Frank Grimm

Frank Grimm – Cyanotypes
For nearly fifteen years, Frank Grimm has embraced cyanoty-
pe as his chosen medium. This 19th-century process,
using sunlight and iron salts to create luminous blue prints,
has for him evolved beyond technique into philosophy. In
an age when digital photography strips away tactility and
emotion, Grimm turns deliberately backward in order to
move forward. His hand-printed cyanotypes—large-scale, ana-
log, and utterly singular—resist repetition. No two
works are ever the same. They are not only images but pre-
sences, pieces of time you can touch, live with, and trust to
endure. Cyanotypes are, after all, lightfast: some have survi-
ved more than a century.
At the heart of Grimm’s practice lies water—not as motif alo-
ne, but as a vital force. From the Arctic Circle to the
Indian Ocean, from the Baltic to the Philippine Sea, he pursues
the shifting forms, silence, and mystery of water.
Each print is washed and fixed in the very waters it depicts,
binding image and element together, anchoring the work
in both material and metaphor. For Grimm, water is not mere-
ly subject matter but the bloodstream of the Earth
itself, the medium of life.
Grimm’s photography walks a line between documentation
and transcendenc...

Working since 1995 just with cameras,
you can call me photographer.

Mia Photo 2026 Milano Italy
Stroke Art Fair Munich 2025 and 2026
Art Works Aarhus Denmark 2023
Gallery Works in France.Biarritz. 2023-2025
Lucca Art Fair Italy 2025