These photographs are part of my personal long-term portrait
project MODELS IN THE RAW which I started in spring 2015.
The project is about meeting fashion models (newcomers as
well as experienced and internationally working models) and
portraying them outside their daily business. I ask them to just
"come as they are", without make-up and in their own clothes,
and I meet them on spots which they select themselves. All
images are shot on film.
MODELS IN THE RAW is much more about the person than about
the model and thus wants to set a counterpoint to these girls'
daily routine of glossy fashion imagery by giving them back the
choice to present themselves just as they want.
All through my life I have been seeking to transcend my body and my mind through all sorts of experiences – physically, intellectually, ritually.
An almost innate discipline paired with an obsessive nature fuels this search to this day into my artistic practice.
To go deeper is to experience new things, is to learn new ways to share the experience with others.
Therefore my artistic practice is both insular and communioning, both of the soul and the flesh.
Awards 2017 Px3 (category: book fine art) for Until I Break (limited edition collector's book)
2013 Px3 (category: fine art) for La Méditation (200x140 cm, fresco print on plaster and canvas)
