The artistic black-and-white photo shows a confusing, urban structure of facade elements and railroad car surfaces: risers, downpipes, bricks, tracks, switch cabinets, billboard fragments, ballast, railroad car doors. Graffiti and tags overlay the scenery, which looks like a lost place. Everything seems old and broken.
‘Performer/Expeditive. Milieu Study No. I’ from the series of images ‘In Paradise’ /// 2023 / United Multiple Views exposed on baryta paper / Limited edition: 3 + 1 AP / 13.8″ (H) ∙ 24.4″ (W) / 4,144 Pixel (H) ∙ 7,366 Pixel (W) / Handwritten signed, titled and dated with year.
The way the image overlays are made runs through the entire series of images. The multiple exposures intensify the effect. The sculpture of a monk and a two-wheeler in front of a house wall with railings as well as posters pasted to the wall create a desolate atmosphere. Flutter bands, wall niches, cobblestones and scaffolding elements are visible.
‘Conservative/Traditional. Milieu Study No. II’ from the series of images ‘In Paradise’ /// 2023 / United Multiple Views exposed on baryta paper / Limited edition: 3 + 1 AP / 13.8″ (H) ∙ 24.4″ (W) / 4,144 Pixel (H) ∙ 7,366 Pixel (W) / Handwritten signed, titled and dated with year.
A graffiti-sprayed wall with arched elements and a garage door are the main elements of this shot.
‘Upper Class. Milieu Study No. III’ from the series of images ‘In Paradise’ /// 2023 / United Multiple Views exposed on baryta paper / Limited edition: 3 + 1 AP / 13.8″ (H) ∙ 24.4″ (W) / 4,144 Pixel (H) ∙ 7,366 Pixel (W) / Handwritten signed, titled and dated with year.
A souterain-like entrance area or a cellar vault with crossing hoses and pipes is visible next to the aggregate of an air conditioner. Scraps of posters, stair treads and chipped plaster walls once again condense the gloomy atmosphere.
‘Precarious. Milieu Study No. IV’ from the series of images ‘In Paradise’ /// 2023 / United Multiple Views exposed on baryta paper / Limited edition: 3 + 1 AP / 13.8″ (H) ∙ 24.4″ (W) / 4,144 Pixel (H) ∙ 7,366 Pixel (W) / Handwritten signed, titled and dated with year.
Garbage and glass containers determine the image center of the street scene. In the background, barred windows, a spray-painted house facade and the paving stones of a sidewalk can be seen.
‘Consumerist/Hedonistic. Milieu Study No. V’ from the series of images ‘In Paradise’ /// 2023 / United Multiple Views exposed on baryta paper / Limited edition: 3 + 1 AP / 13.8″ (H) ∙ 24.4″ (W) / 4,144 Pixel (H) ∙ 7,366 Pixel (W) / Handwritten signed, titled and dated with year.
Typographic fragments, letters and numbers cover the facade of the left half of the picture. The right side of the picture is littered with restless, torn wall elements.
‘Postmaterialist. Milieu Study No. VI’ from the series of images ‘In Paradise’ /// 2023 / United Multiple Views exposed on baryta paper / Limited edition: 3 + 1 AP / 13.8″ (H) ∙ 24.4″ (W) / 4,144 Pixel (H) ∙ 7,366 Pixel (W) / Handwritten signed, titled and dated with year.
Laundry hung up outside, on the upper floor above an entrance area. A front door, downspouts and scaffolding elements, a lattice fence, filled garbage bags in the entrance area and chipped facade plaster again create a gloomy pictorial mood.
‘Middle Class. Milieu Study No. VII’ from the series of images ‘In Paradise’ /// 2023 / United Multiple Views exposed on baryta paper / Limited edition: 3 + 1 AP / 13.8″ (H) ∙ 24.4″ (W) / 4,144 Pixel (H) ∙ 7,366 Pixel (W) / Handwritten signed, titled and dated with year.

‘In Paradise’

United Multiple Views/
Artistic Photography

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© 2023 by Heinz Hermann Maria Hoppe. All rights reserved.
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