honorable mention
Frank Machalowski germany
title
tierwald
I was photographing deer in a forest in Germany when I had the idea of simulating the image with a more exotic species, and this led to the series. The forest in this picture is the famous 'Teutoburger Wald' in the middle of Germany and the rhino is from Berlin Zoo. The animal photographs are mostly digital and the photographs of the forests are all analogue, taken on a medium format 6x6 camera, which are developed using traditional chemical processing before scanning the negatives.
Some photographs of his series 'monster', 'multiexpo' and 'tierwald' were shown in Germany, France, USA, Spain, UK and Italy at renowned galleries and festivals. He's part of a permanent collection of the Bibliotheque nationale de France in Paris.
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entry description
Is this fiction or reality? This is the question underlying the series – the images provoke the viewer question what they see. Is this a picture of a warm rain forest or a cold German mixed forest? Is this rhino really living in this forest or is it a giant zoo? The images in the series are in fact produced by combing two photographs – one taken in a forest and one taken at a zoo.I was photographing deer in a forest in Germany when I had the idea of simulating the image with a more exotic species, and this led to the series. The forest in this picture is the famous 'Teutoburger Wald' in the middle of Germany and the rhino is from Berlin Zoo. The animal photographs are mostly digital and the photographs of the forests are all analogue, taken on a medium format 6x6 camera, which are developed using traditional chemical processing before scanning the negatives.
about the photographer
Frank Machalowski is a german award winning photographic artist and photographer, born in Berlin who lives and work in Leipzig today. After studying economics in Berlin and applying himself to various trades he work as a freelance photographer and artist since 2011. He first got into photography as a hobby and at the beginning he was mainly into digital photography, but then he started shifting back to film as he found the charming characteristics and atmosphere of film photography to be more fascinating. Today he even develop and print some of his photos by his own. His major areas of interest are the city and the country side, these two opposite fields with all their major differences and their potential for a perfect interaction become more and more attractive to him.Some photographs of his series 'monster', 'multiexpo' and 'tierwald' were shown in Germany, France, USA, Spain, UK and Italy at renowned galleries and festivals. He's part of a permanent collection of the Bibliotheque nationale de France in Paris.
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