EAN: 9783946688990

THE BIG PICTURE - THOMAS KELLNER

For many years  Thomas Kellner has been working with architecture and sights from all over the
world  but in this work  created in the summer of 2014  he turns to one of the most
breathtaking landscape motifs on earth: the Grand Canyon. Kellner photographs the subject from
several perspectives  thus breaking it down into its individual parts. He then assembles the
contact sheets in their original size to create an overall composition. Since 1997 he has been
using exclusively the prints of the contact sheets for his highly individual compositions. The
distinguishing feature of this montage technique are the horizontal black stripes between the
individual rows of pictures  which represent the consecutive numbering of the negative. Thus 
the image dimension is also derived from the number of films used in the creation process 
since it is a collage with 1:1 contact prints. The Big Picture consists of 60 films of 36 shots
each  i.e. 2160 pictures taken in succession. The work defies the brown  red and green color
elements of the rocks of the Grand Canyon and thus offers an overwhelming view. Viewed from
close up  it shows the landscape in detail  and viewed from a distance  the close-ups create a
coherent panorama.Kellner transfers the international current of deconstructivism from
architecture to photography by photographing buildings  people and landscapes  fragmenting them
and then assembling them into a heterogeneous conglomerate of forms. In his photograph of the
Grand Canyon  however  he refrains from playfully intervening in the composition of the
individual parts. Kellner depicts this incredible landscape as it is and lets it speak for
itself.

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