In my new series "Art de Fact" I reflect on the zeitgeist, which seems increasingly surreal to us due to its unpredictability and unreality. In doing so, I detach myself from an immediate level of statement. In "Art de fact" it´s about the following thesis: if effectiveness means more than truth, virtuality increasingly replaces physical reality, and affects dominate meaning and reason, then art can provide support, orientation and meaning. Ideally, without instruction, explanation or moral judgment, but by allowing feelings, desires, disturbance or pleasure, hearing and seeing inwardly.
Andreas Kremer, living in Cologne/Germany, began his artistic path after he had worked successfully in business for many years. Never losing touch with photography during the years, 2014 he changed his focus completely to photography as visual art, and hasn’t put down his camera since. The fascination for Japan culminated in his first photo book TENSION in 2019, published by KERBER Verlag and awarded gold a short time later.
Awards Since 2016, Andreas images and his photobook have been awarded and featured by several national and international photocontests and magazines like Kolga Photo Award (Georgia), Tokyo, Budapest and Moskau International Foto Awards, The Independent Photographer, IPA International Photography Awards, Lensculture, L´Oeil de la Photographie, Featureshoot, Esquire, Leica LFI, PX3 Paris, and others.
