User:Dieteck/sandbox

Dietmar Eckell is a German fine art photographer who lives and works in Berlin, Germany and Bangkok, Thailand. His photographic theme "Restwert" is about abandoned structures that mankind left written off in the middle of nowhere. He is interested what remains at the end - the immaterial values - the eerie beauty of decay, the stories connected to these objects, the associations they trigger and how nature reclaims them. By documenting these objects he values them and by producing large prints Eckell creates new value from something written off. His photography always starts with a concept, then he researches the globe for objects that fit and travels there to photograph them. The objects look lost in the wide open landscapes and show the temporarity of all human endeavors.