Wolfgang Strassl
Wolfgang Strassl
Kerber Verlag
1st Edition
Published in October 2019
Book
Hardback
96 pages
978-3-7356-0633-4 (ISBN)
Description
Anders als ein traditioneller Porträtfotograf hat Wolfgang Strassl (*1956) eine Serie von Fotografien geschaffen, die die Vielfalt und Diversität der Londoner Bevölkerung im demokratisierenden Raum der städtischen U-Bahn zeigt. Ohne ein Gesicht preiszugeben, lässt er uns die Passagiere betrachten und an ihren Geschichten teilhaben, die in ihrer Erscheinung zum Ausdruck kommen. Dabei fordert er unsere Wahrnehmung heraus, denn was können wir erkennen, was verstehen? Sein Blick ist zurückhaltend und doch durchdringt er die wogende Fülle des großen menschlichen Meeres im Londoner Untergrund.
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Wolfgang Strassl was born in Munich in 1956, where he
still lives. Having spent almost a decade in Tel Aviv, London has become
his second home recently. As a photographer, he is interested in social
systems and spaces, in particular in the environments in which social
transactions and interactions take place. He understands his practice as
a reflection on the characteristics and conditions of human existence
in the 21st century. His work has been subject of many international
exhibitions, and he has published numerous books, most recently the
photographic study Homeland - East Jerusalem Landscapes (Kerber, 2016).
still lives. Having spent almost a decade in Tel Aviv, London has become
his second home recently. As a photographer, he is interested in social
systems and spaces, in particular in the environments in which social
transactions and interactions take place. He understands his practice as
a reflection on the characteristics and conditions of human existence
in the 21st century. His work has been subject of many international
exhibitions, and he has published numerous books, most recently the
photographic study Homeland - East Jerusalem Landscapes (Kerber, 2016).