PORTFOLIO - Claudia Fährenkemper, Microcosms
German photographer Claudia Fährenkemper’s powerful black and white photomicrographs are a contemporary expression of the centuries-old human need to know what lies beneath the surface of things.
Taken with a scanning electron microscope, her photographs of insects, crystals and planktons provide a sensual encounter with the microcosm and its morphology that lead to a renewed understanding of reality.
From the series Imago (silver prints on fibre-based paper):
Wing and wingcovers of a beetle (300x), 1996, 42 x 53 cm, collection: National Gallery of Canada; Head of a bug (30x), 2003, 42 x 53 cm, collection: National Gallery of Canada; Wing of a Fly (500x), 2002, 57 x 46 cm; Abdomen of a beetle (detail, 800x), 1996, 57 x 46 cm; Leg Joint of an Ant (800x), 1997, 57 x 46 cm; Sensitory hair of a beetle (3000x), 1996, 57 x 46 cm, collection: National Gallery of Canada; Feeler of a beetle (500x), 1991, 57 x 46 cm, collection: National Gallery of Canada; Mandibles of an ant (500x), 1997, 42 x 53 cm; Neckplate of a Beetle (detail, 300x), 1996, 57 x 46 cm; Beetle (40x), 1996, 42 x 53 cm.
© Claudia Fährenkemper
From the series Habitus (silver prints on fibre-based paper):
Sodium Chloride (1000x), 2002, 42 x 53 cm; Sodium Chloride (1000x), 2002, 80 x 100 cm; Sodium Chloride (400x), 2002, 42 x 53 cm; Ascorbic Acid (400x), 2002, 42 x 53 cm; Bupivacaine Hydrochloride (400x), 2003, 42 x 53 cm; Sodium Chloride (500x), 2003, 80 x 100 cm; Sodium Chloride (600x), 2002, 80 x 100 cm; Ascorbic Acid (500x), 2002, 42 x 53 cm.
© Claudia Fährenkemper
From the series Planktos (silver prints on fibre-based paper, 20 x 25 cm):
Radiolaria (500x); Diatom (800x); Radiolaria (600x), 2005.
© Claudia Fährenkemper
Editors · CV70 · Monday, 02 January 2006 00:00
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