Facetten nicht-realistischer Fotografie

In the organizer's words:

An exhibition by the artist group FotoSurreal.

There can be many reasons for the desire to make one's own view independent of "reality" (which, as we all know, is different for everyone anyway). In the simplest case: I want to be able to communicate the mood that the motif has triggered in me. Or: I don't like the reality and I want to make a counter-proposal. Or: I'm bored of the same old thing and I just want a change. Or: Reality appears harmless, but has dark undercurrents that I want to make visible.

Fortunately, the camera is not bound to what it finds: The techniques that can be used to create alienation are diverse and are available in the shooting situation itself or during post-processing. They can be achieved through exposure, filters or montage and then produce different effects in each case. The exhibition offers an overview of the many possibilities available, both in studio photography and in outdoor shots, from macro to wide-angle, from still lifes to cityscapes and street scenes.

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Astrid Jasse is a Berlin-based photographer and Gestalt therapist. In her series Bahnhöfe - Atmosphärisches zwischen Wunsch und Wirklichkeit (Train Stations - Atmospherics between Desire and Reality), she explores the visual style of our public buildings and questions the communicative possibilities of the people who move through these spaces every day.

Markus Rohde was born in Berlin in 1966 and has been active as a photographer for 42 years. He is interested in the photographic realization of his impressions and fantasies, the transformation of reality. His series Verwandlungen deals with precisely these themes. Light and shadow give surfaces patterns, solid walls become transparent, what seems heavy becomes light.

Karl Gerdom, born in East Westphalia in 1963, is a trained observer of nature and wears glasses. He began exploring the photographic representation of matter at an early age. Color contrasts and precisely controlled blurs form the focus of his interest in applied light painting. He is showing works from the series LIGHTS and FRUITS, which create a deliberate scope for interpretation through techniques such as colored light bundling and zooming.

Andrea Utecht-Gralka was born in Berlin in 1972 and has been working actively in ICM photography for two years. Her series Zwischenstand was created in winter 2025 and describes a moment between movement and standstill, between people and space, between reality and abstraction. In the series, people do not appear as the focal point, but as part of the urban space and its architectural structure. People become shadows, silhouettes or fleeting movements that merge with the lines and surfaces of the architecture.

Monika Milczewski, born in 1970, is a freelance Berlin artist with a background in photography. For many years, she worked as a freelance portrait and nude photographer, accompanying people with her camera in very personal and intense moments. This time shaped her eye for expression, physicality and subtle nuances. In 2019, she consciously returned to fine art and initially devoted herself entirely to abstract art. During this phase, photography took a back seat in order to create space for new artistic developments.

Frank Schmoller is a Berlin hobby photographer who has been taking pictures since his youth. Back then, he developed his films himself; today he experiments with computer image processing techniques. The photos in his series were taken at Potsdamer Platz in February 2026.

In his project,Ronzhas, alias Roland Bauch, transforms data beams from old computer technology from the last five decades into light sculptures. The resulting light effects are unpredictable, alienate the original purpose and stimulate the imagination.