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About Christian Schmidt

The motifs in Christian Schmidt's photography appear very small, almost as if they were toys, but in reality they’re wide landscapes, huge halls and large squares. The photographs leave a lasting impression on the viewer thanks to the Stuttgart-based photographer’s great artistic and technical skills. Schmidt plays with perceptual inclinations and makes big things seem small to the human eye. A mountain or valley landscape appear to be a set up for a model railroad, the natural history museum in Oxford becomes an incredibly detailed model kit. Schmidt brings experimentation with sharpness and blurriness to new heights and creates an effect that gives his series its own unmistakable… Read more