BUBBLES Seifenblasen
"Catch me if you can"
by Arjay Stevens edition photoArt
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About the Book
It wants to show, and not least, the artistic inspiration soap bubbles evoke.
The fascination lies in the absolute ephemerality, in their incredibly subtle materiality, which moves close to nothingness. And, of course, the transformation of the bubbles’ colors as they are exposed to sunlight. All spectral colors let themselves be seen.
But it was not only the colorfullness of the soap bubbles that interested the photographer, but the absence of the colors, that is, their transformation into black and white. Their reduction to almost abstract formations of incredible delicacy.
The cities of Dresden and Munic in Germany provided the backdrop for the photographs.
Fangt mich, wenn ihr könnt.. Seifenblasen
Wenn du dich an deine Kindheit erinnerst, wirst du dich bestimmt daran erinnern, wie du mit Seifenblasen gespielt hast. Und wie viel Spaß es mit ihnen gemacht hat. Viele andere Spiele gehören der Vergangenheit an - aber Seifenblasen nicht. Diese Fotos sind der Beweis dafür. Aber es soll nicht zuletzt die künstlerische Inspiration gezeigt werden, die Seifenblasen hervorrufen. Die Faszination liegt in der absoluten Vergänglichkeit, in ihrer unglaublich subtilen Materialität, die sich nahe dem Nichts bewegt. Und natürlich in der Veränderung der Farben der Seifenblasen, wenn sie dem Sonnenlicht ausgesetzt werden. Alle Spektralfarben lassen sich sehen.
Aber es war nicht nur die Buntheit der Seifenblasen, die den Photographen interessierte, sondern auch die Abwesenheit der Farben, ihre Verwandlung in Schwarz und Weiß. Die Reduktion auf fast abstrakte Gebilde von unglaublicher Zartheit.
Die Städte Dresden und München in Deutschland bildeten die Kulisse für die Fotografien.
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
- Additional Categories Fine Art Photography, Coffee Table Books
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Project Option: Large Format Landscape, 13×11 in, 33×28 cm
# of Pages: 70 -
Isbn
- Hardcover, Dust Jacket: 9798210978127
- Publish Date: Aug 16, 2023
- Language English
- Keywords Bubbles, Abstraction, Photographie, Architektur, Art
About the Creator
Arjay Stevens born in Bingen, Germany. He has been a passionate photographer from the age of 8. Studied natural science and pharmacy and worked as assistant to Nobel Laureate Prof. Warburg at Max-Planck-Institute, Berlin, and later as a hospital pharmacy dptm. head. Retired he visited SEA, became deeply interested in the arts and culture. After being partly based in Cambodia since over 30 years he photographs intense many parts of Asia. He self-published several photo books on art and culture and showed his work in numerous exhibitions. E.g.his work “A Century Artist” of a Royal Ballet dance icon was shown at The National Museum, Phnom Penh for three months. Special honors of his artistic work in Cambodia learned Arjay by personal thank-you letters by HM the King of Cambodia. Arjay Stevens' open-mindedness in art and culture, as well as his long-standing humanitarian commitment, is not only evident in his diverse photographic work. Artistically, his interests extend to abstraction.