Abstract 2nd place winner

I find my motives on forays through residential areas, arterial roads and industrial zones.
There I develop an unusual view of ordinary parts of the cityscape, such as walls of houses, bollards, advertising signs and gas stations, which lifts them out of their everyday life.

I am particularly interested in the moment of transition, in which three-dimensional motifs are transformed into two-dimensional abstractions. I achieve this transformation, among other things, by the specific arrangement of several levels.
In this process I create photographs that appear almost painted.

These works are about an artistic examination of my own seeing.
Due to a malformation of my optic nerves, my perception is two-dimensional, from which my brain creates a three-dimensional simulation.

Guido Klumpe
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German photographer Guido Klumpe’s work includes abstract, minimalist, and street photography. Born with a severe congenital visual impairment, he perceives the world differently.

Guido sees cities as urban landscapes, landscapes consisting of shapes, colors, light and reflections. He uses perspective, a particular point of view, and the poetry of chance in the old tradition of street photography, to create his compositions. This way, he creates a “stage” in which passers-by act as protagonists. His work highlights the mystery and absurdity of urban spaces while simultaneously revealing its hidden beauty. 
 
In his work, he investigates how we perceive dimensionality and is particularly interested in the moment of transition, when by reducing the optical reference points, three-dimensional architecture dissolves into a two-dimensional plane, lending many of his images an almost painterly quality. Considerations that arise during this process include the importance of information that helps establish a distinction between the foreground and background, and the type and number of objects involved.  
 
Guido’s work has won numerous international awards, has been widely published, and is included in many solo and group exhibitions throughout Europe.