Black Album

Bernd Uhde`s `White Album ` sold out quickly and with this fourth album of his work from Seltmann and Sohne, he presents an alternative ` Black Album`, displaying the beauty of coal, ore and spoil piles. Uhde photographs the world in a vertical plan from a helicopter, and his enthralling repertoire of motifs is inspired by the cultural landscape designed by man. He sees and captures beauty in coal tips, ore dumps and spoil piles, and his images gleam with a fascinating beauty against black backgrounds. The works reflect the artist1s interest in shapes, colours, structures and textures and in the fundamental principles of composition. A photographer taking a painter`s view. He discovers the unusual, mysterious and sensual facets of each place by looking at it from a vertical view, thus creating scenic ` paintings`, and the aesthetic potential then reveals itself through the abstracted view from a distance.