ABOUT

EB works as a cell and molecular biologist in basic research in drug development. Photography was initially a scientific tool for him, but it gradually developed more and more into an essential means of artistic expression for him.

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Numerous workshops with renowned photographers shaped his visual language.

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Since the 1980s, his work has been shown internationally in group and solo exhibitions and published in daily newspapers such as the FAZ, magazines and trade journals (e.g. Stern, Wings) as well as online (including Spiegel-Online, The Guardian).

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Eckart Bartnik lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Artist Statement

Much of what goes on unnoticed can be visually envisioned if one only looks closely. Microscopy brought me to photography. Similar to how cell structures give clues to underlying molecular mechanisms, attentive observation of our everyday surroundings points to underlying realities.

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I am interested in landscapes and places charged with memories, ruptures, and myths, and in abstract nature studies that sense the creative power of nature. The increasing conflict between people and nature plays an increasingly important thematic role for me.

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I do not pursue a factual, documentary approach in my photography, but strive for an emotional interpretation of what I see. As appropriate stylistic means I use powerful colors and dynamic forms. Existing or additional light serves me as a design tool to draw attention to essential elements of the image.

"To pay attention is to live, and to live is to pay attention; and, bear in mind most of all, that your spiritual nature is but a higher faculty of seeing and listening- -a finer, nobler way of paying attention."

Louis Sullivan, architect, cited by Stephen Shote in Modern Instances

Publications

Awards - Achievements

Group exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Collections

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt  -  Sanofi Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt  -  Visiopharm, Horsholm, Denmark

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