Elger Esser
photographer
Elger Esser is a prominent German photographer born in 1967 in Stuttgart. He was one of the last and youngest graduates of the renowned Bernd and Hilla Becher class at the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts. His work often explores landscapes, riverscapes, bridges, villages, and seacoasts, characterized by a poetic and melancholic aesthetic that evokes memories and 'déjà vu'. Esser is known for his interest in historical photographic techniques, such as heliogravures and old lithographic processes used for postcard production, which he employs to create images that exist between the present and an imagined past. His work has been exhibited internationally, including major retrospectives at institutions like the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart.[1,2,3]
- landscape
- memory
- time
- heliogravure
- melancholy
Books
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Eigenzeit€38.00
Works by Elger Esser
- 2009 Eigenzeit Catalog for the exhibition at Kunstmuseum Stuttgart.
- 2009 Nocturnes à Giverny
- 2009 Wrecks Düsseldorf: self-published.
Exhibitions
- 2009 Eigenzeit
- 2010 Eigenzeit
- 2014 Combray