Artist Blog
Every week an artist whose single image was published by Der Greif is given a platform in which to blog about contemporary photography.
I am just looking
Feb 17, 2023 - Kai-Uwe Gundlach
Open your eyes and go.
Whether on the road or in the studio.
I let myself drift and react to the situation that is happening.
I observe, I lurk, I intervene, and change if I am not happy.
Sometimes it is only very small changes that give a picture its meaning.
On the street, motifs are waiting everywhere.
It’s just important to find the perfect framing here, to take it out of its environment.
Framing is a very underestimated partner in image composition.
A master of good framing for me is Stephen Shore.
Please look at the books – not Instagram…
It makes sense to look at many more books.
Here someone has thought about the composition, the paper, and about the design. Books also smell good.
Instagram can’t do that…
Great books publishers are