This ongoing series would never have been made without the current pandemic, because suddenly, there were no more people on the streets. It was both a disappointment and a liberation: with empty streets, he could redefine himself as a street photographer and engage with urban landscapes in a different way.
In this series, he playfully explores the fragile moment of transition where three-dimensional architecture dissolves and abstracts into the two-dimensional; and makes the boundary between photography and painting permeable.
Loosing one Dimension is also about the way we see. At what point do our brains interpret something as three-dimensional? What optical reference points does this require? When the viewer loses orientation and can’t tell for sure what he sees, he experiences a bit of how Guido Klumpe sometimes loses his bearings in the world.
The Sign, from the series Loosing one dimension, 2020.
In Balance, from the series Loosing one dimension, 2020.
Factory III, from the series Loosing one dimension, 2020.
Summer, from the series Loosing one dimension, 2021.
Sun roof, from the series Loosing one dimension, 2020.
Temple of Fortune, from the series Loosing one dimension, 2020.
The Flower, from the series Loosing one dimension, 2020.
Apricot, from the series Loosing one dimension, 2020.
BIO
Guido Klumpe (1971, Germany) is living and working in Hanover, Germany.
Although almost blind in his right eye, and with a visual capacity of 25% on the left, Guido Klumpe started photography at the age of 16 years old. His view is like “an internet video with a low data rate”, as he explained. If there is only one person, he can see some details; but in a crowd, faces are so unclear that he can ́t recognize friends. Photography allows him to go to and beyond the limits of his vision.
His work moves between the genres of street, minimalistic and abstract photography, and is mainly about the tension between urban landscapes and their inhabitants. He explores and pushes the boundaries of genres, with bold and vibrant colors.
He won several awards, among others at the Paris Street Photography award, the German Streetfotografie Festival and the Minimalist Photography award. He is currently working as co-author on a textbook about urban photography, which will be published in spring 2022