Erwin Olaf, Berlin

I have been a huge fan of Erwin Olaf for a while now. His new series, Berlin, was photographed earlier this year actually during the time I was living there. His amazing tableaus leave us questioning the actions and narrative yet captivate us because of the uncertainty and the beauty of the light, curious situation and wonderful casting. I also love that each image on his website can be downloaded at a fairly large size to ensure that when he gets his images out there they will all be replicated at a high quality which makes sense for the high quality production value of his images. Check out his website. 

All images taken from erwinolaf.com

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Erwin Olaf

I came across the photographer Erwin Olaf last year when researching contemporary photographers who work in both the fine art and commercial advertising realm. Visually, his perfectly composed, lit, and styled images resemble advertising campaigns and commercial photography yet this is his fine art work. He does shoot commercially for clients such as Diesel, Louis Vuitton, Heineken, and Elle magazine among others.  With this series (Rain, Hope, Grief, Fall) he aims to "challenge the notions of domestic bliss". I think the way he crafts and composes his images (reminiscent of movie stills and mass media marketing) is the perfect way in which to criticize and comment on this mass delirium of commercialism, domesticity, social exclusion, and repressiveness. Check out his other series and some of his short films that accompany each shoot.

His website: http://www.erwinolaf.com/

Grief:

Hope Portraits:

Hope:

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