:: Ever dreamed the dream of flight?
That ache, standing in the wind, to expand your wings, to feel the air rush by, to let yourself be carried across the world into a different mode of being. Hold on to that dream, that feeling of expansion.
Starting with photographic base elements, such as the figure or the landscape, Haider transforms the scenery into a surreal world through heavy post-production. She uses photographs, that in their essence capture something real, to merge these aspects of reality, slowly creating something unreal and imagined, yet familiar in its story - a dreamscape, drawing from the essence underneath the surface. In her work the unspoken finds itself translated into images.
This fascinating piece delves into the intricate art of self-portrait photography and delivers a powerful narrative.
Expansion, 2024. Self-Portrait Photography
Expansion, 2024
Hahnemühle Photo Rag (HPR) 300g
Limited Edition.
Unframed
* Print comes with a 2.5 cm white border
Originally from Austria, Michaela Haider found her expression in photography at an early age. Drawing inspiration for her early works from the fields and forests, streams and rivers of the region she grew up in. After studying chemistry in Graz, Helsinki and Berlin, the scientific perspective provided even deeper insights into the unifying element of her work — the relationship between the human form and nature, and the materialistic aspect of both.
Her images depict staged worlds that pose and explore the question of this relationship from the human perspective.
Haider's works have been exhibited in Austria, Germany, Spain, and Finland.
