UTE MAHLER & WERNER MAHLER
2020-11-30For this series, both photographers toured Europe’s major rivers and streams – the Elbe, Rhine/Waal, Danube, Po and Volga – where social, ecological, political, economic and historical themes become apparent and enable both artists to create a superlative portrait of Europe. In images that are both emotionally powerful and photographically impressive, they depict extracts from life, architecture, and portraits along Europe’s biggest streams. The artists started at the Elbe, the Rhine and the Danube in Bulgaria in 2019.
The Po followed that autumn and in February 2020 they continued on their journey to the Volga. Visits to other rivers – the Rhône, Dnieper and Tagus – are planned. Ute Mahler and Werner Mahler who have been working together for a few years now are photographing the series in black and white with an analogue large-format camera.
Opposite – Ute & Werner Mahler; Po #412 – At the Streams / An den Strömen, 2019
Exhibition runs through to January 30th, 2021
Galerie Springer Berlin
Fasanenstr. 13
10623 Berlin
