Barbara Probst | |
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 Barbara Probst at the opening of "still life, obstinacy of things" at Kunsthaus Wien | |
| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
| Known for | Photography |
| Movement | Contemporary Art |
Barbara Probst (born 1964) is a contemporary artist whose photographic work consists of multiple images of a single scene, shot simultaneously with several cameras via a radio-controlled system. Using a mix of color and black-and-white film, she poses her subjects, positioning each lens at a different angle, and then triggers the cameras’ shutters all at once, creating tableaux of two or more individually framed images. Although the pictures are of the same subject and are taken at the same instant, they provide a range of perspectives.[1] She lives and works in both New York City and Munich.[2] She relocated to New York City in 1997.[3]
- ^ "New Photography 2006: Jonathan Monk, Barbara Probst, Jules Spinatsch". moma.org. Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
German artist Barbara Probst experiments with the temporality and point of view of the shot/counter-shot technique of film by presenting multiple photographs of one scene shot simultaneously with several cameras via a radio-controlled release system.
- ^ Jenkins, Mark (May 20, 2011). "Barbara Probst's 'Exposures' photographs: Stimulating serendipity". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
The German-born photographer, who divides her time between New York and Munich, leaves little to chance.
- ^ Irvine, Karen (April 6, 2007). "Dissected Moments". mocp.org. Museum of Contemporary Photography. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
Born in Munich in 1964, she moved to New York in 1997 on a fellowship, staying on to pursue further professional opportunities and to be with the man who became her husband.