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Rouven Kurz
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Statement / Bio
Rouven Kurz is an award-winning street photographer from Cologne who creates a noir atmosphere by capturing isolated people in the tangle of the metropolis, leading viewers into a world of light and shadow.
He senses connection between the structural elements of a metropolis and the countless people who pass through it. Each one of them has his own chronicle, while the architecture forms a constant backdrop. Rouven Kurz has an eye for the unique moment when geometry, light and random movements of unknown people collapse into a harmonious composition. The scenes are unrepeatable, but the isolated portrayal of the people and the immense negative space inspires people to keep imagining their own story.
In contrast to these black and white images, the color series is a freer approach to distilling fascinating scenes from the everyday. He experiments with different colors and textures to make his images more vivid and expressive. He plays with the idea that photography is an art form that not only depicts reality, but also abstracts, interprets and transforms it.
Exhibitions & Publications
Exhibitions
- Monochromes
Rome, Italy, 10/2023 - The Art
Athens, Limassol, Heraklion, 08-10/2023 - Solo Exhibition
Werdohl, Germany, 09/2023 - London Art Biennale
London, UK, 07/2023 - The Stage Gallery
Bonn, Germany, 08/2023 - Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum
Cologne, Germany, 05/2023 - K49 – schwarzweiß6
Cologne, Germany, 03/2023 - The Stage Gallery
Bonn, Germany, 02/2023 - Photosynthesis Photography Center
Sofia, Bulgaria, 08/2019 - Venice Biennale – Itsliquid
Venice, Italy, 06/2019
Publications
- F-Stop Magazine
#119, 06/2023 - Docu Magazine
Best of Documentary & Street Photography #15, 03/2023 - Street Photography Magazine
Street Shooters of the Month, 12/2020 - STRKNG
Editors Selection #54, 09/2020 - The Pictorial List
Pictured Interview, 03/2020 - Urban Street Photo Gallery
U R Urban Contest, 02/2020
Photographers Archive
Urban Veil
In the mesh of concrete and steel, where shadows weave their silent stories, I embark on a visual journey – the Chronicles of Urban Veil. My lens becomes a scout, revealing the connections between the sinews of a metropolis and the countless souls that traverse it.
The architecture of the city is unchanging – a canvas of angles, lines and hidden symmetries. Yet within this rigid framework, humanity pulsates. Every passer-by carries a chronicle with them – their joys, sorrows, whispered dreams. I search for the intersection where geometry and human nature meet – notes of fleeting harmony.
There is no encore on the streets. Each scene is a unique spectacle – the light, the shadows, the random ballet of strangers. I capture these unrepeatable vignettes and set them against the backdrop of the city.
In the large negative spaces I isolate figures – the lonely wanderer, the hurried commuter, the dreamer lost in thought. This is where the imagination blossoms. The viewer sees his own story – the untold stories that echo in the empty spaces.
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