Abstract 2nd place winner

I find my motives on forays through residential areas, arterial roads and industrial zones.
There I develop an unusual view of ordinary parts of the cityscape, such as walls of houses, bollards, advertising signs and gas stations, which lifts them out of their everyday life.

I am particularly interested in the moment of transition, in which three-dimensional motifs are transformed into two-dimensional abstractions. I achieve this transformation, among other things, by the specific arrangement of several levels.
In this process I create photographs that appear almost painted.

These works are about an artistic examination of my own seeing.
Due to a malformation of my optic nerves, my perception is two-dimensional, from which my brain creates a three-dimensional simulation.

Guido Klumpe
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German photographer Guido Klumpe’s work includes abstract, minimalist, and street photography. Born with a severe congenital visual impairment, he perceives the world differently.??Guido sees cities as urban landscapes, landscapes consisting of shapes, colors, light and reflections. He uses perspective, a particular point of view, and the poetry of chance in the old tradition of street photography, to create his compositions. This way, he creates a “stage” in which passers-by act as protagonists. His work highlights the mystery and absurdity of urban spaces while simultaneously revealing its hidden beauty. ? ?In his work, he investigates how we perceive dimensionality and is particularly interested in the moment of transition, when by reducing the optical reference points, three-dimensional architecture dissolves into a two-dimensional plane, lending many of his images an almost painterly quality. Considerations that arise during this process include the importance of information that helps establish a distinction between the foreground and background, and the type and number of objects involved.  ? ?Guido’s work has won numerous international awards, has been widely published, and is included in many solo and group exhibitions throughout Europe.