Is innermost nature a bird? Photograph - Limited Edition of 7

Photography, 2014 From the series "Nostalghia" Numbered and handsigned on the back. With a certificate of authenticity. Limited edition of 7 + 2 AP Nostalghia is a series of portraits expressing feelings. Feelings of forlornness and solitude. Julia in these photographs is like a mirror of my state of mind. I chose Nostalgia as title of this series in order to make homage to the movie “Nostalghia” of the Russian director Andrey Tarkovsky and to his concept of art, explored in his book “Sculpting in Time”. Capturing feelings always goes along with telling stories. Behind every strong feeling there is a story. As individual as the photographer shooting the picture, and as individual as the viewer, identifying with the feeling inherent to the portrait. To Tarkovsky portraying has been pure observation. But the moments selected to be fixed in time to become eternal in art are a subjective choice. A portrait is like a mirror. I see what I feel and who I am in the portrayed. The rest I don’t perceive. Therefore each portrait is a double portrait, in this case a picture of Julia as well as a picture of my state of mind. The portrait is self-portrait too. To chose the appropriate titels for these portraits, I have been taking much care, because the titles are essential constitutional parts of the stories behind the feelings expressed in these portraits. Some titles are composed with fragments of Tarkovsky’s quotes, others are personal words or excerpts from the lyrics of songs, these pictures reminded me. Besides Tarkovsky’s art theory, my concept of portraying is inspired by Cindy Sherman’s film stills and by Italian author Luigi Pirandello's post-modernist approach on identity theory. Model: Julia Ed Dress by Byblos Location: Tübingen/Germany Fine Art Photography by Martina Rall Representation: APA Picturedesk, Vienna/Austria This artwork is also available in: 60 x 90 cm, Limited Edition of 3 Please contact Saatchi Art to request this size.