Self portraits

Wolf | June 6th, 2011 - 07:40
Self portrait by Wolf Kettler Photographer

Self portraiture has always been important in photography. One variation on this subject is for the photographer to document his presence without actually being in the photograph.

The beauty of fetishes

Wolf | April 12th, 2011 - 10:04
It's all in your mind. Photograph Wolf Kettler.

When used in a sexual context, the term fetish has dark, deviant and morally suspect undertones – and this makes it interesting to the artist in questioning the concept of reality.

Automatic photography, big skies

Wolf | June 9th, 2010 - 13:42
Big skies, primeval aesthetics and automatic photography.

Lately, I have found myself photographing the sky frequently. I do not create these photographs deliberately, they happen involuntarily and are therefore automatic in the surrealist meaning of the word.

Photography and Realism

Wolf | August 8th, 2009 - 09:02
Photograph of a pipe by Wolf Kettler

Philosophy of Art: An essay about realism in photography.

A short stroll into non-existence

Wolf | August 6th, 2009 - 16:52
A short stroll into non-existence by Wolf Kettler

The digital image only exists in the form of electromagnetism and only as a different form of itself and therefore does not exist.

On Reality in Photography

Wolf | August 6th, 2009 - 16:11
Dust and scratches (1982) by Wolf Kettler

It has been argued that all photography represents reality. After all, photography is only the reflected light captured in the fraction of a moment. The camera never lies. But is this really true? And if it is true, where is the art in it? Photographs are not created in an instant. They are the result [...]

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