Erik Pawassar

German, b. 1969

Erik Pawassar was born in Bielefeld, Germany in 1968. His work focuses on the beauty of the disregarded or mundane object. The subjects for his striking and captivating visuals are typically set in the most ordinary environments, drawing the viewer into a charged but serene experience based on composition, palette and formal lines. Saturated in color, the nominal subjects gather a haunting and mesmerizing quality, creating a poignant pretext for the making of a formal color photograph. Decisively capturing the traces left by humanity, Pawassar's images are filled with a sense of universal nostalgia and pay homage to the passage of time and the extinguished moment, referencing documentary and street photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastian Salgado, Raghubir Singh and Edward Burtynsky as early influences. Pawassar's profession as a highly sought-after digital retoucher informs his images with a heightened sensitivity to color and a discerning sense of detail - but while his daily work revolves around impeccably retouched compositions and flawless digital refineries, Pawassar's artwork is created exclusively in-camera, He currently lives and works in San Francisco.

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$3,300

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Erik PawassarH2O lll - large format photograph of sun reflections on pool water surface, 2014

$2,200

H 27 in W 40 in D 0.03 in

H2O lll - large format photograph of sun reflections on pool water surface

By Erik Pawassar

Located in San Francisco, CA

mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to the iconic pool reflections paintings by artist David Hockney H2O lll by Eri...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Erik Pawassar

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Erik PawassarCloud Forest III - large format photograph of fantastical tropical rainforest, 2020

$6,800

H 44 in W 96 in D 0.03 in

Cloud Forest III - large format photograph of fantastical tropical rainforest

By Erik Pawassar

Located in San Francisco, CA

Extra large scale photograph of lush tropical rainforest botanical tableau, from a series of highly detailed large format nature observations, an homage to the fantastical jungle pai...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Erik Pawassar

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Erik PawassarReef - large format abstract photograph of sun reflections on coral reefs, 2025

$4,400

H 48 in W 72 in

Reef - large format abstract photograph of sun reflections on coral reefs

By Erik Pawassar

Located in San Francisco, CA

large format photograph of sun reflections on a coral reef water surface, mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to the...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Erik Pawassar

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Erik PawassarH2O IV - large format photograph of sun reflections on pool water surface, 2014

$2,200

H 40 in W 32 in D 0.03 in

H2O IV - large format photograph of sun reflections on pool water surface

By Erik Pawassar

Located in San Francisco, CA

mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to the iconic pool reflections paintings by artist David Hockney 40 x 32 inches...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Erik Pawassar

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Erik PawassarRedwoods Study II - large format observation panorama of green redwoods forest, 2020

$5,800

H 48 in Dm 88.5 in

Redwoods Study II - large format observation panorama of green redwoods forest

By Erik Pawassar

Located in San Francisco, CA

A large scale photograph of lush emerald green nature biotope, a highly detailed observation of the natural beauty of Northern California's coastal redwood...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Erik Pawassar

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Erik PawassarCloud Forest II -large format photograph of fantastical tropical rainforest, 2020

$2,000

H 26 in W 40 in D 0.03 in

Cloud Forest II -large format photograph of fantastical tropical rainforest

By Erik Pawassar

Located in San Francisco, CA

large scale photograph of lush tropical rainforest botanical tableau, from a series of highly detailed large format nature observations, an homage to the fantastical jungle paintings by artist Henri Rousseau Cloud Forest...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Erik Pawassar

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Erik PawassarRedwoods (framed) - large format nature observation panorama of redwoods forest, 2010

$8,900

H 42 in W 117 in D 1.5 in

Redwoods (framed) - large format nature observation panorama of redwoods forest

By Erik Pawassar

Located in San Francisco, CA

Large format observation of a California Redwoods grove, capturing the colors and lush flora of the iconic biosphere in mesmerizing details Redwoods (2010) by Erik Pawassar is offer...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Erik Pawassar

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Erik PawassarH2O I Homage to David Hockney - abstact pattern pool surface water reflections, 2014

$2,200

H 27 in W 40 in

H2O I Homage to David Hockney - abstact pattern pool surface water reflections

By Erik Pawassar

Located in San Francisco, CA

Light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, large format photograph of sun reflecting on a summer pool, an homage to the iconic pool reflections p...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Erik Pawassar

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Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Giclée

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2025

$3,300

Color Photography, Abstract Prints

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée Print, Archival Pigment Print

2025

$3,300

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$3,300-$3,300

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