Cristobal

The works of Cristobal (*1961/DE) reflect magical moments blurring traces of reality. “I chose the path of abstraction in photography; a purely manual and artisanal technique without digital manipulation” says the visual Artist. After elaborately composed situations for his last series “Trouble in Paradise” he decided to develop a more intuitive approach. His most recent sequence of photographs is proof of the potential of abstrakt photography nowadays. Models for these are to be found rather in the sphere of painting than in photography.

Following his debut in Paris, France he had worked on numerous fashion editorials in Paris, London and New York. The first decade of his artistic career he spent exploring the possibilities of conceptual visual storytelling with multifaceted imagery. This body of his work has been showcased in various international exhibitions and publications, documented in the book Trouble in Paradise, published by Seltman in Berlin. In 2015 he decided to concentrate on exploring the possibilities of abstract photography, which has since become the center of his focus. In this new body of work he simply uses the camera as an optical instrument which allows him to create abstract expressions of what he feels is present.

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