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ANDREAS MURAUER
Lives and works in Austria
www.murauer.photography

As an artist, I am fascinated by the simplicity of complex
things. The biggest challenge is reducing the image
content within essential features and distinctive details
of the motif. I love to break free from the perspective of
the human eye and journey back to the most fascinating
aspect ratio in photography – the square. A quadrilateral
with four right angles and four equal sides represents
the optimal simplification of surface information.
Breaking away from the everyday ordinary is emphasized
by the absence of the usual colour spectrum. My latest
works - so called „photographX“ - are basically photos,
combined with various scribble techniques during post
processing. This compound of photo and drawing is not
commonplace and seduces the audiences to intensively
deal with the content.

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