Architecture nominee

In this series of photographs I document the colours and shapes on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria.
I am not interested in the obvious, I am interested in the hidden and mysterious, which is only recognisable at second glance. In each picture I allow a different degree of reality and abstraction, but my aim is always to show the hidden poetry of normal neighbourhoods on the island. They are not collages, the superimposition of several layers was created photographically.


The photo artist Guido Klumpe composes his pictures in urban space and in such a minimalist way that they puzzle the viewer. He does not show an exact image of reality, but a finely composed interpretation of urban spheres. His colours are powerful, his forms precise.
He visualises the enigmatic and absurd in our urban spaces - but also their very own hidden beauty.

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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.