Zeitfänger,2024
silver gelatin print on RC paper
22,5x23cm (each)
Angewandtefestival
Photography is a medium closely linked to time. When you take a photo, you always capture a moment. Time has a broad application in photography,even though it is often not a photographic subject itself.
"Zeitfänger" attempts to depict time as a photographic subject. In this work, a piece of luminous sewing thread is attached to the second hand of a clock and placed on photo paper. As the seconds hand moves, the luminous thread is dragged over the photo paper,thereby exposing the paper to light.
The fine lines visible on the exposed paper depict the time I captured in the darkroom.