Standing as a bold and definitive monument of late 20th-century experimentation, masterfully challenges traditional academic compositions by converting travel postcard formats into a multi-layered, structural statement within the field of international conceptual fine art photography collections. The horizontal arrangement tracks an intense, deeply meditative graphic rhythm where multiple cloned silhouettes of a bare female model split the frame against an old, rusted vehicle body and weathered wooden facades. Intersected with custom mock postage stamps on the upper canvas area, this calculated visual strategy successfully transforms a commercial calendar layout into an undeniable architectural gravity filled with pop irony and high aesthetic value.
This series of photographs were taken for a European calendar. The idea was to create postcards with several countries on different continents, in the images the artist decided to clone the models.
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Conceptual Fine Art Photography - Haiti, 1993. By Uwe Ommer
Haiti, 1993
From the Mani- Cartes Postales series
Archival Pigment
Dimensions: 27.5 H x 39,3 W in.
Edition of 6 + 1AP
Unframed
Uwe Ommer (born 1943) in Bergisch Gladbach is a German photographer. Uwe Ommer became fascinated with photography at a young age. Initially sparked by his interest in photographing birds, he received his first camera at age 14 and began experimenting with his limited equipment. By the time Ommer was 18, he had given up on birds but was improving his skills as a photographer. He began working as an apprentice in a camera shop and soon picked up side projects for local papers, shooting everything from car accidents to weddings, when staff photographers were unavailable. In 2002, Uwe Ommer was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Photographic Society for the impact of his lifetime of work.
