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DARIUS KOEHLI PHOTOGRAPHY

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DARIUS KOEHLI PHOTOGRAPHY

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  •  WHY OMAHA ?

     

    NOW AVAILABLE : EDITION PATRICK FREY

    published in September 2022

     

  • Moscow, August 1991

    During 3 days military forces occupy the center of Moscow in an attempt of coup d'état against Gorbatchov's reforms and opening of the country. Civilians spontaneously take the streets, talk to the soldiers and try to convince them to step back (even by offering them hamburgers from the newly opened MC Donalds...). Finally and with the help of Yeltsin the coup failed and putschists were jailed (but in later years rehabilitated...).

     

    STOP THE WAR 2022 !

     

  •  INVADERS (2015-2022)

    Plastic in our waters threatens our ecosystem and is one of the main environmental issues of our times.

    I present my found objects from the shores of the Mediterranean as vivid creatures and in a friendly way, but defenitely want to draw attention to this universal problem!

  • Saurópolis  - Pioneer use of a mobile phone camera (2005/06)

    The streets of Poblenou / BCN. A rather poetic view of a barrio in transformation. Images made with a Nokia N90 (2MP) mobile-phone camera which produce a kind of pictorial quality and a lot of "grain". It was very exciting at the time to print those photographs big size (up to 2m) and use them for my book project Saurópolis. This has not been done before, there was definitely new ground to explore.

  • saurópolis - the book, signed

    last copies - reduced prize

    18 Euros

    hard cover 115 pages, 22x28,5cm

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  •  POSTPHOTOGRAPHIC MOMENTS (2017-2021)

    My experimenting and messing around with the panorama function of an Iphone started back in 2017. I was absolutely fascinated by the possibility of light-painting with daylight! and its unpredictible outcome. Now, a few years later this practice is labeled and goes by the hashtag of #panoglitch. I for myself prefer calling these images postphotographic moments.

  • BCN FASHION BEACH - Barcelona Beaches 2007/08

    Summer beaches of Barcelona present a symphony of chaos and colors and my intention was to add a touch of poetry and humor to it. Riding a fine line between intimacy and exhibitonism. It was my definite step into digital photography, using a rather long lens (180mm) on a reflex camera this time (in order to be visible and be noticably part of the scene).

  • WHAT'S TRUE - Painting with light (1999-2000)

    On my trips on assignment I used to take some time off when ever possible to explore cityscape scenarios at dawn. I was  looking for unexpected results by doing long exposures and camera movements. Keep in mind that at those times you only saw the results when the slides got delivered from the lab, which always was an exciting moment. Original work on color slides.

    San Francisco, 1999
    Sagrada Familia, Barcelona 1999
    Castellana, Madrid 1999
    NYC, 2000
    La Defènse, Paris 1999
    Chicago, 2000
    Prague, 2000
    Abu Dhabi 2000
    España Industrial, Barcelona 1999
    Hotel Arts, Barcelona 1999
    MACBA, Barcelona 1999
    San Francisco 1999
  • Inside Poblenou - Arxiu Fotogràfic de Barcelona 2017/18

    Inside views of a barrio during its transformation from industrial to hi-tech. It's a follow-up of "Saurópolis", but this time in a more documentary approach, photographing from within.

  • QUIXOTE XXI - la Mancha revisited (2002/03)

    Visiting la Mancha to take photographs in a Quixote state of mind, using a small and outdated bakelite camera from the 50's. On the lookout of protagonists of the all time classic by Cervantes. Original works are on color negatives.

    Aparición de la triste figura
    Quijote en Barcelona
    Dulcinea fotografiada en El Toboso
    Camino hacia la venta
    Sancho Panza
    Castillo
    Rocinante
    Cura
    Gigantes
    Teresa Panza
    Campo de Montiel
    Caballo encantado
  • SCARY [STONE] FACES - (2011-13)

    Volcanic rocks meet the walking dead. A visual correspondence  between two independant series. All that we see or seem ist just a dream within a dream (Edgar Allan Poe). Digital photography.

  • STRANGE DAYS - Selected work from 1982 - 1991

    Early black and white street photography

    Marseille, 1985
    New York City, 1989
    New York City, 1983
    New York City, 1983
    Hoboken NJ, 1989
    Rochester NY, 1982
    MT. Morris NY, 1982
    Moscow, 1991
    San Francisco, 1990
    Schlieren, Switzerland, 1985
    Arles, 1985
    Madrid, 1989
    Natal, Brazil, 1987
    Arles, 1985, Workshop with Lucien Clergue
    Rio de Janeiro, 1987
    Barcelona, 1988
    Paraty, Brazil, 1987
    Berlin, 1989
  • peace be with you

    Selected work from 1990 - 2017

    New York City
    UAE
    Cairo
    Florida
    Gibraltar
    Abu Dhabi
    Galápagos
    La Habana
    Penang
    Zagora
    Petra
    Tokyo
    Florida
    Peking
    Barcelona
    Zurich
    Istanbul
    Paris
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