This exhibtion by the artists Dieter Osler and Hannelore Redlich shows more than forty Camera Obscura prints.
Camera Obscura images have a charm that is immensely unreal. Their magical aura
fascinates the viewer over and over again; the particular play between light and shadow appears to belong to another world. The use of a pin-hole and no lens causes a larger light dispersion. Long exposure times coupled with the imperceptible currents in the air give a soft atmospheric surface quality.
Works from different projects - Frankfurter Impressionen (Impressions from Frankfurt), Sehenswürdigkeiten (Sights), Der gedeckte Tisch (The laid table) and Stille Orte (Quiet Places) - are shown.
The resulting images depict the objects completely differently to what the viewer knows or believes he knows. With no people in the picture, they appear magical, dreamlike, eternal.
These works are made directly one-to-one from a large format negative 50 x 60 cm and as such, because of their size are unique.. Huge, heavy Camerae obscurae are needed in order to begin to shoot material of this size. The largest camera used by the artists has yet a negative format of 110 x 120 cm. This camera has a volume capacity in recording the image of 1,25 sq. Metres and has bellows that can be folded together. As such, it is possibily the largest folding Camera Obscura in the world.