31 photosAbout Cars In Games
In the real world, the automobile is emotionally charged. It is a means of transport, a commercial vehicle, but also a cult object, an individually designed living space — a personal refuge — an expression of individuality and freedom, a collector’s item, a symbol. Naturally — i would assume — all of this is transferred to the virtual space.
72 photosEthereal [0,1]
Virtual worlds in computers are, in themselves, an abstraction of the real world. Often, the aim is to achieve as much realism as possible. The abstraction becomes greater when the number of polygons is reduced. Geometry already contains the graphic and abstract elements, so structure and texture are simulated like everything else. This is a loose collection of virtual photographs in which I work (mostly) with this abstraction of an abstraction. This is a sketchpad. I don’t yet know what the final outcome will be - as mostly :-)
9 photosForza!
Car races are fast and loud. The cars and their drivers take centre stage. What remains when the focus is no longer on the presentation of the car?
17 photosGeometric Realms
This is my playground for photographicaly surreal moments in computer games.
31 photosQuiet Places In Computergames
During my journeys through the world of computer games, I’ve noticed that I always photograph a very special place. I have no idea why. Perhaps it seems particularly absurd to me in the virtual world, but as a symbol it contributes significantly to the credibility of the game world.
41 photosSimulacrum
In the Simulacrum series, I create a dialogue between the virtual world and the real world by combining images from both. AI increasingly blurres the line between what is real and what is not, We can trust our eyes less and less. This series moves along the boundary of „real“ and „not so real“, celebrates similarities and differences, and points out that both worlds can co-exist wonderfully side by side and may even enrich each other.
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⭐Sitting In Computergames
Computer games are designed for dynamism and action. However, they also involve a surprising amount of sitting around. In this series, I explore the art of sitting around in computer games.
40 photosStories From The Void
Binary Voids Volume Zero - Combining the photographs from the different virtual worlds to create new stories. The whole thing will soon be available as a book .
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⭐Stormtroopers
Yea, I’m dedicating a story to the Stormtrooper. They really are the anonymous, poor sods of the Star Wars universe. Pitiful supporting characters and representatives of the evil Empire. They’re really terrible at shooting with their weapons and are wearing awkward armour that doesn’t seem to protect them. They’re generally synonymous with all those ordinary extras who are only there to make the heroes look good. Do they ever ask themselves in the evening, after work, what a rubbish job they have?
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⭐The Glitch Momentum
As we all know, there is no such thing as perfect, flawless software, no matter how hard you try. That’s why there are always those tense moments when the carefully staged immersion - the impression of reality - in the game is interrupted.
24 photosThe Incident And Other Circumstances
You can deliberately provoke them and exploit them photographically, but sometimes they just happen and you have to react quickly to capture them. Let’s see what kind of series finally comes out of this basic idea.
68 photosThe No Faces
I very often take photographs in which people’s faces are hidden or obscured, or in which they have their backs turned to our world – the viewer’s world. Since photography always reveals something about the photographer, I wonder why this kind of image keeps cropping up.
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⭐Virtual Karma
On fighting and dying in computer games. You’re actually dying all the time and being revived. This also applies to non-player characters, who are stuck in an endless loop of death and rebirth. In Hinduism and Buddhism, there is a term for this: samsara. It literally describes ‘constant wandering’ and the ceaseless cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth – we are more familiar with the concept of karma – which is essentially the driving force that keeps you trapped in this cycle.