Wolfgang Strassl
What I See
Kerber Verlag
Published in June 2025
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-3-7356-1036-2 (ISBN)
Description
In What I See präsentiert Wolfgang Strassl eine Auswahl unterschiedlicher Arbeiten der letzten zehn Jahre, anhand derer er hinterfragt, was es in der heutigen Zeit bedeutet, Fotograf zu sein. Mehr als zwanzig Jahre arbeitete Strassl als Versicherungsangestellter, bevor er sich ganz seiner Leidenschaft widmete und eine künstlerische Karriere in der Fotografie einschlug. Während seiner jahrzehntelangen intensiven Auseinandersetzung mit dem Medium lernte er, das rationale und strukturelle Denken aufzugeben, und stattdessen Emotionen, Instinkt, das Geheimnisvolle, Neugier, Reflexion und Ungewissheit in seine kreative Arbeit einzubringen. Themen wie Jugend, Erinnerung, Schönheit, Natur, die Umwelt und wie sich unser Leben in ihr abspielt, treiben Strassl um. Doch anstatt eindeutige Antworten zu liefern, konfrontieren uns seine Arbeiten mit Fragen, und vermitteln einen Eindruck von der Persönlichkeit des Fotografen.
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Wolfgang Strassl was born in Munich in 1956. He works and lives there still today but has also lived in Tel Aviv for almost a decade and now calls London his second home. As a photographer he has focused on social systems and the spaces and environments in which their transactions take place to the extent that they determine and reflect the characteristics and conditions of human interaction in the 21st century. His work has been widely exhibited. He has published several books, among them, also with Kerber, a documentary about East Jerusalem and a portrait study in London. Aaron Schuman is an American photographer, writer, curator and educator based in the United Kingdom. Schuman is the author of several critically-acclaimed photographic monographs. His work has been exhibited internationally - at institutions such as Tate Modern, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Christie's (London / New York), the Institute of Contemporary Arts (London), the Centre for British Photography (London) and elsewhere - and is held in many public and private collections. Schuman was the founder and editor of the online photography journal, SeeSaw Magazine (2004-2014). He is Associate Professor of Photography & Visual Culture - and the founder and Programme Leader of the MA/Masters in Photography programme - at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol).