Vancouver Street Photography - Image taken in Vancouver / Title "Ghost man"

Expression is photography

I believe the artist, given his/her acute ability to connect with the world in a passionate and intense way, and at the same time to interact with it at an abstract level, needs a mean of expression to decode this connection and to translate it to others, while exploring its meaning. For me this mean of expression is photography.

There is no single meaning or universal truth in art, but each person has his own interpretation that depends in a large measure on his personal emotions and beliefs.

THE Artist's emotion

I see fine art photography as a manifestation of the artist’s emotion in front of the world, as well as a manifestation of my life experiences materialized into my artistic vision and eventually into my photography. 

This results in me seeing my photography as an “autobiographical photography”, intertwined with my life and fuelled by the emotions my interaction with the world triggers.

THE Use of black and white

The use of black and white in my work is just one of the tools I use to create art in my photography but I'm aware that it’s only useful and effective in combination with other tools from my artistic toolkit.

Christian Redermayer