Awards
Selected title German Photo Book Award 2015
Exhibitions
Iceland
Galerie Franz Swetec, Düsseldorf
16.02. – 24.03.2018
Iceland
Galerie Uwe Opper, Streitkirche Kronberg
28.04. – 13.05.2018
Ulrike Crespo Unter der Haut des Wassers
Life underwater follows its own optical laws, governed by a different "doctrine of the visible." The light diminishes with increasing depth, and the eye is no longer able to neatly construct what it sees, instead opening wide and becoming more receptive. Webs, membranes, gossamer tissues made up of thousands of luminescent filigree fingers: the eye of the camera ventures into these undulating forests of algae and seaweed as if in possession of a remote motion detection organ like that of a fish. In Ulrike Crespo's new book of photographs, she brings together in a unique way the two levels of perception on which her photographs seem to operate. The first is the visual, optical level, based on a certain mental distance. And the second level that these images bring into play is a sense that undermines mere superficial appearances. This sense is not directed outward, but rather inward, or – from the point of view of the picture – toward the fluid abyss lurking below the surface. The billowing green flora that overflows from the picture frame inundates our gaze, jolts it out of its distanced composure and makes the visual coordinates falter.
Hardcover
28 x 23,5 cm
88 pages
70 color illustrations
German, English
Out of print
ISBN 978-3-86828-519-2
2014
Artists:
Design:
Harald Pridgar
Product information "Ulrike Crespo"
Life underwater follows its own optical laws, governed by a different "doctrine of the visible." The light diminishes with increasing depth, and the eye is no longer able to neatly construct what it sees, instead opening wide and becoming more receptive. Webs, membranes, gossamer tissues made up of thousands of luminescent filigree fingers: the eye of the camera ventures into these undulating forests of algae and seaweed as if in possession of a remote motion detection organ like that of a fish. In Ulrike Crespo's new book of photographs, she brings together in a unique way the two levels of perception on which her photographs seem to operate. The first is the visual, optical level, based on a certain mental distance. And the second level that these images bring into play is a sense that undermines mere superficial appearances. This sense is not directed outward, but rather inward, or – from the point of view of the picture – toward the fluid abyss lurking below the surface. The billowing green flora that overflows from the picture frame inundates our gaze, jolts it out of its distanced composure and makes the visual coordinates falter.
Hardcover
28 x 23,5 cm
88 pages
70 color illustrations
German, English
Out of print
ISBN 978-3-86828-519-2
2014
Artists:
Design:
Harald Pridgar
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