Jens Ochlich

About Jens Ochlich

Jens Ochlich lives and works in San Diego, CA. While the initial inspiration to photograph came from the admiration for the works of Julius Shulman, Balthazar Korab, and Ezra Stoller his different bodies of work are all born out of a passion for the subject: "Automotive" is the combination of the longing for the America seen on TV as a kid and teen in West-Germany which had disappeared by the time Jens moved to the US as well as a fascination with the oftentimes minimalist-utilitarian urban American architecture. "Nocturnal Emissions" started as a homage to film noir and a love for classic cars and captures a certain loneliness but also a calm that leaves room for interpretation and is not necessarily sinister. "California Nocturnal" was inspired by the memories of Italian fishing villages lined up like luminous pearls at night along the Adriatic coast as a child. It turned into a examination of human presence in an otherwise dark environment. Motion shows as light streaks whereas light dots show a stationary presence. Having grown up and now living on the California coast, the desert is extremely fascinating as an environment and photographic subject. The line between civilization and wasteland are often sudden, blurred or do overlap. Beyond the last house of a town lie hundreds of miles of baking desert territory. The desert also has a lot of varying solar patina a certain sun bleached quality.