Walter Fogel
Walter Fogel is a multi award winning advertising and art photographer based in Angelbachtal. Since 2011, he has been deeply engaged in dance photography, a field in which he has developed a distinctive artistic voice.
A pivotal element in his work is the use of headstand images, which have significantly shaped contemporary dance photography. These sculptural "exclamation marks," emerging from breakdance moves, interact playfully with everyday urban settings. Fogel has captured these dynamic dance sculptures in cities across London, Italy, France, Germany, and other neighboring European countries.
Circle of Life
Headstand images play a decisive role in the development of today's dance images. These sculptural exclamation marks, which play with the stage set of everyday life, emerged from a breakdance move. These dance sculptures were created in London, Italy, France, Germany and neighboring European countries. Numerous prizes and exhibitions with this upside down series have encouraged the photographer to build further dance sculptures. The dance images of various dance forms became increasingly abstract and thus developed their own visual language, which visualizes the music underlying the dance through the deliberate use of motion blur. Inspired by discussions with Roland Olbeter (member of the La Fura dels Baus group), who, among other things, built the stage set for the Wagner opera at La Scala in Milan and used skillful projections to merge the actors with the stage set, Walter Fogel has rediscovered the old sandwich technique for himself - this time digitally. The ballet dancers, with whom the photographer has been working since 2019, thus become a stage set in their own right. In the latest dance images, the dance sculptures become increasingly abstract and painterly as they merge with the colored backgrounds.
Beach Boy
Do Not Touch Me
B-boy Reflection
His "upside down" series has earned numerous awards and featured in multiple exhibitions, motivating him to continue evolving this unique artistic direction. Over time, his imagery of various dance forms has become increasingly abstract, developing a visual language of its own one that evokes the rhythm and flow of music through the intentional use of motion blur.
B-boy Sculpture
Inspired by conversations with Roland Olbeter (a member of La Fura dels Baus, known for his stage design for Wagner's opera at La Scala in Milan), Fogel has embraced the classic sandwich technique, reinterpreted digitally. Since 2019, he has collaborated closely with ballet dancers, transforming them into stage sets in their own right.
In his most recent works, the dance sculptures continue to evolve becoming more abstract and painterly, blending harmoniously with soft, light-colored backgrounds to create ethereal visual compositions.
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