14 | 100 Abstract World
from the series 100 Photos - 100 Stories
Andreas Zimmermann, photographer from D?sseldorf, explains to us what is behind his work, how he came to it and what it means to realize a conceptual photo project. This is an excerpt from Schnappschuss No.52 "The Lego System".
Andreas ZimmermannAbout his work:
I travel a lot and have the opportunity to see. My job gives me the opportunity to visit interesting places and meet people there. I photograph and collect. If something inspires me, I make photo notes or record what I see in drawings. Later, I often realize that the creative idea that was associated with it still has its justification and can flow into a current project. In this way, the new takes on a concrete form based on something old and a pool of spontaneous images, impressions and thoughts that has grown over the years provides me with the building blocks to create something that will support itself once it is finished.
The story behind the picture:
Each element has stood once in its assigned place, but staggered in time, so that individual stones can be seen several times in the picture. All the form elements that can be seen in the pictures are first assembled manually at the work table. Forms can be freely invented or refer to - usually architectural - models. It is a principle to follow a small rule for each work. One rule can be, for example, to only use white and black stones. Once a set of rules has been established, the object is designed and realized on its basis. Anything the material can do is possible. The Lego? system is therefore open. The designed objects of the overall arrangement are photographed one after the other and always as new combinations of the same material.
Andreas Zimmermann was born in D?sseldorf in 1975. He studied photography at the University of Essen under Professor Bernhard Prinz and graduated in 2008 under Professor Gisela Bullacher and Professor Peter Wippermann. He lives and works in D?sseldorf. His work is represented by Galerie Lehr Zeitgen?ssische Kunst, Berlin. Since 2012 he has been teaching audiovisual media design and interactive media design at the University of Wuppertal, where he leads courses in photography and design. Andreas Zimmermann, D?sseldorf
www.andreaszimmermann.net
Lehr Zeitgen?ssische Kunst, Berlin
www.lehr-galerie.de
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