Jo Fober

I am an established architecture and fashion photographer from Cologne in Germany. I have a set of evocative images from Coney Island, New York and louvre, Paris.

Presented in Germany from Kaune Contemporary Gallery

Biography Jo Fober.

Jo Fober, Fashion and architectural photographer"”and 2008 Hasselblad Masters finalist"”, was born in 1964 and lives and works in Cologne, Germany,
He shoots in future projects include more Fine art relegated pictures.

Jo's first photographs of Coney Island in February set against an eerily winter grey sky evoke a time lost. The images speak of a past colorful and vibrant; through his lens, Jo hints at this past and invites the viewer to imagine how Coney Island was back then. The shops are there, the iconic wooden slats are there and Jo Fober's photographs bring you there to the heart and spirit that is Coney Island.

While Bernd and Hilla Becher dedicate their work to the frontal photograph of industrial plants, the Cologne-based photographer has documentated the buildings of Paris with the same precision, that such experiments seem to allow him an seemingly inventory. The systematic frontal and central view give the photographs a documentary dimension, based on typology. It is prec...

A short spell of 2 semesters studying Photo Civil Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne and a six-assistant in a portrait studio intermitted his career as a photograph firstly. However, in 2000 the switch was again folded and laid by various developments of the foundation for the current style.
He has followed the major graduates of the Becher school (Art Acadamy Dusseldorf) and imbibed their work. However, in order to distance himself with his work, its architecture and landscape shots are implemented digitally elaborated with the NoBleach analog development method. This results in color reduction and intense contrasts.

JO FOBER
KÖLN - SCHÖNHEIT AUF DEN 2. BLICK
22.09.2018 – 31.10.2018

In portrait
Cologne architecture today - a cityscape created over 2,000 years by well-known planners such as Wilhelm Riphahn, Franz-Heinrich Sobotka, Karl Band and Renzo Piano. "COLOGNE: The face of a city" with photographs by Jo Fober, conceived by the makers of QVEST magazine, shows architectural highlights from a new perspective.

AMERICAN SPIRIT
21.06.2018 – 18.09.2018
AMERICAN SPIRIT
group show
In times of new, uncertain perspectives, we draw our attention back to a country whose culture and support has had a significant and positive influence on Western Europe for many years. A country that has shown the world controversial images for as long as photographic works have existed, but has always been a destination that has produced longings and dreams and has therefore largely fulfilled them.
The multifaceted nature of people, opinions and landscapes is reflected in the photographic works by George Holz, Mark Arbeit, Todd Hido, Peter Granser, Jo Fober and Peter H. Fürst.

2017/04/25 to 2017/06/24 Solo Exhibition at Kaune Contemporary gallery URBAN PLAYGROUNDS with architecture photography.

2017/01/26 to 2017/03/06 Group Exhibition Kaune Contempo...