Vanitas/Memento Mori 2023. "Neither power nor wealth, but only the authority of science remains"

Artist's Statement: In the past, the subjects that interested me were to be found in the marginal sector or in smaller forms of society that in modern society try to resist the stamp of "the average." Here, my preference was always for people who are strongly preoccupied with their personalities, their appearance, their lifestyles and the guarding of their culture and values: punks, gypsies, homeless people, prostitution, transsexuality, transvestism, minorities in Vietnam, Irian Jaya, Laos, Kurdistan, Syria and the jungle in Borneo and in Sarawak. It is certainly not the intention of my work to pass judgment or even to take a cautious position regarding certain social phenomena. It is only to record an event as objectively as possible and then show a simple testimony of it.

In addition, over the years, through my studio work with large format cameras, my attention has grown to old, analog techniques and darkroom work. Currently, all my attention is focused on daguerreotype. The fascinating thing here is that as a photographer you can determine all the quality yourself ... from the silver plate as the recording material, the light sensitivity to the development and finishing of the image. After reading some Latin texts and sayings in 2022, the idea for the current series of still life "memento mori" was born, one of which is in this auction.

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Excellent condition.