his move to Berlin in 2007. As photographers tend to do, he began capturing the city and its inhabitants. His collection of images kept growing and Reischauer started to look for a [...]
Potatoes Mutatoes
Photographer Uli Westphal has been documenting (and eating) Berlin's mutatoes, "the last survivors of agricultural diversity"... Since 2006, artist Uli Westphal has been collecting, documenting, and eating Berlin’s Mutatoes—the non-standard fruits, roots, and vegetables that can be found at the city’s farmers’ markets. His photographs form an archive of “these last survivors of agricultural diversity,” revealing an incredible variety of colours, curves, and contours. For [...]
Frank Schirrmeister: Photographer Q&A
Paul Sullivan chats to Berlin-based photographer Frank Schirrmeister... Was there a main 'trigger' or catalyst that got you interested in photography? Yes, there was. After many years of searching for what should become of me and a few attempts in photography it eventually clicked when I was in my early 30s. I remember spending the summer as a lifeguard on a small island on the North Sea coast when my girlfriend left me eight years ago. In order to cope with the situation (I was [...]
Q&A: Guido Steenkamp, Photographer
Paul Sullivan chats to Berlin street photographer Guido Steenkamp... Where were you born and what sparked your interest in photography? I grew up in a small town in West Germany, close to the Dutch border. I moved to Berlin about 12 years ago to start my first job. I began to take pictures more or less by accident when a friend gave a camera to me. Right from the beginning the darkroom was a kind of magical place for me: the moment you see the first contours of a picture on what was a piece [...]
C/O Berlin
A contemporary photography space and slice of Old Berlin all in one… There’s no lack of photography exhibition venues in Berlin. The city’s profusion of empty, run-down buildings and smart, upmarket galleries cater competently for its burgeoning photography community, reinforced by the plethora of cafes and restaurants eager to give their businesses a creative twist. Since opening in 2000, the privately financed, internationally-minded venue C/O Berlin has emerged as one of the [...]
Q&A: Nathalie Daoust, Photographer
Canadian photographer Nathalie Daoust was born and raised in Montreal but has long been itinerant. In the late 90s she spent several months in New York crafting a collection of images from the famous artist-themed Carlton Arms Hotel, which were later transformed into a book (New York Hotel Story). Since then Daoust has travelled from the Swiss Alps to Brazil and Japan in search of evocative imagery, venturing ever deeper into the fascinating territory of sex, memory and gender stereotyping [...]
