A series about the transformation of viticulture.
Ten black-and-white photographs from Rheinhessen, South Tyrol, and Spain.
Viticulture is one of the oldest cultural assets known to us.
I don't see it from the outside. Through my involvement in the PIWI network, my sensory courses and my life between Germany and Spain, reinforced by my commitment to TodoVino, I am familiar with the family fates tied to it from several directions at once.
„Weinvision: Signs of Change“ shows the landscape, not the people behind it. But what I know when I see them is how much real solutions are failing because each side passes responsibility to the other, not due to lack of funds.
Ten photographs, all created with ICM, through deliberate camera movement during the exposure.
A technique that releases control and makes room for what the landscape itself communicates.
The series is divided into three chapters:
Dissonance, Resistance and Transformation, The Future.
Each image is a standalone work and part of a narrative at the same time.
The series follows a dramatic arc:
from first questions through active transformation to a vision of renewed possibility.
The sequence is part of the work.
Chapter I. Dissonance
The first chapter poses a question:
what is changing, and what remains?
The pictures don't show answers, but the moment you start to look more closely.
Whispers in the Haze
A figure in the fog.
The way ahead lies open.
Two people turning their backs on the vineyard. A farewell, or a departure. What comes next remains open.
Tendrils like figures in conversation. What is being negotiated stays open. The chapter ends with an open question.
The landscape reacts.
Movement, structure, the meeting of old and new.
Withered leaves and dried vines as multiple exposure.
The structure beneath becomes visible.
A vine, blurred yet present.
The center holds, even as everything around it moves.
The same path, once as expected, once inverted.
Tradition and renewal as two sides of one decision.
What remains when change is accepted:
energy, stance, new possibilities.
A vineyard in motion.
The horizon appears between the rows. New directions become visible.
A tendril showing two hands reaching into the earth.
A turning point. The new beginning starts from below.
The image that started the series. A multiple exposure resembling an ECG. The heartbeat of viticulture, continuing.
Vines photographed from below, appearing like figures in motion.
The end of the series. And its promise.
All ten photographs are available as limited original prints.
Each work exists in an edition of 1/1 plus a maximum of 2 Artist Editions. Minimum size 80 cm long edge, printed on museum-quality materials by WhiteWall.
Prices from €1,000, individual consultation and customisation available on request.
One photograph from this series was awarded the Best Photography Award 2024 in the "Abstract Photography" category.
Another entry received an Honourable Mention in the "Open Theme" category of the same competition, meaning it was singled out for its high quality.
You can find out more about the competition and the award-winning images in the journal.
All images were created with Intentional Camera Movement (ICM): deliberate camera movement during exposure, combined with an ND filter for longer exposure times in daylight. Individual images in the series additionally combine ICM with multiple exposures, created entirely in-camera.
No post-processing of the movement, no digital interventions to create the look. What you see was created at the moment of capture.
Black and white was not a secondary design decision for this series. The cuts I see in viticulture are harsh, and colour would have smoothed this harshness, where it should remain visible.
These images show the landscape, not the people whose fates depend on it. But they show how much is at stake when real solutions fail because each side pushes responsibility onto the other.
These pictures capture the beauty of the wine-growing landscape.
And that change is not the end of something, but the beginning of something yet to be seen.