| | | | | | | | Walter Schels
NY Lichter I, 1966
Gelatin Silver Print on expired Ilford Baryta paper (2023)
30 x 28 cm, unique | | | | | | New York | | | | 11 March — 20 April 2023 | | | Opening: Friday, 10 March, 6—8 pm
Walter Schels will be present. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Walter Schels
Fire Escape, New York, 1962
Gelatin Silver Print on expired Ilford Baryta paper (2023)
38 x 27 cm, unique | | | | | | In the mid-1960s, Walter Schels, as a young man, came to New York, where he lived for several years and to which he returned again and again. He was immediately fascinated by the lights and facades of the city and the views that were offered to him there. This resulted in atmospheric, almost abstract images that are as complex and unique as New York itself.
For this exhibition, Walter Schels has unearthed treasures in his archive, gone into the darkroom to enlarge some negatives for the first time, and made a selection of rare vintage prints, most of them unique.
"I still look at the world through the camera’s rectangular viewfinder. New York back then was inexhaustible in its colors. The steam seeping out of manhole covers, the fire escapes, the steel glittering in the sunlight, the ostentatious facades, the sunny days in Central Park—without a camera, all of this would have passed me by." Walter Schels | | | | | | | | | Walter Schels
World Trade Center, 1973
Pigment Print on Harman Baryta paper
40 x 30 cm
Edition of 6 + 2 AP | | | | | | Walter Schels, born in 1936 in Landshut, southern Germany, worked from 1957 to 1965 as a window dresser in Barcelona, Canada and Geneva before moving to New York to become a photographer. In 1970 he returned to Germany and became known for his character studies of artists, politicians and famous names from the world of arts and letters. For decades he has portrayed animals and flowers with the same intensity.
In various long-term photographic series, on blind people, the disabled, prematurely-born children and transsexuals, for instance, Schels has pursued exceptional situations in human life. He has received many awards for his series depicting hospice patients shortly before and shortly after their death, including the Hansel Mieth Prize, the World Press Photo Award, a gold medal from the Art Directors Club, Germany, and a Lead Award.
Walter Schels has been living in Hamburg since 1990. He has published various books and his works have been shown in countless exhibitions in Germany and worldwide and are part of many major art collections. | | | | | | | | | Walter Schels
NY Transformations I, 1967
Double exposure, Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Baryta paper, mounted
110 x 140 cm
Edition of 6 + 2 AP | | | | | |
The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication with photographs and a text by Walter Schels (German/English). | | | | | | | | | Walter Schels
Downtown Building, New York, 1968
Gelatin Silver Print on expired Ilford Baryta paper (2023)
40 x 30 cm, unique | | | | | | unsubscribe here
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