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I photograph the urban realm using analogue materials, employ unusual viewpoints and graphic elements emphasised through the play between shadows and highlights
Mit sieben Jahren begann ich zu fotografieren. Mit vierzehn wurde ich Lehrer an der privaten Fotoschule meines Vaters Brian Allen, und im Alter von achtzehn war ich bereits als kommerzieller Fotograf etabliert. In Kunstausstellungen zeigte ich anfangs traditionelle Landschaftsaufnahmen, die mit der Großformatkamera entstanden waren. Während der 80er Jahre arbeitete ich an industriellen und urbanen Landschaften und setzte sich auf diese Weise mit den grundlegenden Veränderungen der Thatcher-Zeit aus einander.1989 kam ich über die Bermondsey Artists‘ Group und deren Projekt Kunstbrücke erstmals nach Berlin, zum Prenzlauer Berg. Schon bei meinem ersten Besuch wurde mich klar, dass ich hier gewissermaßen meine fotografische Heimat gefunden hatte. Hochleitungen, das Helldunkel über der Stadt und die einzigartiger Atmosphäre ermöglichten es mir, verschiedene meine bisherigen Ansätze zusammenzuführen. Seither verfolgte ich eine Reihe von parallel laufenden Serien, die immer wieder erweitert und neu zusammen-gestellt werden. Dabei bin ich betständig auf der Suche nach dem Ungewöhnlichen, das bei genauer Betrachtung nicht zuletzt auch im Gewöhnlichen zu finden ist. Indem ich radikale Ausschnitte und Standpunkte wählt, um einen völlig neuen Blick auf städtische Umgebungen zu werfen, schaffe ich neue Welten des Alltags und präsentiert meine Motive mit eine neuen oder andersartigen Identität.
When I was seven years old I started taking pictures. At fourteen I became a teacher at my father's private photography school, Brian Allen, and at eighteen I was already established as a commercial photographer. In art exhibitions I initially showed traditional landscape shots taken with a large format camera. During the 1980s, I worked on industrial and urban landscapes, and in this way I came to terms with the fundamental changes of the Thatcher period. In 1989, I came to Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin for the first time via the Bermondsey Artists' Group and their project Kunstbrücke. Already during my first visit it became clear to me that I had found my photographic home here. High power lines, the chiaroscuro over the city and the unique atmosphere made it possible for me to bring different approaches together. Since then, I have followed a series of parallel series that are constantly being expanded and re-compiled. I am constantly searching for the unusual, which on closer inspection can also be found in the ordinary. By choosing radical cut-outs and points of view to take a completely new look at urban environments, I create new worlds of everyday life and present my motifs with a new or different identity.
When I was seven years old I started taking pictures. At fourteen I became a teacher at my father's private photography school, Brian Allen, and at eighteen I was already established as a commercial photographer. In art exhibitions I initially showed traditional landscape shots taken with a large format camera. During the 1980s, I worked on industrial and urban landscapes, and in this way I came to terms with the fundamental changes of the Thatcher period. In 1989, I came to Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin for the first time via the Bermondsey Artists' Group and their project Kunstbrücke. Already during my first visit it became clear to me that I had found my photographic home here. High power lines, the chiaroscuro over the city and the unique atmosphere made it possible for me to bring different approaches together. Since then, I have followed a series of parallel series that are constantly being expanded and re-compiled. I am constantly searching for the unusual, which on closer inspection can also be found in the ordinary. By choosing radical cut-outs and points of view to take a completely new look at urban environments, I create new worlds of everyday life and present my motifs with a new or different identity.
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