In my series I examine the genius loci of the "Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe" in Berlin. The large field with its 2711 dark gray concrete blocks lets me imagine the dimension of the mass murder of 6 million Jewish people in its brutal totality. That anti-Semitic propaganda led to such a state-organized crime is inconceivable to me. The ice-cold systematics in planning and execution and the brutal cruelty of the executors are frightening. The caused sorrow is infinite. It is a deceptive feeling that there can be no more Jewish progroms today because anti-Semitism is spreading again.
I learned my photographic craft from the photographer Valentin Schwab. During a specialized internship with him in 1986/87, I gained profound insights into the technique and aesthetics of documentary photography. After a specialized internship in film and studio production at Bayerischer Rundfunk in 1988, I worked for several years as a camera assistant, both in analogue and electronic film recording. Over the years, I have increasingly abstracted my visual language. In my current work, I explore the representation of the subliminal, the ineffable and the ephemeral with abstract photographs.
