Uwe Langmann

Uwe Langmann is a german fine art phtographer born in 1985. His photographic works deal with the points of intersection between pure photography and classical fine arts. Just as a painter creates an abstraction of what he sees, he attempts to reflect a personal interpretation of reality, going behind and beyond the bare image of it. Employing special techniques, such as over- and long time exposure, preferring to work only in particular light and weather conditions (snow, fog and diffused light due to overcast skies), he isolates abstract forms and structures from concrete objects and classical landscape scenes. Furthermore, he is interested in the poetry of the ordinary, always searching for expression in the commonly overlooked scenes which surround us daily. The concept of “emptiness” from Zen-Buddhism plays an important role in his work. As in the classical Japanese ink paintings, he uses this „emptiness“ in his photographs to create certain spaces for the viewer in which they can project her / his own thoughts and feelings into the images. His works have been shown in many national and international exhibitions as well as art fairs like Art Karlsruhe. He has won many international awards, most prominently Photographer of the Y...

self-taught

Selection
2021 – Mono no aware – Die Poesie des Augenblicks, Stadtmuseum Schleswig, Schleswig
2021 – Mono no aware, Galerie Kunststücke, München
2021 – Uwe Langmann – Fotografie, Galerie im alten Rathaus, Musberg
2020 – Spuren der Zeit, Galerie Kirstin Köllner, Memmingen
2019 – Fotografie, Galerie Schrade, Schloß Mochental
2019 – Sublimations, Voies Off, Arles
2019 – Colors, Ærø Kunsthal, Museum for modern Art, Ærøskøbing
2018 – Vorstadt (w. Katja Gragert), Gasag Kunstraum, Berlin
2018 – Kontrapunkt (w. Katja Gragert), Galerie Stöckle Hauser, Stuttgart
2018 – Weiß / White, Schloss Tiengen, Waldshut-Tiengen
2017 – Silent Light, Carpentier Galerie, Berlin
2016 – Silent Light – Fotografie, Galerie Schrade, Karlsruhe
2016 – Written in Water, Fotogalerie Potsdam, Potsdam
2016 – Fragments of Time, Stiftung S-BC Pro Arte, Biberach
2014 – Written in Water, Galerie Edition Camos, München
2012 – Stilles Weiß, Brummendes Schwarz, artROOM, Konstanz
2011 – Fluchtpunkte, Antoniermuseum, Memmingen