Michael Wagner/ Volume 100

Born in Heidelberg in 1953 and fascinated by the fine arts from an early age, I used every free minute for artistic studies during my studies of social work at Mannheim University, and then concentrated entirely on the fine arts after completing my degree. I have been living and working as a freelance visual artist (self-taught) in Heidelberg since 1981.

In the beginning, I worked in the classical photographic style, but over time this changed towards photographic abstraction. Today I am interested in images that reveal something that goes beyond everyday experience. Images that raise questions instead of providing answers. And images whose appearance evokes a meditative gaze rather than rationality. I would like my pictures to be understood under these aspects.