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Stephan Ach (Essen, Germany, 1958): Surrounded by the artistic world at a very young age, Stephan Ach discovered in photography his real talent and a form of artistic expression. He graduated from the School of Art and Photography of Munich in 1982 and he has worked actively in the fashion world between New York, Munich, Paris, Barcelona and Miami. In 2000, he also enrolled the New York Film Academy to explore the cinematographic world. Philosophers, mathematicians, scientists and men of letters have rationalized the world in order to understand it. And so we have explanations about the visual world. But what is there behind the world we see? If we pay attention, we can see them behind every exposed photograph. In words of the artist, these parallel worlds behind the visual world lie in the path towards the magic of life. That is, at the same time, a journey towards our own self. When you are one with your truthful self, with the rest of the world and with the Devine in you, then a magical moment occurs. As we strip down the first layer of the visual reality, we obtain “the beautiful sensation of the magic behind life”. Provided that this process of finding magic is contemplative and personal, the showing of Stephen Ach tends to an apparent calm. From this tranquility, unadulterated, the spectator can appreciate what emerges from behind the photograph, the magic. His work also searches for moments of unbalance and disorientation. In his pictures, a small percentage can be easily recognized. But most part of the image is blurry and hazy. Therefore, the artist perplexes us and encourages us to find a meaning to the imprecise. Without realizing, we find ourselves in the midst of a creative process. All in all, Stephan Ach invites us to enjoy his pictures and also to have in mind these parallel worlds where the magic of connecting with one’s true self supplies life with a new beauty. Each moment is unique. Our glance is centered in the now as an intense and peaceful way of living, accepting the uncertainty as an opportunity to live a creative process to find new meanings. In short, Stephan Ach not only affords an aesthetic proposal, but gives us a fresh look to understand the world. Art deals with the human and the Divine and, therefore, each artist’s new glance revives the eternal dialogue between what we see and the background of what we see.