Masterfully challenges traditional academic framing by shifting outdoor human performances into a multi-layered statement within the field of international contemporary landscape photography. The vertical arrangement tracks an intense, deeply meditative graphic rhythm where a stone-built hot spring canal splits the frame against a traditional grass-roofed cabin and distant volcanic valleys, successfully transforming a travel or nature register into an undeniable architectural gravity that captures the structural essence of northern environments.
The artist explored nature and how the body can be part of these landscapes with the help of the model Marisa. He did not hesitate to brave the climate and landscapes of Iceland.
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Contemporary Landscape Photography - Marise Nature, 2019. By Uwe Ommer
Marise Nature, 2019
Archival Pigment print
Dimensions: 35,5 H x 23,6 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.
