Holger Mischke

In my work, I combine black and white photography with prosaic texts, describing the world around us filtered through the world inside me. The photographs record moments at locations ranging from my living room to faraway places and the words reflect the thoughts I had, the emotions I felt making the photograph. This combination is meant to inspire the viewer to find their own narrative in my images. I believe when the same mindfulness and openness that I try to practice finding and crafting these images is practiced looking at them, a photograph and a viewer can find each other and have a real connection. A connection that involves the viewer, the artist, the print and the reality it represents and so the circle is complete.
The photos are all captured on digital cameras and I use the processes and possibilities of the digital darkroom to further carve out priorities and emphasis in the images and map out the journey through the picture. Both in the cameras and in post-production lie any number of specific features and creative possibilities of the relatively young art form that digital photography has come to be. And still, the final product is the print as a piece of art to actually hold and appreciate.
Holger Mischke (born 19...

I am mostly self-taught but had the fortune to work with Harold Davis and Paul Hill, who allowed me to take my skills as a photographer beyond the technical.

January to March 2017, Group exhibition at Hotel de Ville, Orsay, France
August 2017, Art Festival Open Art, Viersen, Germany
January 2019, Kulturcafe Papperlapapp, Tönisvorst, Germany
May/June 2019, Königsburg, Süchteln, Germany