Fragments of Dreams

Fragments of Dreams Dreams are not easy to catch. You have to retell them to yourself as soon as you wake up – or they just disappear. This series starts on a journey to create – and mix, fragments of dreamlike scenery in it’s own fairytale language – where each picture can give you a story on it’s own – but also be part of a bigger one. Is it vivid fantasy or is it a dream? Our mind is playing with us when we are awake – or when we sleep. Our subconscious is working for us. It can move into the dark and find mysterious places – or into the light and jolly ones. The contrasts are many. Sometimes I see Pareidolia – a situation in which I see a pattern or image of something that does not exist, for example a face in a cloud. The botanical world is weaved into the images. In my life there is always plants around – so also in my dream world. –––––--------------------- To photograph gives me the opportunity to recreate part of the reality in my own visual language. To see connections between elements which others might not do – and to make people wonder. Often I take pictures spontanioulsly – but with an idea at the back of my head. I like to challenge myself with mixing different expressions and techniques. I’m curious of natur and like to be close to the object. As a Graphic Designer I often work with different layers which can be textures, shapes, black & white versus colours. And I also do that with my photography. Sometimes as double exposures in the camera or later in the image processing. I have a poetic sense in me which often comes through in my photography. Wether there is portraits, street photography, still life or nature. The last years it has become more clear for me that this maybe comes from my fascination of the botanical world. It has always played a particular part with me. My childhood garden was a big lush of plants and flowers, and since then this world has gone like a green thread through my life. The botanical world challenge my visual capacities and gives me fresh ideas. Often I push the limits between photography and other visual expressions. And sometimes I am questioned if it really is a photography – or if it is a litho, a watercolour or a drawing. I like that it is something thought-provoking in my pictures – that others maybe get surprised what they see.