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Artist

Photographer

Jens Sundheim

In recent works, the photographic process itself has become the focus of my interest. Leaving all kinds of photographic apparatus aside, I started working directly on light sensitive material: analogue photo paper, 4x5 inch negatives and lately also cyanotypes. By examining the relationship between reality and its pictorial representation I try to explore the essence of photographic image depiction. Although the photographic process itself seems fairly simple in nature, for me photographs still radiate something magical, something far beyond our grasp.

Biography

Jens Sundheim is a visual artist based in the Ruhr area, Germany. He received a Diploma in Visual Communication from the Fachhochschule Dortmund and an MA in Photography from the Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg. Jens Sundheim has exhibited his works extensively including Hong Kong, New York, Tokyo, Chicago, Singapore, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Zurich, Barcelona, Madrid, Arles, Antwerp, Dublin. His works have been published in numerous magazines and newspapers as well as being the topic of artistic and academic research.