Automatic photography, big skies
Wolf | June 9th, 2010 - 13:42I have discovered the sky! What I mean is that lately, I have found myself photographing the sky or, to be precise, big skies frequently.
By “big skies” I understand photographs, in which the sky is either the only or, more significantly, the decisive part of the composition, irrespective of its physical size. Other elements take supporting roles to frame the sky.
It all started with this photograph of the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, which I made in the autumn of 2008. At least I think that this is how it started. The amount of sky in this photograph is quite small but seems to define the composition.
I do not set out to photograph big skies. I find the fact that these photographs nevertheless materialise somewhat confusing, perhaps even disturbing. They are automatic in the surrealist understanding of the term. I do not create them deliberately, they happen involuntarily. Perhaps it is my subconscious desire to create a different scale or an instinctive attraction to primeval aesthetics.
The big skies photographs in this gallery were created in Austria, France and England over the period of about a year.
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