The series “This Side Up” features optical illusions, designed alternatives and manipulated room perceptions. The spatial arrangement of the images can be interpreted in contradictory ways – a phenomenon that is based on the way in which we can perceive two-dimensional images as being three-dimensional. In images that use a three-dimensional “parallel” perspective, objects can tip over or invert themselves. A concave room, for instance, may thus seem convex, because a person or object that is also shown in the picture can only exist in a convex room. Apart from being entertaining, the intention of the series is to encourage viewers to wonder: Is the world really the way I see it? Is it the way I believe that I see it? Or is it only a mental construction of how I perceive the environment? |
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Born 1980 in Frankfurt, Germany, Michael explored and developed an enthusiasm for photography at a young age. On completion of high school he took the opportunity to work as a journalist and documentary photographer in former Yugoslavia immediately after the war. He then studied photography, completing his master in Photo Design at the University of Applied Science Dortmund, Germany in 2007 and intermediately studied at RMIT, Melbourne, Australia.
Michael is a keen traveller. Prior to moving to Melbourne he lived and worked in Vienna, Austria where he gained further experience in the photography industry, specifically in managing digital workflow and professional retouching.
Email: michael@miphotodesign.com
Website: www.miphotodesign.com |
