
Dieter Mach
Born: 1955
Hometown: Aurich
Based in: Varel
Born: 1955
Hometown: Aurich
Based in: Varel
Born and grown up in Germany, I became an experimental physicist at the end of the 70th. Working in the field of optics and holography, I used photography to illustrate and document my scientific work. After some years, I got in touch with the aesthetic elements of photography. While working for an architect in northern Germany, I began to use my camera as a creative instrument. It was a long way to get from the documentary photography to the minimalistic and sometimes abstract approach I am following today.
Architecture is still one of my themes, but I also apply my ideas of abstract minimalism to nature photography and other genres.
What inspires you?
unusual lighting conditions, unknown terrain
Describe your creative process.
Imagination, work in the field, silence, work in the studio, joy about the results
What are 3 words that best describe your work?
reduced, aesthetic, experimental
Who are some artists that have influenced your work?
Hiroshi Sugimoto, Pep Ventosa, Andreas Gursky
What is the most important tool when creating your work?
My eyes
What is the best piece of advice you have been given?
Don't give up
Where do you go for inspiration?
Exhibitions, galleries
Education
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Germany, 1982
Exhibitions
Details
Germany, 2022
Am Deich
Germany, 2020
Wasser und Licht
Germany, 2019
Architektonische Details
Germany, 2017
Press
Schwarzweiss Magazin 147
2022
Schwarzweiss Magazin 129, 130
2019
Schwarzweiss Magazin 124
2018
Schwarzweiss Magazin 121
2017
Schwarzweiss Magazin 109
2015