Uwe Langmann

Uwe Langmann does not simply photograph landscapes and people, he interprets them. He uses a classic means of photography, the long exposure time, to make visible what goes beyond the simple snapshot. His photographs are therefore almost white monochrome and look like watercolour paintings.

“I use more time to decelerate time,” Uwe Langmann explains his technique. To do this, the camera’s aperture is opened longer than usual. “Everything that is not still during the shot blurs, disappears or only traces of it can be seen. This gives the pictures a much calmer, clearer expression.”

The waves of the sea disappear, as do the lines in the white of snow-covered fields. The white looks so pristine because the camera eye perceives it as light. The longer the lens is exposed, the more it focuses on the light emitted by each object. This concentration is further enhanced by the positioning of the object in the centre of the frame and the bisection of the images by the horizon line.

Uwe Langmann began his artistic career in 2007 as a director of short films and documentaries. After one of his short films was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009, he wanted to make a feature film. For that, he shot a lot of photos of the locations and everyone who saw the photos thought they were great. The film was never made and he became a photographer instead. Since the beginning of 2010, he has devoted himself intensively to photography.