Kurt Grüng

Kurt Grüng

i see in the dark (ƒ0.95) Leica Myself Book [1]
Born April 30, 1979
Known for Photography

Kurt Grüng (born 30 April 1979) is a Norwegian photographer, best known for his haunting nòiresque[2] and surrealist black & white photography. themes that he is most commonly working with are the philosophy of Death & Nihilism.

"to capture someones light is to seal a moment in time of their soul. trapping it within a pane of glass.. forever suspended in time"

Techniques

Kurt Grüng is self taught photographer working with an array of Antiquarian Avant-Garde Art & Processes[3] but mainly working with the large format wet plate[4] collodion process as his preferred choice (a photography process created in 1851 by Frederick Scott Archer).

Kurt Grüng - v/v - wet plate collodion ambrotype process
Kurt Grüng - like grains of dust, we fade to black, in time all is forgotten

Exhibits

Publications

References

Notes

  1. ↑ mentioned, ed. by Till Schaffarczyk and Rainer Schillings. With pictures and texts of photogr. as (2013). Leica myself. Hamburg: 99Pages. ISBN 3942518368.
  2. ↑ "Picture Perfect: Kurt Grung".
  3. ↑ "Picture Perfect: Kurt Grung".
  4. ↑ "Picture Perfect: Kurt Grung".
  5. ↑ "Exhibitions website".
  6. ↑ "'1st NSK Folk Art Biennale' exhibition".
  7. ↑ "Time for a New State? NSK seminar and art exhibition".
  8. ↑ "KURT GRÜNG at MILKandLEAD ArtGallery".
  9. ↑ mentioned, ed. by Till Schaffarczyk and Rainer Schillings. With pictures and texts of photogr. as (2013). Leica myself. Hamburg: 99Pages. ISBN 3942518368.

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