Jakob Wagner

http://www.jakobwagner.eu

Jakob Wagner is a German photographer who started out by completing a three year apprenticeship as a photographer. He works as a freelance photographer based in Duesseldorf. As well as being a photographer Wagner also works as a image editor and photo assistant. Wagner has been commissioned all over the world, some of his clients include; Emirates, Audi, Siemens, Jim Bean and many more. When not working on commission Wagner fills his time by completing personal photography projects. Wagners work is available in limited edition prints, books and can also be seen in exhibitions. 

As my project will be a running series of man made objects in the landscape growing by intensity as the series goes on, I will most likely end the series with a cityscape, as its one of the biggest locations man has had an impact on the environment. A lot of Wagner's work features cityscapes and is full of inspiration for my own projects.

Looking through Wagner's cityscapes I notice that cities seem to be best portrayed at night. So that the cities lights are the main light source in the image and really make certain elements stand out, as well as make the city appear like its full of life. As I was following a minimalist style im not sure how a cityscape can be portrayed using the same aesthetic as of yet.

All of Wagners shots are so clear and detailed. Viewing them from his website doesn't do the images justice, they need to be seen in large prints to get a grasp of the scale inside of the subjects in the photos.

As well as shooting landscapes and cityscape Wagner also does some work shooting thunderstorms. Once again this is another alternative method and fresh perspective on unnatural landscapes. Thunderstorms aren’t that common in some areas and so seeing an area while there is a storm raging above would show an a scene that could be percieved as unnatural. This could be applied to all different weather conditions, but it would take a very long time to complete such a project and would be hard to run a project that is so dependant on weather conditions. Of course you could chase the weather around country, but under the time frame and with costs to consider, its not a plausible direction to take the project in. 

Jakob Wagner's work can be seen here on his website: http://www.jakobwagner.eu