Remaining at a place, emerging from the usual allday mad rush, which has no chance, no hope of arrival, permits a perception to come up, what actually happened will appear again. Tales will step out of this rush, gestures threatened to be drowned by this quickness, almost covered by it.

I want to give an account of these small movements, atmospheres, not an isolated moment, "painting a realistic picture", according to a report, but the experience of the situation, in which the taking was undergone.

Especially in the series of portraits you can observe what is going on, when people are forced to wait, which traces are left behind in this period of time. While our forefathers - more than a hundred years ago - sat stiffly, appearing therefore pregnant with meaning, in front of the camera, hemmed in dreadful machineries in order to avoid any move during these long exposures, I take advantage of this factum to track down these slight gestures, to paint the happenings behind the obvious poses - something we hardly become aware of.

My desire is, that the observer gets in touch with the images, that he tries to follow their history - and by chance a new, very personal arises, realising, how these gestures show through; and I want to avoid, that the tale is no longer available, because it is buried by filing in drawers and categorizing. Just have - and trust - your own look, and immerse in this dialogue.
Henrieke I. Strecker

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