Peter Franck
Peter Franck is a German photographer. The inspiration to become an artist has always been there, thus he has almost over 30 years of experience in photography by now. He specialises in capturing the imagery of photographs and digital art, when the new pieces are based on already existing works. Peter has won in many prestigious contests, such as Sony World Photography Award, LensCulture and others.
Peter Frank "Inspiratio"
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«I like the atmosphere in the old photos. I think about the photographer standing there over 100 years ago, and I think about the time-distance from when the photographer was standing in Yosemite National Park (perhaps) making a photograph, and then it went to an archive, then it was digitalized, and after all this time I found something in this picture, which maybe was not the best picture photography-wise, but I’ve found something interesting for me.
So I try to extract the things out of all that. My work is like a collaboration between anonymous photographers and me over a long time…».
Photography has always been a medium which was bound to technical progress. But possibilities also mean equally a duty or are they self-purpose?
At the beginning of the photography stood the important moment, the light and the motive. Photos were precious, rare and often kept forever. The decline of the analog, then the advent of digital photography is more than a change from silver nitrate to pixels. Our viewing habits and the values also have changed.
At the beginning of the photography stood the important moment, the light and the motive. Photos were precious, rare and often kept forever. The decline of the analog, then the advent of digital photography is more than a change from silver nitrate to pixels. Our viewing habits and the values also have changed.
For about 2 years Peter worked almost exclusively with the archived images, creating his own art. His projects “Landscapes”, “Seascapes” and “Lost, found and seen” are stylistically similar. When you approach the images, you can find access through the artificially created aesthetics and startle back. The horrifying reality is noticeable in every pixel.
«Peter’s work explore the boundaries of the medium of photography from the perspective of an artist who received his training primarily in the field of painting. His works are often difficult to decipher at first glance – but exude such a compelling radiance that the viewer is always enticed to overcome this initial irritation and delve deeper, indeed much deeper».
Gerard Goodrow, Art curator
These archive photographs serve as a foundation for new stories, so they do not hurt any privacy, but play with the look and feel of former times. Those projections of our time in the context of our art history are based on the time of our fathers and grandfathers. Now visual habits and techniques are interwoven with each other, creating a new picture of "time".