ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Dam at the Grimsel in the Swiss Alps

AUTHOR
Thanks to the pictures of Andreas Feininger, Henri-Cartier Bresson and the group f.64, in particular Edward Weston and Ansel Adams, I discovered my passion for photography. I prefer black and white photography because it emphasizes form, whether natural-made in plants or man-made in architecture. Further I like to capture moods, such as the transience of industrial equipment or the lightness of the moment in street photography.

Initially I photographed with Canon and Pentax cameras in 35mm format. In 2004 I switched to medium format and since then I have been working with Hasselblad, first analog and from 2021 digital. My preference for the Hasselblad system is based on the fact that, thanks to the digital back, I can continue to shoot with my fully mechanical CM 501 but nevertheless benefit of the advantages of the digital workflow. Additionally, I can use the digital back with the 907x with modern autofocus lenses, which opens up new fields of photography to me.

Earlier I developed my images in my own darkroom. In the mid-2010s, I switched to a digital workflow. However, I remained true to my image processing principles and there is nothing on my printed images that was not already existing on the analog or digital negative.

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