Christoph Franke

Christoph Franke is inspired by the idea that photographs, like water, store and release energy. Influenced by his encounter with the alchemist and photographer Marino Lazzeroni, he pursued the idea of ​​transferring “Zen in the art of archery” to photography and pressing the camera shutter release in the moment of oneness with the subject. He is particularly interested in the concept of polarity. In this idea, mutual poles such as above and below, light and shadow, hot and cold or yin and yang are interdependent and form a whole. They reveal reality as we know it and make it possible to perceive a material world. His photographs have been exhibited in galleries, museums and festivals in Germany and internationally in England, France, Spain, Georgia and China. Awards: 2018 Gold Winner TIFA, Tokyo International Photo Awards | 2017 First Place Experts Jury. FIX Photo Awards London | 2015 Winner of the Public Vote.125LIVE supported by Olympus, London | 2015 Kolga Award, Tbilisi, Georgia. The Best Photos of the Year. As well as 10 Honorable Mentions at top-class international competitions. Works in private collections in Germany, France, Spain and England. | Tree Crowns. Artist book with fine art print. Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris, France. 2019. | Tree Crowns. Artist's book. Hellenic Center for Photography Library, Athens, Greece. 2019.