The commanding masterpiece Isolation I, II and III (2021) stands as a definitive milestone showcasing the formal sophistication and minimal syntax of Michaela Haider’s acclaimed body of work. Operating as a supreme statement of contemporary fine art portrait photography, this unique triptych creation deliberately rejects decorative backgrounds to establish an authoritative tactile dialogue inside an absolute environment void. The three-paneled composition isolates a stylized human figure draped in light white fabrics, transitioning from an airborne suspension into raw fetal and defensive poses surrounded by a pure, impenetrable black backdrop. This calculated visual layout successfully translates psychological states of deep introspection and vulnerability into an authoritarian tactile presence that explores the unspoken layers of human emotion.
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.
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Fine Art Portrait Photography - Isolation I, II and III Triptych, 2021
Isolation I, II and III, 2021
Hahnemühle Photo Rag (HPR) 300g
Limited Edition.
Unframed
* Print comes with a 1 in. 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.
