PHO 002          Photography         Axel Hütte         *1951

Header image: Rio Negro II, Brasil, 1998 © Axel Hütte
Text: artnet

Axel Hütte is a German photographer best known for his mysterious images of landscapes and cities like London and Paris. His carefully constructed, geometric compositions, as well as his use of long exposure times, crystallize Hütte’s landscapes, imbuing them with a timeless quality. In my landscape work I am working with the emptiness, avoiding any signs of civilization or narrative indication, so in [the] best case you are lost in time and space,” he explained. Born in 1951 in Essen, Germany, the artist’s meticulous approach to photography is influenced by his time studying under Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf during the late 1970s.

Montemor-o-novo, 1993
All following images © Axel Hütte

Ioanina II, 1995

Pico De Aguila, 1998

Hoh Rain Forest, USA, 2007

Henry Pittier, Venezuela, 2007

Niah Cave, Borneo, 2008

Niederwald, Germany, 2009

Oetztal Wasserfall, Austria, 2012

Passo Sella, Italy, 2012

Passo Stelvio, Italy, 2013

Bockkar Kees, Austria, 2011

Pululahua, 2008

Rheingau Nebel, 2009

Lemaire Channel, Antarctic, 2017

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