Ausstellung 'Augenzeugen' - Fotograf Jürgen Sauer

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EYEWITNESSES

During my visits to the more than 400-year-old Old South Cemetery in Munich in the 1990s, which is used as a park nowadays, I noticed how much life weathering breathed into the old, already very realistic sculptures, most of which date from the 19th century.

I then set out with my camera in search of particularly expressive stone and bronze faces. Using my then preferred focal length - the 28 mm wide-angle on the Nikon, which is rather unusual for portraits - and always focusing on the eyes, I began to photograph the faces at close range.

In a short time, this approach yielded numerous intense images, and I expanded the project with photo sessions at the Vienna Central Cemetery, the Melaten Cemetery in Cologne, and the Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg.
Within four years, my collection eventually grew to around 1,800 negatives, from which I selected seventeen favourites to create large-format photographic prints.

When searching for a suitable title for the project, I wavered for a long time between Augenblicke (Moments) and Zeitzeugen (Contemporary Witnesses), which, in a spontaneous inspiration, finally merged into "Augenzeugen" (Eyewitnesses).

In November 1997, the first exhibition was opened at the municipal theatre in Landsberg am Lech, followed by further presentations in Munich and Cologne. In 1999, The Süddeutsche Zeitung published a selection of the photographs in the November edition of its arts section.

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Nov – Dec 1997, Municipal Theater Landsberg am Lech

Dec 1998 – Jan 1999, Pasinger Fabrik, Munich

Aug – Oct 2000, Stadtgarten, Cologne

November 1999 Edition
Arts & Culture section of the Süddeutsche Zeitung

EYEWITNESSES

During my visits to the more than 400-year-old Old South Cemetery in Munich in the 1990s, which is used as a park nowadays, I noticed how much life weathering breathed into the old, already very realistic sculptures, most of which date from the 19th century.

I then set out with my camera in search of particularly expressive stone and bronze faces. Using my then preferred focal length - the 28 mm wide-angle on the Nikon, which is rather unusual for portraits - and always focusing on the eyes, I began to photograph the faces at close range.

In a short time, this approach yielded numerous intense images, and I expanded the project with photo sessions at the Vienna Central Cemetery, the Melaten Cemetery in Cologne, and the Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg.
Within four years, my collection eventually grew to around 1,800 negatives, from which I selected seventeen favourites to create large-format photographic prints.

When searching for a suitable title for the project, I wavered for a long time between Augenblicke (Moments) and Zeitzeugen (Contemporary Witnesses), which, in a spontaneous inspiration, finally merged into "Augenzeugen" (Eyewitnesses).

In November 1997, the first exhibition was opened at the municipal theatre in Landsberg am Lech, followed by further presentations in Munich and Cologne. In 1999, the Süddeutsche Zeitung published a selection of the photographs in the November edition of its arts section.

Exhibitions:

Nov – Dec 1997, Municipal Theatre, Landsberg a. Lech

Dec 1998 – Jan 1999, Pasinger Fabrik, Munich

Aug – Oct 2000, Stadtgarten, Cologne

November 1999 Edition
Arts & Culture section of the Süddeutsche Zeitung

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