Dear Readers,
we still stay in the same country and this week we
feature another photographer from Germany, Jens Taube. Interestingly, Jens'
photographic journey has some similarities to Marc's path, the photographer we
featured last week. The portfolio Jens sent us is quite compact and concise, as
you can see. But nevertheless, it includes all the »substance« he aims for in
his photographic endeavours. Jens is working primarily in medium format, with
different Rollei cameras (SL66 and 6006), and in black and white. Besides the
best technical combination in my view (6x6 and BW film), I was attracted by Jens' photos also because they have some particular
kind of inherent emotional charge.
Here it is how
he describes his path:
»Long
before I started to photo-portray people, it fascinated me, how many different
facets and how many different feelings a face can express. Or the gesture of a
human hand. I took pictures I found in magazines or photo books as a drawing
pattern as they gave me the chance to study frozen moments. Then in 2006 I
exchange the drawing pencil for a DSLR. I wanted to create my own pictures
instead of copying what others had seen and captured.
Two
years later I made the step from the digital tool to classic black and white
analogue photography.
Emotion
is the subject that I focus on, more than on beauty and grace. Whenever I
create pictures with someone, I encourage this person to listen carefully to
their own insides. I show interest on which mood they encounter being at this
particular place, in this particular hour. And that is the moment, when the
face in front of my camera changes, when it convinces me to be honest and
authentic, when it radiates another side of “beauty”. That is the moment that I
long for when I portray.«
Jens described very well the very essence of his work and I think
he succeeded very well in accomplishing his very own style. Bravo, maestro!
Mitja
All photos copyright: Jens Taube
Yes, I like his other sides of beauty already for years.
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