about
As a self-taught photographer, Michael Lange photographed for over three decades for magazines (as Stern /Geo /Art /Time /Fortune among others). Mid-1990s, his interest shifted towards personal projects, and since 2009, the focus has been entirely on independent works.
In the last decade he gained recognition for his contemplative and meditative explorations of landscapes.
“My photographs convey a yearning for silence, pacification, depth and beauty, as well as the desire to lose oneself.”
Without giving up on the respective motif, Lange transforms landscapes and details in his unique photographic language until they align with his inner images and emotions.
For Lange, the pivotal juncture of an image resides in the transformation and transience of elements, when the ordinary metamorphoses into unexpected depth and picturesque beauty.
Since 2010 he is represented by the Robert Morat Galerie, Berlin.
2023-2024 hand-over of his entire body of work to the F.C. Gundlach Foundation, Hamburg.
UPCOMING SHOWS
2023
Gallery F15, Bremen WALD / FLUSS, opening September 22, 2023, 7 pm
Paris Photo 2023, grande palais ephimere, @Robert Morat Gallery, November 09. – 12.
SELECTED SHOWS + FAIRS
2023
Hartmann Projects, Stuttgart COLD MOUNTAIN, solo show
2022
Robert Morat Galerie, Berlin COLD MOUNTAIN, s
2018
COLD MOUNTAIN, Noorderlicht festival IN VIVO, Holland, group show
2017
Palais für aktuelle Kunst, Glückstadt WALD, s
Gallery Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam WALD s
ART Rotterdam, Netherlands, group show
Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire WALD s
2016
Landesmuseum Bonn The Flow Of Pictures FLUSS g
Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles WALD/FLUSS s
Wouter van Leeuwen Gallery, Amsterdam FLUSS s
ART Amsterdam g
2015
Robert Morat Galerie, Hamburg FLUSS s
Paris Photo g
Photo Eye Gallery, Santa Fe NM WALD/FLUSS sAlfred Ehrhardt Foundation, Berlin FLUSS s
Galerie Mikiko Sato, Hamburg
2014
ART Cologne g
2013
L.A. Galerie – Lothar Albrecht, Frankfurt WALD s
Photo Festival La Gacilly, Frankreich g
photo L.A. g
Robert Morat Galerie, Hamburg WALD s
2012
Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation, Berlin WALD s
Villa Ruh Fotofest Horizonte, Zingst WALD s
Galerie F5,6, Munich g
photo L.A. g
2010
Robert Morat Galerie, Hamburg L.A. DRIVE-BY s
Noorderlicht photofestival, Netherlands g
Fotosommer, Stuttgart g
2005
Noorderlicht photofestival, Netherlands
2000
Postfuhramt, Berlin L.A. DRIVE-BY
BOOKS
COLD MOUNTAIN + Limited Edition 2021, Hartmann Books
LA DRIVE-BY + Limited Edition 2018 Self-Publication, Deutscher Fotobuchpreis GOLD 19/20
FLUSS + Limited Edition 2015, Hatje Cantz
WALD + Limited Edition 2013, Hatje Cantz
GRANTS
2020 Kulturwerk Bild Kunst, Berlin
2014 Kulturstiftung, Bonn
2005 Kulturstiftung, Bonn
COLLECTIONS
DJE Kapital AG, München
Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loir
Hudson’s Bay Company, Toronto
ResMed, San Diego CA
GALERIEN
Robert Morat Galerie, Berlin
LA Galerie, Frankfurt
Wouter van Leeuwen Gallery, Amsterdam
photo-eye Gallery, Santa Fe