Yann Böhmer

Since what drives me towards the reality of landscape is the search for an intensity of gaze, since I often experience a feeling of almost hallucinatory presence of nature, I found that I had to rethink my use of the camera to try to create, with the means of photography, an equivalent to this feeling of vertigo and strangeness of certain perceptions in the field.

Yann Böhmer - Photography

2000-2001 : Editing masterclass with french editor Dominique Bertou at Altermédia in Saint-Denis
1999-2000 : Digital editing and post-production at Campus Fonderie de l’Image in Paris
1992-1993 : Painting masterclass with french painter Antoine Petel at Ateliers de la Ville de Paris
1989-1991 : ESCP Business School in Paris
1986-1988 : Undergraduate intensive preparation courses for the entrance exams to top French business schools

I was born in France in 1968 and spent my childhood on the Atlantic coast. A few years after graduating from ESCP Business School in Paris, I redirected my career to follow my interests for painting, photography, film and video. I set up an organization that provided artistic and cultural mediation services in various social settings. After working on a number of video-based initiatives, I trained in digital editing and worked as a film editor, mainly on documentaries. When our daughter was born in 2004, we moved to Vienna, Austria, my wife’s home country. There I divided my time between being a stay-at-home dad and developing my artistic work.