Weltschmerz, 2024

Natalie Truchsess  

Coming from documentary photography, my work still begins with something I encounter – plants, everyday objects, places or situations that draw my attention. Over the years, however, my visual language has increasingly developed towards abstraction. My photographs emerge within a relational space in which different realities meet. Different photographic approaches give me different ways of exploring these in-between spaces and engaging with the multilayered nature of the world.

With Intentional Camera Movement (ICM), I explore not only a place, but also its atmosphere or Genius loci. From this I developed Remodel by Camera Movement (RCM), my own technique in which the recognizable form of a subject is dissolved through multidirectional camera movement. These works form the basis of what I call Photographic Lyrical Abstraction.

In my Emergographies, I explore a different kind of in-between space, arising from the relationship between my perception, something I encounter, and the possibilities of the camera. I can create the conditions, look closely and respond to what appears, but I cannot fully determine the result. The resulting image can often develop an identity of its own.

My work has received numerous international photography awards, including 1st Place at the FAPA Fine Art Photography Awards, 3rd Place at the IPA International Photography Awards and the MONOVISIONS Photography Awards, as well as Silver and Bronze awards at BIFA, PX3 and TIFA.