Martin Gries

Lübeck, Germany

In 2015 I started “dancing” with the camera. I tried to make the momentum of my movement visible.
Since then I have concentrated on ICM photography with exposure times between 0.2 and 10 seconds – at first without having heard of the name of the technique.

While photographing, I am focusing on myself, not on the object.

I want to capture my impression of the moment. For me, this is a contemplative practice.

The image is created – or not – in the moment of the shot. I do not salvage almost-perfect shots with Photoshop.
All you see are effects that were created in the camera. (ICE – in camera effects). As a photographer, author or pedagogue – I am searching for stories: In words, sounds, images, atmospheres and incidents. The stories are created inside of me, but only under the right circumstances.

People think in stories. I want to tell stories which allow beholders to become narrators and find their very personal interpretation – in novels, prose miniatures or photographs. I hope that my vague images open up these possibilities.

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