(Photo: JFK_01_3854 / Leander von Eichendorff)

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“Untitled // Notes on Leander von Eichendorffs new photographic series

In the end we are all alone. Alone with our fears, thoughts and insecurities, with all those strange things we get up to when we feel unobserved. In his earlier portraits, taken on the busy streets of large cities, Leander von Eichendorff captured these very moments: passers-by scratching their nose, staring into space, closing their eyes, looking utterly forlorn and lost

In his new photo series ‚Untitled‘ von Eichendorff continues his exploration of forlornness and loneliness. These new works do not feature people at all, yet their presence is keenly felt. And while the series is called ‚Untitled‘ it is not entirely without title – the Barcelona-based artist has organized the images into groups based on the place where they were created, using the international aviation codes for city airports.

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The ‚Untitled‘ images defy the viewer’s perfunctory glance – in as much as the images have peeled away from the film they re-form in their implicit sequence as a new film; a film that now takes us to New York: ‚Untitled JFK‘ is next on the itinerary. Von Eichendorff captures the New York airport and the island of Manhattan with a shaking video camera, creating new lines that would not be visible had he used a steady hand. He reveals tremors that are reflected in the image – tremors of metropolitan daily life implying deeper internal workings. And these images are once more dominated by obscurity, blur, shadows and blind spots – again, we hope in vain to find any answers here…”

Auszug, Marc Peschke/Kunsthistoriker (Februar 2010)

Leander von Eichendorff, geboren 1966 in Gütersloh, nach Stationen in Bremen, London, Barcelona, seit 2015 in Hamburg.

PRIZES/AWARDS

2014
Finalist Portfolio Review, Photo Weekend, Düsseldorf
2012
Finalist Descubrimientos, Photo Espana, Madrid
2010
project grant from ‚Stiftung Kulturwerk der VG Bild-Kunst‘, Bonn
Finalist Emergentes DST, Encontros Da Imagem, Braga/Portugal

2009
shortlisted at New York Photo Awards 09 for ‚Fine Art Single Image
2005
ADC New York distinctive merit award for Brussels photo series
ADC Switzerland 2005 shortlist
2000
grant from DAAD, German exchange bursary 00/01
1999
Reinhart Wolf Preis 99, Award
1998
Reinhart Wolf Preis 98, Award
Inszenierte Fotografie 3, ColorService Stuttgart, 1st place
1997
PIXEL 2 Digital Imaging Award 97, Kodak, 3rd place
1996
Nachwuchs Förderpreis 96, Kodak