Pictures of the Land

In the series Pictures of the Land, Jan Kekeli is playing with the boundary between photography and painting. He is freely inspired by the aesthetics of landscape-painting from the beginning of the 19th century; especially he is a great admirer of Caspar David Friedrich´s work. His camera with a negative of 4 x 5 inches (102 x 127 mm) enables him to spot fascinating wild forest corners, meandering paths, melancholic panorama in a great detail – accompanied by a lyrical colourfulness, soft light or silent dignity. A man in his photos has a similar function as in romantic pictures – he is only a secondary character which can either complete the action or underline the majesty of landscape sceneries.