I take photographs and write. Nature is the protagonist of my images. I seek to capture its vitality, poetry, fragility, darkness, and beauty in my photographs. With my images, I explore the boundaries between the visible, associations, and the inner self. Different lighting moods create an atmosphere of poetry and melancholy; the interplay of sharpness and blur enhances colour perception and reveals the uniqueness of fleeting moments. My photographs are not meant to turn the viewer into a distant observer of nature but to draw them into it.

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I often use liquids and grease on the lens. This allows me to capture the hazy, shimmering, random, and ever-moving essence of nature. Shapes and colours blend with light to create a glowing effect. Inspired by the art historical term "sfumato," I call my photographs "sfumatographies." Visible traces of grease, grainy areas, or smudges are part of my work and are deliberately not retouched.

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My images are usually intuitively understood for what they are: fleeting and beautiful, but also dark moments within and around us. My photographs are an invitation to open up to life—even when one feels uncertain, ungrounded, or formless. They offer an opportunity for identification.

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Each image is accompanied by a poem, forming a complete work. My writing explores themes of longing, becoming, hoping, loving, brief moments of beauty, fearing, finding, and losing oneself. Every photograph is produced as a unique piece, signed directly on the photo.

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About

Ulrike Pichl was born in 1985 in Nuremberg, Germany. She studied Communication Design and earned her degree in Photography at the University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg. She began photographing nature in 2019, and since 2023, her work has been shown at art fairs and exhibitions. She is a member of two art associations and collaborates with Sam and Ross Art Gallery and Whatifnot Gallery. In 2025, she will exhibit selected works in Innsbruck, Paris, Madrid, Nuremberg, and Bayreuth. In 2024, she received two Honourable Mentions at the Annual Photography Award for Am Grund and Du bist aus Licht gebaut.

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www.ulrikesabinechrista.de