Honorable Mention
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DESCRIPTION
The VIP TruckShort Artist Statement
Matthias Barth, also known as Thepostcardman, creates images through an amalgamation of analog and digital photographic techniques so that he may share new perspectives that leave us questioning our relationship to reality. Exploring the natural world, the man-made metropolis, and the convergence of the two, the beauty in the mundane surfaces. Through people, landscapes, and objects, he excavates the often surreal visual language of our contemporary lives. His evolving experimental practice engages with everything from portraiture to drone shots as he masterfully manipulates light and composition so that his photographs can transcend barriers of language, culture, or society itself. By allowing his processes to morph and change to meet the needs of his subjects, a universality of meaning is unearthed. Whether it be the thrill of the journey into the unknown or the inherent loneliness it evokes, he challenges viewers to rethink the way they see and experience the world around them.
AUTHOR
Matthias Barth, also known as Thepostcardman, is a Munich-based, self-taught photographic artist taking us on international explorations that change our understanding of the world around us. His passion for photography began in 1992 with a simple analog black-and-white camera, and he has since developed a unique, surreal style that captures the majesty and emotional evocations of epic landscapes from his extensive travels. With two decades of experience and circumnavigating the globe twice, he combines his background in advertising, television, and documentary with his aesthetic eye for lighting and composition. Barth's work has been sold and exhibited internationally with institutions including Galerie Tones Gallery in the Netherlands, Artfully Walls, and the French label YellowKorner. 