Claus Stolz

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Claus Stolz .
Heliographs Claus Stolz.
Heliographs Claus Stolz.
Heliographs Claus Stolz
Heliographs Claus Stolz
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CLAUS STOLZ (BORN 1963 IN MANNHEIM, GERMANY) IS A CONTEMPORARY PHOTO ARTIST AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST RADICAL PRACTITIONERS OF ANALOG PHOTOGRAPHY.
CLAUS STOLZ STUDIED FINE ARTS AT THE FREIE KUNSTAKADEMIE MANNHEIM. STOLZ HAS BEEN WORKING FOR ABOUT TWENTY YEARS WITH THIS TECHNIQUE, WHICH HE CALLS “HELIOGRAPHY“ – SUN DRAWING OR SUN WRITING.
DURING AN EXPOSURE TIME OF A FEW SECONDS UP TO SEVERAL HOURS THE RAYS OF THE SUN ATTACK THE PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIAL, AN INTENDED BUT WELL-MEASURED DESTRUCTIVE PROCESS. UNIQUE WORLDS OF MANIFOLD COLOR SCHEMES AND DELICATELY STRUCTURED DESIGNS ORIGINATE WITHIN THE BURSTING, MELTING AND CRYSTALLIZING LAYERS OF FILM. GROTESQUE MONSTER HEADS, BIZARRE GRIMACES AND SURREAL FORMATIONS PRESENT THEMSELVES WITHOUT BEING VOLUNTARILY DEPICTED. BY THE FOCUSED ACTION OF HEAT THE IMAGE CARRIER BECOMES THE OBJECT, A SMALL-SCALE PIECE OF STATUARY ART COMPARABLE…