Maximilian Gottwald

- born 1980 in munich / germany
- living and working in herrsching / near munich
- working as an architecture photographer
- dad of two kids
- loves to work in the garden and especially grow tomatoes and vegetables and fruits

- studied photography design

- influenced by magritte, escher, casper david friedrich, dürer, richter, becher, cartier-bresson, bialobrzesky, shore, crewdson, arbus, burtynsky and many more

- about my work:
in my long-term project "asian dusk - the empire of light" i document cityscapes and impressions of asian metropolises. i especially like the impressive interaction of natural light and artificial light during twilight and night shots. in the urban landscapes, which never come to rest, i try to get a certain order out of the composition of light, color, surface and lines. visiting an asian city is an overwhelming experience that captures all senses. in search of a suitable location, i am driven by the smells and sounds of the big city jungle with the intention to transform the hectic and the chaos into an aesthetic calm and balance.

diplom fotodesign, fh munich 2004 - 2010

- 2008, diploma show, “einsicht.aussicht”, new forum in the deutsches museum, munich
- 2008, solo exhibition, old steinebach station
- 2009, group exhibition, "20 years since the fall of the wall", old meat market hall, karlsruhe
- 2010, group exhibition, "fff-oktoberfest" by mohr-villa freimann e.v., 1st audience award
- 2011, group exhibition, gewerkhaus, diessen am ammersee
- 2012, group exhibition, “flow of light”, museum altomünster
- 2012, group exhibition, “oblique views”, bad tölz art tower
- 2013, group exhibition, “20. aichacher art award 2013 “, sandepot hall aichach
- 2014, group exhibition, “kunstrausch”, herrsching
- 2016, group exhibition, “artmuc 2016”, praterinsel munich
- 2016, group exhibition, “kunstrausch”, herrsching
- 2018, group exhibition, "asian dusk - the empire of light", "photo18 munich", praterinsel munich
- dec 2018 - feb 2019, solo exhibition "asian dusk - the empire of light", en lightning objects munich
- 2019, group exhibition, "asian dusk - the empire of light", "photo19 munich", praterinsel munich