Here are some impressions from the Photokina in Cologne
Monday, September 29, 2008
Photokina
Yesterday we went to cologne and visited the Photokina. It was a fantastic day and we saw so many amazing things. It was great to see all the new and absolute amazing cameras and even to be able to hold and try them. I tested the brand new Canon EOS 5D Mark II, as well as the EOS 1 DS Mark III. I tested the Hasselblad H3DII-31 and the H3DII-50, a fantastic experience to use this cameras. The heart of every photographer beats faster when he or she sees all these wonderful cameras and lenses. One of the highlights was the booth of Leica, they presented their brand new Leica S System. And not to forget Adobe with the new Photoshop CS4. Their presentation was great.
Here are some impressions from the Photokina in Cologne
Here are some impressions from the Photokina in Cologne
Friday, September 19, 2008
Two Way Lens and Lori Nix
Two Way Lens is proud to present Lori Nix
I love Lori's work from the first time I saw it on her website. When I asked her to be part of Two Way Lens, she agreed immediately.
Today I could add her answers to my project. So, now you have to visit Two Way Lens to find out what Lori told me. It's as always very interesting.
Her website is full of great work from different series, make sure to visit her website as well.
Lori Nix, Ice Storm (from Accidentally Kansas)
Lori Nix, Majestic (from The City)
Lori Nix, Museum of Art (from The City)
Lori Nix, Parade (from Lost)
© all images Lori Nix
I love Lori's work from the first time I saw it on her website. When I asked her to be part of Two Way Lens, she agreed immediately.
Today I could add her answers to my project. So, now you have to visit Two Way Lens to find out what Lori told me. It's as always very interesting.
Her website is full of great work from different series, make sure to visit her website as well.
Lori Nix, Ice Storm (from Accidentally Kansas)
Lori Nix, Majestic (from The City)
Lori Nix, Museum of Art (from The City)
Lori Nix, Parade (from Lost)© all images Lori Nix
Two Way Lens and Tim Hailand
Two Way Lens is proud to present Tim Hailand
I already wrote something about Tim a few months ago. We exchanged many emails and finally I asked him if he would like to be part of my project Two Way Lens.
I was happy that he agreed and that I could add him to the project. Just visit Two Way Lens and find out what he has to say
Tim also just updated his website and added a lot of new work. Make sure to visit his website too.
Tim Hailand, Self Portrait in Pittsburgh in Prague, 2008
© Tim Hailand
I already wrote something about Tim a few months ago. We exchanged many emails and finally I asked him if he would like to be part of my project Two Way Lens.
I was happy that he agreed and that I could add him to the project. Just visit Two Way Lens and find out what he has to say
Tim also just updated his website and added a lot of new work. Make sure to visit his website too.
Tim Hailand, Self Portrait in Pittsburgh in Prague, 2008© Tim Hailand
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Interview with Flashfilm
The Japanese Art and Fashion magazine Flashfilm contacted me and asked me for an interview.
Today they put it online. You can check it out here
I am totally happy with how it looks on their site. The people are super nice and especially Chieco who did contact me.
Thanks Chieco for this interview, it was great to work with you.
Snap to grid
It's time again for SNAP TO GRID
Direct link to registration: just click here
Los Angeles Center For Digital Art
107 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
LACDA invites you to exhibit your work in:
SNAP TO GRID
the UN-Juried Exhibit
Every Entry Submitted is Shown!
October 9-November 1, 2008
Opening Reception Thursday October 9, 7-9pm
(in conjunction with the Downtown Art Walk)
Show your work at our gallery in our Un-Juried Competition: Snap to Grid. In our annual exhibition of this kind participants each upload one image to be printed on high quality paper and hung in a grid in our gallery. The show will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artists.
The show is mounted in our 1,200 foot storefront gallery in the bourgeoning downtown arts district in the revitalized historic core of Los Angeles. It is an area constantly building and creating itself, filled with art, hipsters, restaraunts, clubs, music, shopping and urban loft living. The area is frequented by celebrities, critics, curators and renowned artists. The opening reception is on the nignt of the exciting Downtown Art Walk which has drawn over 2,000 people (and also provides a new shuttle service between each cluster of the over 30 galleries in the immediate area). Thousands are expected to attend the exhibit.
After the exhibition the images and artist information will be archived by LACDA. Artwork for future exhibits will be selected from the archived images, and will also be available for review by interested area gallerists, curators and arts journalists. The ultimate resume builder. Everybody wins!
Entry fee $30US.
Proceeds benefit gallery programs.
Deadline for entries: September 30, 2008
Show is international, open to all geographical locations.
Entrants submit one JPEG file of original work up to 3mb. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. Digital video stills and screen shots of web/new media are acceptable. Documentation shots of digital installation and digital sculpture are acceptable.
Multiple entries are permitted. $30 registration fee for each additional image.
Exhibit is limited to space available, early entry is advised.
Show Dates: October 9-November 1, 2008
Deadline for entries: September 30, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday October 9, 7-9pm
Entry Fee: Registration fee is $30US.
Multiple Entries: Multiple entries are permitted. $30 registration fee for each additional image.
Gallery Statement:
Every year for 50 years the L.A. Municipal Gallery has held its "Open Call" exhibit where any artist can show up with their art and an entry fee (to benefit gallery programs) and the piece is shown. The Los Angeles Center For Digital Art decided to launch an international experiment of the same nature where the artists upload images that are printed and hung by the gallery. The hundreds of works are displayed in a grid like installation (reminiscent of postcard art shows of the 1980's) where every work submitted is exhibited.
The usual (less than democratic) selection process where only the precious few are chosen is turned on its head in a curatorial anarchy where everyone gets to participate and the viewer is literally left to be the judge. The show represents a snapshot of a current moment in art history when digital imaging has reached the hands of the many, an age where culture belongs to the "mobblogers" around the globe. From Thailand to Texas, amateur to academic, beautiful to banal and beyond the monumental quantity and variety of "Snap to Grid" becomes an aesthetic experience where each individual piece adds to an agglomerative effect that has a life of its own.
Direct link to registration: just click here
Los Angeles Center For Digital Art
107 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
LACDA invites you to exhibit your work in:
SNAP TO GRID
the UN-Juried Exhibit
Every Entry Submitted is Shown!
October 9-November 1, 2008
Opening Reception Thursday October 9, 7-9pm
(in conjunction with the Downtown Art Walk)
Show your work at our gallery in our Un-Juried Competition: Snap to Grid. In our annual exhibition of this kind participants each upload one image to be printed on high quality paper and hung in a grid in our gallery. The show will be widely promoted and will include a reception for the artists.
The show is mounted in our 1,200 foot storefront gallery in the bourgeoning downtown arts district in the revitalized historic core of Los Angeles. It is an area constantly building and creating itself, filled with art, hipsters, restaraunts, clubs, music, shopping and urban loft living. The area is frequented by celebrities, critics, curators and renowned artists. The opening reception is on the nignt of the exciting Downtown Art Walk which has drawn over 2,000 people (and also provides a new shuttle service between each cluster of the over 30 galleries in the immediate area). Thousands are expected to attend the exhibit.
After the exhibition the images and artist information will be archived by LACDA. Artwork for future exhibits will be selected from the archived images, and will also be available for review by interested area gallerists, curators and arts journalists. The ultimate resume builder. Everybody wins!
Entry fee $30US.
Proceeds benefit gallery programs.
Deadline for entries: September 30, 2008
Show is international, open to all geographical locations.
Entrants submit one JPEG file of original work up to 3mb. All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. Digital video stills and screen shots of web/new media are acceptable. Documentation shots of digital installation and digital sculpture are acceptable.
Multiple entries are permitted. $30 registration fee for each additional image.
Exhibit is limited to space available, early entry is advised.
Show Dates: October 9-November 1, 2008
Deadline for entries: September 30, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday October 9, 7-9pm
Entry Fee: Registration fee is $30US.
Multiple Entries: Multiple entries are permitted. $30 registration fee for each additional image.
Gallery Statement:
Every year for 50 years the L.A. Municipal Gallery has held its "Open Call" exhibit where any artist can show up with their art and an entry fee (to benefit gallery programs) and the piece is shown. The Los Angeles Center For Digital Art decided to launch an international experiment of the same nature where the artists upload images that are printed and hung by the gallery. The hundreds of works are displayed in a grid like installation (reminiscent of postcard art shows of the 1980's) where every work submitted is exhibited.
The usual (less than democratic) selection process where only the precious few are chosen is turned on its head in a curatorial anarchy where everyone gets to participate and the viewer is literally left to be the judge. The show represents a snapshot of a current moment in art history when digital imaging has reached the hands of the many, an age where culture belongs to the "mobblogers" around the globe. From Thailand to Texas, amateur to academic, beautiful to banal and beyond the monumental quantity and variety of "Snap to Grid" becomes an aesthetic experience where each individual piece adds to an agglomerative effect that has a life of its own.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Master's Mystery Art Show
I just received this email and would like to pass it on to you. It's a call for entries from the Master's Mystery Art Show. I participated in the last few years and am going to do it again this year.
The Master’s Mystery Art Show (MMAS) is now ready to launch its fourth years as one of the most interesting and successful events of the Miami Art Season. The MMAS is a high profile benefit that will take place concurrently with Art Bassel Miami Beach 2008 in early December. Its purpose is to contribute to the further development of the Florida International University Master in Fine Arts program. All proceeds will go the Master’s program for scholarships, visiting artists, exhibitions and other projects. The MMAS is already supported by such important sponsors as Lionstone Development, The Ritz Carlton Miami Beach and The Miami Herald, with key galleries, media and artist committed to its success through a high-visibility publicity campaign. We would like to invite you to participate in this exciting community event.
The MMAS will adopt the following format: all exhibited works will be original in a 6” x 9” format and will sell for the fixed price of $50.00. The list of contributing artists, including a host of well-established names, will be widely publicized in advance. Adding to the excitement will be the participation of renowned celebrities in different disciplines and of selected local students. The “mystery” is that the name of the artist for each work is kept secret during the exhibition, only to be revealed at the completion of the sale. Thus the public is invited to “play detective” as they try to identify the artist and be the first to buy the best! The deadline to receive submitted artwork is November 15, 2008
The success of this event and its benefits to the student artists depend on the generosity of artists like you. Last year, there were over 1000 cards donated, and the students raised over $20,000. This year there will be more events, more artists, and more fun, and we would like you to participate too! If you decide to join us, please contribute a work in any medium within the given dimensions. Please remember to sign your cards only on the back! It’s a secret!
Looking forward to receiving your cards!
MMAS 2008 Organizing Committee
The direct link to their website is here
The Master’s Mystery Art Show (MMAS) is now ready to launch its fourth years as one of the most interesting and successful events of the Miami Art Season. The MMAS is a high profile benefit that will take place concurrently with Art Bassel Miami Beach 2008 in early December. Its purpose is to contribute to the further development of the Florida International University Master in Fine Arts program. All proceeds will go the Master’s program for scholarships, visiting artists, exhibitions and other projects. The MMAS is already supported by such important sponsors as Lionstone Development, The Ritz Carlton Miami Beach and The Miami Herald, with key galleries, media and artist committed to its success through a high-visibility publicity campaign. We would like to invite you to participate in this exciting community event.
The MMAS will adopt the following format: all exhibited works will be original in a 6” x 9” format and will sell for the fixed price of $50.00. The list of contributing artists, including a host of well-established names, will be widely publicized in advance. Adding to the excitement will be the participation of renowned celebrities in different disciplines and of selected local students. The “mystery” is that the name of the artist for each work is kept secret during the exhibition, only to be revealed at the completion of the sale. Thus the public is invited to “play detective” as they try to identify the artist and be the first to buy the best! The deadline to receive submitted artwork is November 15, 2008
The success of this event and its benefits to the student artists depend on the generosity of artists like you. Last year, there were over 1000 cards donated, and the students raised over $20,000. This year there will be more events, more artists, and more fun, and we would like you to participate too! If you decide to join us, please contribute a work in any medium within the given dimensions. Please remember to sign your cards only on the back! It’s a secret!
Looking forward to receiving your cards!
MMAS 2008 Organizing Committee
The direct link to their website is here
New Video
A Japanese art and fashion magazine contacted me via email and requested an interview with me. I was extremely impressed and excited about this request, especially since photographers I really love have done it before with them.
As a part of the interview I created a short movie-slide show with two of my series (The Mirages and Vanity Fair).
I am also honored that I can use the music of Moby in this video.
Moby, thanks you so much for allowing me to include your two tracks "silver" and "houses" in this movie.
As a part of the interview I created a short movie-slide show with two of my series (The Mirages and Vanity Fair).
I am also honored that I can use the music of Moby in this video.
Moby, thanks you so much for allowing me to include your two tracks "silver" and "houses" in this movie.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Pamela Klaffke
When I received an email from a japanese art and fashion magazine requesting an interview with me. (I am working on it and get my things ready) I contacted Pamela and we exchanged some emails about it. I visited her website and was fascinated by her work. She is a writer and photographer from Calgary / Canada and has a wide body of work which is really interesting, beautiful and fascinating.
Pamela Klaffke, from the series Bestia Parvulus (Animal Child)
Pamela Klaffke, from the series Ladies Of The Balaclava
Pamela Klaffke, from the series Portraits
Pamela Klaffke, from the series Catalogue Of Collected Style
On Pamela's website is much more to find. Her writing is as fascinating as her photography. So make sure to check it out.
The link to her site is here
© all images Pamela Klaffke
Pamela Klaffke, from the series Bestia Parvulus (Animal Child)
Pamela Klaffke, from the series Ladies Of The Balaclava 
Pamela Klaffke, from the series Portraits
Pamela Klaffke, from the series Catalogue Of Collected StyleOn Pamela's website is much more to find. Her writing is as fascinating as her photography. So make sure to check it out.
The link to her site is here
© all images Pamela Klaffke
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
More Andrew Phelps
Andrew was so nice to send me images from his brand new project from 2008 called WELTMEISTER.
I am extremely happy and honored to add it to my blog and share this wonderful work with you.
If you are in the NYC are this weekend make sure to go and see Andrews show HIGLEY at Harpers Books, 66 Newtown Lane, East Hampton, NY 11937
The opening reception is on Saturday August 23 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
The show runs till October 14, so if you can't make it to the opening, you still have enough time to see the show.
Andrew Phelps, from project WELTMEISTER, 2008
Andrew Phelps, from project WELTMEISTER, 2008
Andrew Phelps, from project WELTMEISTER, 2008
Andrew Phelps, from project WELTMEISTER, 2008
Andrew Phelps, from project WELTMEISTER, 2008
Andrew Phelps, from project WELTMEISTER, 2008
Andrew Phelps, from project WELTMEISTER, 2008
© all images Andrew Phelps
I am extremely happy and honored to add it to my blog and share this wonderful work with you.
If you are in the NYC are this weekend make sure to go and see Andrews show HIGLEY at Harpers Books, 66 Newtown Lane, East Hampton, NY 11937
The opening reception is on Saturday August 23 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
The show runs till October 14, so if you can't make it to the opening, you still have enough time to see the show.
Andrew Phelps, from project WELTMEISTER, 2008
Andrew Phelps, from project WELTMEISTER, 2008
Andrew Phelps, from project WELTMEISTER, 2008
Andrew Phelps, from project WELTMEISTER, 2008
Andrew Phelps, from project WELTMEISTER, 2008
Andrew Phelps, from project WELTMEISTER, 2008
Andrew Phelps, from project WELTMEISTER, 2008© all images Andrew Phelps
Friday, August 15, 2008
Two Way Lens and Andrew Phelps
Two Way Lens is proud to present Andrew Phelps.
When I told Andrew about the project and asked him to be part of it, he said yes straight away. I was of course totally excited about it and was looking forward to receiving his answers. What he writes is an absolute interesting and valuable insight information from a photographer who has made his way in the art world. He is a very nice person and willing to share his experience.
Check his interview out here
A must have for your book shelve is his book HIGLEY.
Higley, Arizona, along with its history, has lost the battle against a homogenous America. This township, once at the center of a farming expanse, is steadily loosing ground to the exploding metropolis known as the "greater Phoenix area." These photographs of Higley are an in-depth documentation of this microcosm of globalization.
You can order HIGLEY here
Try also to order his book NATURE DE LUXE, if you are lucky you can get the last copy on amazon. The direct link is
here
My copies of both are already in the post on the way to me.
Thank you Andrew for your contribution to Two Way Lens.
Andrew Phelps, from HIGLEY, 2007
Andrew Phelps, from HIGLEY, 2007
Andrew Phelps, from HIGLEY, 2007
Andrew Phelps, from HIGLEY, 2007
Andrew Phelps, from HIGLEY, 2007
Andrew Phelps, from HIGLEY, 2007
© all images Andrew Phelps
When I told Andrew about the project and asked him to be part of it, he said yes straight away. I was of course totally excited about it and was looking forward to receiving his answers. What he writes is an absolute interesting and valuable insight information from a photographer who has made his way in the art world. He is a very nice person and willing to share his experience.
Check his interview out here
A must have for your book shelve is his book HIGLEY.
Higley, Arizona, along with its history, has lost the battle against a homogenous America. This township, once at the center of a farming expanse, is steadily loosing ground to the exploding metropolis known as the "greater Phoenix area." These photographs of Higley are an in-depth documentation of this microcosm of globalization.
You can order HIGLEY here
Try also to order his book NATURE DE LUXE, if you are lucky you can get the last copy on amazon. The direct link is
here
My copies of both are already in the post on the way to me.
Thank you Andrew for your contribution to Two Way Lens.
Andrew Phelps, from HIGLEY, 2007
Andrew Phelps, from HIGLEY, 2007
Andrew Phelps, from HIGLEY, 2007
Andrew Phelps, from HIGLEY, 2007
Andrew Phelps, from HIGLEY, 2007
Andrew Phelps, from HIGLEY, 2007© all images Andrew Phelps
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
One For The Album
I just added another new project i am working on to my website. It is called One For The Album and I started the work with the camera, which means taking photographs for it, at the start of the year. It was already in my mind for a very long time, but somehow the time wasn't right for me to go out and taking photos. But it became more and more important to me and I've got really excited about it. This year we did a lot of traveling in Europe, so it was ideal for this project. I am totally happy how it developed.
Here you can check it out: One For The Album
One for the album - Domplatz Salzburg, 2008 © Michael werner
Here you can check it out: One For The Album
One for the album - Domplatz Salzburg, 2008 © Michael werner
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Terence Koh in Frankfurt
Terence Koh, Warhol remains as a Chinese winter garden in my heart (self portrait, 2006, © Terence KohYesterday we saw the Terence Koh exhibition in Frankfurt. It was a very intense and somehow surreal experience. You enter the exhibition room through a small, maybe 100 cm by 150 cm, 39.4" x 49" opening and then you enter a totally light and glaring white space. Walls, floor, ceiling, the objects, everything is white and you can hardly see because of the brightness. It is hard though to stay longer in this room, after a short time you feel dizzy and it gets unpleasant. But in any case, it was a nice afternoon after strolling through the flea market at the shore of the river Main. We almost bought a beautiful bistro marble table for the garden. It was only 25 €, but the car was quite far away and it was difficult to get back there in time, since we had only 30 minutes till they packed up their stuff. So maybe next week or so, we will try our luck again.
Here is the text about the show:
Terence Koh is installing one of his signature monochrome environments especially for the Schirn; for this exhibition, he will initiate the surreal objects, ritually summoning them to life, in a secret performance. Under the title “Captain Buddha”, visitors who set foot in the luminously flooded room are invited to accompany the artist on a journey that will take them on a search for themselves through the entire world – India, China, Burma, Belgium, Africa, Mexico and Canada are just some stations along the way – one that aims to reach nirvana and ends in nothingness.
For his installation at the Schirn Kunsthalle, Koh links two worlds that at first glance seem almost antipodal: Buddhism and that popular classic of world literature, Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” – the tale of the fateful quest of charismatic and supremely obsessed Captain Ahab for the Great White Whale. But the two worlds are alike in their descriptions of endless and irresolvable search - a unity conveyed in the title “Captain Buddha”. For this installation, Koh himself set out on a quest: clad as a monk in a golden robe, he journeyed to fifteen places – Canada, Japan, China, Thailand, Mexico, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Israel, Iceland, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Africa, and the USA – in his search for objects, much as Captain Ahab sailed the world over in search of the White Whale. In Terence Koh’s words: “I’m like the captain in Moby Dick. I’m trying to find the White Whale in the white objects, but in the end I find nothing.”
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Lands Of Milk And Honey
I just updated my website and added my new project Lands Of Milk And Honey.
I am really excited about this project and am looking forward to continuing it in different places. I can't wait to go and shoot more photos. But I have to be patient and wait till I can go back to my favorite place for this series, Paris.
In the meantime I will find other places for the project. There are many Lands Of Milk And Honey to find.
Check it out here: Lands Of Milk And Honey
Lands of milk and honey- Mirabell Garden, 2008 © Michael Werner
I am really excited about this project and am looking forward to continuing it in different places. I can't wait to go and shoot more photos. But I have to be patient and wait till I can go back to my favorite place for this series, Paris.
In the meantime I will find other places for the project. There are many Lands Of Milk And Honey to find.
Check it out here: Lands Of Milk And Honey
Lands of milk and honey- Mirabell Garden, 2008 © Michael Werner
Friday, July 25, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Bruce Long
We worked the whole weekend to update Bruce's website. It was a lot of work since we changed almost the entire site. We added German text and changed the english text, we added new sections and changed others. Bruce told me what he wanted to add, remove and how it should look like and I did the technical work. It needed a lot of concentration but the result is worth all the work. Bruce is happy about his new website and I am happy because I learned a lot of new things about html codes and website design.
Check the results out here and don't forget to visit his blog Something for the fridge door
From the series Ecce Homo
From the series 15 / 40
From the series Fool's Gold
© all images Bruce Long
Check the results out here and don't forget to visit his blog Something for the fridge door
From the series Ecce Homo
From the series 15 / 40
From the series Fool's Gold© all images Bruce Long
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
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