After doing photography for a few years now I already felt some kind of minor burnout, being left by any idea and the photographic vision which just saddened me even more.
For a long time I tried street photography which was an interesting genre but due to German laws it did not feel comfortable to me. As time went by people often gave me the feeling that they feel mad when taking a picture of them. Sure, not all of them were like this but I also somehow lost the motivation in doing this kind of photography. Still I enjoy documenting my life and personal moments.
Not long after I lost my drive I tried some different cameras and stumbled upon the work of several photographers photographing the mundane life and its banality. I've been quite fascinated by their photographic work and what their perspective on this world is like. It's the banal things you usually do not care about since they are so mundane - and so I began to take a closer look on my environment. Let's capture a simple fire, a beam of light sneaking around the corner, the shadow of a person following its owner or just the way a light reflects and so on.
For a long time I tried street photography which was an interesting genre but due to German laws it did not feel comfortable to me. As time went by people often gave me the feeling that they feel mad when taking a picture of them. Sure, not all of them were like this but I also somehow lost the motivation in doing this kind of photography. Still I enjoy documenting my life and personal moments.
Not long after I lost my drive I tried some different cameras and stumbled upon the work of several photographers photographing the mundane life and its banality. I've been quite fascinated by their photographic work and what their perspective on this world is like. It's the banal things you usually do not care about since they are so mundane - and so I began to take a closer look on my environment. Let's capture a simple fire, a beam of light sneaking around the corner, the shadow of a person following its owner or just the way a light reflects and so on.
I've been mostly influenced and inspired by the work of photographers like William Eggleston and Stephen Shore but also a lot by the Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky who created images and scenes beyond any words - you rather feel it.
At first my work seemed to be copies of their works but the more I do it without watching how they did it the more I found my perspective. In the end I didn't just find new motivation in photography. I also gained a new perspective on my environment and furthermore on life. All those little mundane things are the details of the moments we experience.
Or as it was said in one of my favourite movies:
