Michael Utz

Born in Karlsruhe, South West Germany and passionate about photography since he was 16. For many years he dedicated himself to black and white photography and analog.
Formal rigor, new objectivity and reduction are present in various forms as stylistic criteria of his images. Over the years he has had many exhibitions in his home country and abroad. Since 2012 he has been collaborating in many works with the artist Christian V. Grumbkow.
For some time, he has been trying to capture "perception and sensation" in his images, finding interest in the process that optical perception triggers as the sensations go hand in hand with perception, sometimes imperceptibly, sometimes massive. Associations, connotations, memory, desire, joy, sadness are the whole scale of what determines and distinguishes us as sensitive individuals. His sources of inspiration are visual arts, painters, literature and other photographers. He defines the collaboration with his friend and painter Christian V. Grumbkow a happy but not accidental coincidence.