seagulls in flight – publisher ilse baumann + hans-peter bier – art book + pictures – by peter walther gartmann
seagulls in flight – möwen im flug – art book + pictures – by © peter walther gartmann, switzerland – introduction sabina roth – susanne minder art collection
Seagulls in flight
To fly at boundless heights and over endless distances.
In his dynamic and touching photographs, “Seagulls in flight”, Peter Walther Gartmann depicts his fascination with the freedom of the air – the intangible living space that we all carry within us.
To be free as a bird – light and weightless, soaring high and nosediving at the same time.
To float between heaven and earth. To find harmony with oneself and with nature – borne aloft by air and space.
Boundless freedom.
Ilse Baumann + Hans-Peter Bier
“The seagull is the absolute embodiment of freedom.
From wingtip to wingtip, the body is nothing more than thought itself.“
Richard Bach
art book – seagulls in flight – Möwen im Flug
Publisher: Ilse Baumann + Hans-Peter Bier
Design: Susanne Minder, Basel
introduction: Sabina Roth
Photos: © Peter Walther Gartmann, Basel, switzerland
weitere bilder – von peter gartmann – auf instagram
www.instagram.com/petergartmann_art
Boundless freedom
With his photographs, “Seagulls in flight”, Peter Walther Gartmann visualises what we cannot perceive with our human eyes. He captures a fraction of a second in an image, thus laying bare the beauty and elegance of the sweeping movements of seagulls in flight.
His photographs depict moments of lightness – in harmony and dynamism. They are symbolic of our longing for boundless freedom and endless distance – surrounded only by air and space. They inspire us to take flight, glide through the spheres and turn somersaults in our mind: joyful moments of inner freedom.
Peter Walther Gartmann’s seagull photographs were taken over an extended period. From 1977 to 1980, he captured the first images on film and in black and white. They were exhibited in 1981 at the Kunsthaus Zürich under the banner of “Young Swiss Photographers” and in 1982 at the Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève as “mouettes en vol”. In 1992/1993, the series was continued on colour film and completed in 2011/2012 with digital photographs. The complete series is published here for the first time.
Sabina Roth
“Look upwards and you will see no boundaries.”
Richard Bach
möwen – mouettes en vol – buch und ausstellung 1981 – kunsthaus zürich
by peter walther gartmann – art paintings
mouettes en vol – höhenflug – flugzeit – himmelwärts – flügelleicht – traumflug
ausstellung 1981 – „mouettes en vol“ im kunsthaus zürich – junge schweizer fotografen
buch „möwen – mouettes en vol“
Herausgeber: at verlag
Bilder: © Peter Walther Gartmann, Basel
Gestaltung: Susanne Minder, Basel
weitere bilder – möwen im flug – art paintings – by peter walther gartmann – art + photography, basel, switzerland – im bildarchiv susanne minder
siehe auch – trees – art paintings – by sabina roth – art + photography, basel, switzerland
siehe auch – horizonte – art photography – by sabina roth – art + photography, basel, switzerland