Holger Struppek

Media

Photography

Styles

Abstract/Non-Representational
Figurative/Representational
Landscape/UrbanScape
Still Life

Contact

(415) 868-5410

SF Open Studios

  • Weekend 2, Oct 16-17
    Hot Studio, 585 Howard Street
    585 Howard Street

Artist Statement

I am fascinated by structure and change as it manifests itself around me. I find it occurring in the natural world, though human intervention, and in the seemingly random. My subjects range from large scale natural and everyday environments, to studies of small scale details. Structure and change can be experienced through comparison, movement, and the passing of time.

My series of Mississippi Wake Forms, for example, let the still-standing observer experience a few specific moments, captured from an endless stream of water. Otherwise, it's just flowing by. The relationship changes in my 65MPH series. These images show an aggregate, a blur of light and color. It accumulates as the observer moves along inside the car, together with all the other traffic.

Photography focuses my attention, draws me into the present, and lets me experience more intensely than otherwise. The camera allows me to capture and share this experience, by freezing or blurring movement, by stretching or compressing time. We increasingly hurry through our individual daily life, be it at work or leisure. To stop and connect with the present moment has become the rare occasion. This transitory existence erodes the capacity to perceive the subtleties that occur around us. My images are meant to both reflect this transitory quality, as well as offer counterpoints to it.

Mississippi Wake Forms #1
Mississippi Wake Forms #2
Mississippi Wake Forms #3
Mississippi Wake Forms #4
Mississippi Wake Forms #6