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Joachim Schmeisser#216, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism2025
2025
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Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to explore the deeper structures underlying film and digital imagery. Basing his investigations on discarded and exposed fragments of color film, Schmeisser digitally augments and transforms these sources to produce brilliantly nuanced fields of color.
Schmeisser, a professional photographer renowned for his wildlife imagery, seeks to transcend the limits of art orthodoxy by dispensing with visual reference and pursuing the basis of photographic revelation in form and color. As a result, he is at the forefront of a global rethinking of photography’s potential to communicate.
The experience of Joachim Schmeisser’s prints has two faces. First, there is a tremendous sense of liberation before them, as we are visually freed from the tyranny of the subject, from the need to “read” and interpret what we see, as if it were a message in a bottle. We might speculate on the symbolism of mixing film types, as Schmeisser does, or on the collisions of commercial chemistries his work exploits, but the images offer no narrative or programmed significance. What you see is what you get, in all its colorful richness.
The other face of the experience lies in the depth of this richness. These images manifest atmospheres, created by the turmoil of melding textures and merging colors. They seep out beyond the edge of vision and draw us into their ambience. And where at first we might seek the security of familiar reference, the colors and textures soon open within us a wide range of associations, connecting us ever more deeply to what is in front of our eyes. We find ourselves immersed in the image, drifting across it and at the same time traveling within ourselves, often to places we do not recognize but respond to, nonetheless.
Schmeisser’s photographs challenge but do not withhold or insist. They are open objects, available at the deepest level for contemplation and aesthetic understanding. We bring the context, we bring the memories, the correlations, the resonances. In this open and exhilarating relationship, the circle of information between artist and audience becomes truly dynamic.
Schmeisser is an alchemist of light, harnessing chance and transmuting its original traces on film into unprecedented expressions of beauty and imagination.
- Lyle Rexer, 2025 -
Lyle Rexer is a writer, curator, critic and columnist, as well as a course leader at the School of Visual Arts. He is the recipient of various prestigious awards, including the international Rhodes Scholar award.
- Creator:Joachim Schmeisser (1958, German)
- Creation Year:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 57.09 in (145 cm)Width: 43.31 in (110 cm)
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- Gallery Location:München, DE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU766315951352
Joachim Schmeisser
With iconic portraits of Africa‘s big game, Joachim Schmeisser became world-famous, and his distinctive visual language, which brought him great international acclaim, earned him the prestigious Hasselblad Master Award in 2012.
The timelessness and intimacy of his photographs are unique and characterized by a delicate sense of "greatness" that transcends ordinary beauty and makes the concept of the "sublime" palpable. He gives us the feeling of witnessing something infinite or unattainable, and his phenomenal lighting moods and incomparable compositions open up emotional levels that are difficult to put into words.
Joachim Schmeisser‘s unique perspective on the world sets him apart and goes far beyond the usual image of nature photography, documentary, or action photography. He reveals to us a magical vision of our world with equal individuals in which we ultimately recognize ourselves.
Joachim Schmeisser is among the most important artists in this genre worldwide. His books on Africa‘s endangered wildlife, "Elephants in Heaven" and "Last of their Kind," have become bestsellers.
(Biography provided by Immagis Fine Art Photography)
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