about
Michael Lange’s works are meditative explorations.
“My photographs speak of a longing for silence and pacification, for depth and beauty, and the desire to lose oneself.”
Without abandoning the specific motif, Lange transforms landscapes and details in his unique photographic language until they resonate with his inner visions and emotions.
For him, the decisive moment of capturing an image lies in the transformation and transience of the elements, when the ordinary undergoes a profound change.
As a self-taught photographer, he spent over three decades shooting for magazines such as *Stern*, *Geo*, *Art*, and *manager magazin*. Since the mid-1990s, his focus shifted toward personal projects, and since 2009, he has concentrated entirely on independent works.
Since 2010, he has been represented by the Robert Morat Gallery in Berlin.
In 2023–2024, Lange’s entire body of work (including his magazine assignments) was donated to the F.C. Gundlach Foundation in Hamburg.
SELECTED SHOWS + FAIRS
2023
Hartmann Projects, Stuttgart COLD MOUNTAIN, solo show
Paris Photo (Robert Morat)
Galerie F15, Bremen s
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 (Representation)
Wouter van Leeuwen Gallery, Amsterdam