Night nominee

What would Paris be without its night life? At night there’s not only a changed rhythm but also a change in perception: It is a different view when the artificial light expels the dark, the shops are closed and another kind of bustle wakes up. Even though most of the pictures are taken in the quarter of Pigalle on New Year’s Eve 1989/1990, not the screaming advertisements and the bustling night life dominate the scenes but the melancholy observations on the edge.
Night changes the rhythm of cities: pedestrians hurry past to meetings or to get home. Rubbert’s pictures “light up” the nightly atmosphere: people in cafés and bars, young people in front of music clubs or on their way to a celebration.
The elongated contours and light traces of moving motifs caused by the long exposure express the volatility and dynamic of the big city. There is always activity. The special atmosphere of Paris and the everyday life of its inhabitants are the central motif: the observation of people which illustrates that the street is still the real 'stage of life'.
The nightly life in the streets of Paris has many faces. Some of them are shown here ...

For Jörg Rubbert, city life and the city as a developing urban organism are among his preferred photographic subjects. He is represented in numerous exhibitions and publications on topics of contemporary photography - with a focus on Paris, New York and the American South.
He represents the humanistic direction in photography, which focuses on people's social environment. His photographs have been shown at exhibitions and photo festivals at home and abroad and published in numerous (print) media, including CNN, ZEIT, FAZ, WELT, Tagesspiegel, PHOTO International, Photo Klassik, PHOTOGRAPHIE. He lives as a freelance photographer in Berlin (Germany).