Karl Maria Udo Remmes

Karl Maria Udo Remmes (born 2 July 1954 in Tübingen, West Germany – 25 November 2014 in Köln[1]) was a German photographer and physician. He has become known especially for his work in backstage photography specializing in opera, ballet and musicals. The leading idea of Remmes' photographic work is not the documentation - he wants to capture the moments when the hard work of acting transmutes into art.[2]

Education

After studying biology and medicine, Remmes did his medical doctorate in 1986 in neuroradiology, and became a consultant radiologist specialized in cross sectional imaging.[3] He was awarded a Graduation in Professional Photography[4] by the New York Institute of Photography.

Career

Remmes' first photo exhibition "Operaria" at the University of Düsseldorf[5] presents a portrait of backstage operations of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. Remmes worked at various European opera and ballet theatres such as the Teatro Regio of Turin, the Graz Opera, the English National Opera in London, the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland and at the Chang'an Grand Theatre in Beijing, China.[6] In 2002, the Theatre Museum Düsseldorf established the „Remmes Collection". Remmes was elected a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society (FRPS), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a Fellow of The Royal Society of Medicine. He represented the City of Düsseldorf at the World Exhibition EXPO 2010 in Shanghai, showing his work in an exhibition on the interface between theater work and theatrical stage art in Liu Haisu Art Museum Shanghai[7]

© Udo Remmes, Behind the velvet curtain, 2002

Photographic style

© Udo Remmes, Portrait of a ballet dancer, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf 2005

Remmes ' photographic style is based on pictorialism. His „Intrinsic Photography“ (Remmes about his work) is contrary to the New Objectivity of the Düsseldorf School of Photography founded by Bernd and Hilla Becher. He captures multiple dimensions of theater reality by including diverse temporal, spatial, contextual and reality layers in one image. His pictures tell stories of the theatre machinery. He shows the backgrounds and unwritten laws, the union of scientific and superstitious components behind the scenes.[8] Remmes writes small notes and poems with light to show different realities: the world outside and the artificial world on stage, when actors and singers swap from one world to the other.[9] He represents modern theatre photography but he’s not interested in personality cult or in documentation of the action on stage.[10] He uses unusual prospects, i.e. bird’s eye view.[11] The photographs carry emotion in a different way, by blurred and strong contrasted sujets.[12] Remmes manages to bring the sensitive balance between theatrical work and art to perceptibility.[13]

Exhibitions

Literature

References

  1. ↑ Traueranzeige, Rheinische Post, 3. Dezember 2014, RP Trauer, abgerufen am 5. Dezember 2014.
  2. ↑ Muller-Verweyen, Michael. "Capturing Magic with a Leica". Shenzhen Daily. Retrieved 8 November 2005.
  3. ↑ Who's Who in the World (2011–2012). Karl Remmes. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Marquis' Who's Who. pp. Vol 8.
  4. ↑ Who´s Who in the World (2014). Karl Remmes. Berkeley, NJ: Marquis Who's Who. pp. Vol 31.
  5. ↑ [http://www.archive.today/3Ymhn Udo Remmes Operaria] at the Universitäts-und Landesbibliothek, Düsseldorf, published 2013; retrieved May 13, 2014
  6. ↑ https://www.duesseldorf.de/theatermuseum/th_dateien_download/remmes_theaterfotografie.pdf
  7. ↑ Udo Remmes in Shanghai, at the Duesseldorf Theatermuseum, published 2010; retrieved May 11, 2014
  8. ↑ Meiszies, Winrich (2003). Moments of Art. Düsseldorf/ Germany: Theatermuseum Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf/ Droste Verlag. p. 11. ISBN 3-929945-19-3.
  9. ↑ Sadler, Richard (Autumn–Winter 2003). "The Art of Seeing". Contemporary Photography. Royal Photographic Society: 10.
  10. ↑ Matzigkeit, Rafaela (June 2003). Nr. 37 "On Stage - Backstage" Check |url= value (help). SchwarzWeiss 37: 8.
  11. ↑ Rheinische Post. 15 December 2003. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ Schwarzer, Jessica (16 March 2003). "Impressionen von der Theater- und Opernbühne". Rheinische Post.
  13. ↑ Schenk, Lis (1 May 2003). "Die Zigarette nach dem Auftritt". Düsseldorfer Hefte.
  14. ↑ "Universität Düsseldorf: Operaria". Ulb.hhu.de. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
  15. ↑ Udo Remmes. "photos : Behind the Velvet Curtain : Udo Remmes : guests : exhibitions". pontos.de.vista. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
  16. ↑ "Liu Haisu Art Museum - China culture". Arts.cultural-china.com. 1995-05-16. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
  17. ↑ "Augenblicke der Kunst / Moments of Art - Droste Verlag" (in German). Droste-buchverlag.de. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
  18. ↑ "The Royal Photographic Society". Archive.rps.org. 2007-01-31. Retrieved 2014-05-13.

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