Photographic light staging, setting 1. A woman shines through light traces, which trace the body movements through long exposure. The light traces are predominantly in yellow colors, pointed by white and red accents. The backdrop reflects an apartment with works of art on display.
‘First Flight Attempt of the Phoenix’ from the series of paintings ‘Flight Attempts of the Phoenix’ / 2011 / Artistic photography / Exposure on Fujiflex photo paper / Limited edition: 3 + 1 AP / 3,456 Pixel (H) ∙ 5,184 Pixel (W) / 11.52″ (H) ∙ 17.28″ (W) / Numbered and signed by hand.

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‘Flight Attempts of the Phoenix’ : : : Artistic photography

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Artistic photography

Photographic light staging, setting 2. A woman shines through traces of light that trace the body movements through long exposure. The woman swings up to take off.
‘Second Flight Attempt of the Phoenix’ from the series of paintings ‘Flight Attempts of the Phoenix’ / 2011 / Artistic photography / Exposure on Fujiflex photo paper / Limited edition: 3 + 1 AP / 3,456 Pixel (H) ∙ 5,184 Pixel (W) / 11.52″ (H) ∙ 17.28″ (W) / Numbered and signed by hand.
Photographic light staging, setting 3. A woman shines through traces of light that trace the body movements through long exposure. The light traces become more filigree and overlap more strongly.
‘Third Flight Attempt of the Phoenix’ from the series of paintings ‘Flight Attempts of the Phoenix’ / 2011 / Artistic photography / Exposure on Fujiflex photo paper / Limited edition: 3 + 1 AP / 3,456 Pixel (H) ∙ 5,184 Pixel (W) / 11.52″ (H) ∙ 17.28″ (W) / Numbered and signed by hand.
Photographic light staging, setting 4. A woman shines through traces of light that trace the body movements through long exposure. The frequency of the movements seems to increase further.
‘Fourth Flight Attempt of the Phoenix’ from the series of paintings ‘Flight Attempts of the Phoenix’ / 2011 / Artistic photography / Exposure on Fujiflex photo paper / Limited edition: 3 + 1 AP / 3,456 Pixel (H) ∙ 5,184 Pixel (W) / 11.52″ (H) ∙ 17.28″ (W) / Numbered and signed by hand.
Photographic light staging, setting 5. A woman shines through light traces that trace the body movements through long time exposure. The long exposure shows almost symmetrical light traces.
‘Fifth Flight Attempt of the Phoenix’ from the series of paintings ‘Flight Attempts of the Phoenix’ / 2011 / Artistic photography / Exposure on Fujiflex photo paper / Limited edition: 3 + 1 AP / 3,456 Pixel (H) ∙ 5,184 Pixel (W) / 11.52″ (H) ∙ 17.28″ (W) / Numbered and signed by hand.
Photographic light staging, setting 6. A woman shines through traces of light, which trace the body movements through long exposure. The light traces are predominantly in yellow colors, pointed by white and red accents. The body seems to vibrate.
‘Sixth Flight Attempt of the Phoenix’ from the series of paintings ‘Flight Attempts of the Phoenix’ / 2011 / Artistic photography / Exposure on Fujiflex photo paper / Limited edition: 3 + 1 AP / 3,456 Pixel (H) ∙ 5,184 Pixel (W) / 11.52″ (H) ∙ 17.28″ (W) / Numbered and signed by hand.
Photographic light staging, shot 7. A woman shines through traces of light that trace the body movements through long exposure. Shortly before taking off. The white light traces are stronger, the creature appears lighter.
‘Seventh Flight Attempt of the Phoenix’ from the series of paintings ‘Flight Attempts of the Phoenix’ / 2011 / Artistic photography / Exposure on Fujiflex photo paper / Limited edition: 3 + 1 AP / 3,456 Pixel (H) ∙ 5,184 Pixel (W) / 11.52″ (H) ∙ 17.28″ (W) / Numbered and signed by hand.

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Author: Heinz Hermann Maria Hoppe

A bird that burns to rise anew from its ashes in the end: that is the mythology of the phoenix. When something that was already thought lost unexpectedly appears in new splendor, then one expresses one’s amazement at the ‘resurrection’ with the phrase “Like a phoenix from the ashes”. If you want to be free, you have to learn to ‘fly’, figuratively speaking. The series of images ‘Flight Attempts of the Phoenix’ is a photographic analogy of the struggle to want to take off carefree, but all too often fail miserably due to the ‘gravitational forces’ of everyday life. Nevertheless: “Fly bird, fly – never stop practicing!” For the longed-for freedom that may then come true.
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