Acoustic images / sound absorbers

PHOTOPAINTINGS "LOVE AFFAIR"

Limited and numbered edition of 50

The acoustic images of the "Love Affair" series combine photography, design and function.

Improvement in sound insulation
Reduction of reverb & reverberation
Noise reduction (sound pressure)
Improvement of the room acoustics
Creating a pleasant room sound

All photographs were taken with the smartphone camera.

Photographic concept:
The start of Markus Schaub's photo series was 2017. All pictures were taken with his iPhone 6. The subjects are enlarged to the respective format according to the 4:3 image ratio of the smartphone, unedited. "For me, the smartphone camera is like a brush that I can use as a simple instrument. This gives me the opportunity to concentrate on the motifs and not to be dependent on an elaborate photographic technique". The pictures taken show mirrored rooms, landscapes and atmospheric pictorial content, which through their poetic play of colours and forms allow a diverse reading.

Markus Schaub says the following about the concept: "Using a smartphone to find images that are only available for a short time, for example when I am very close to an object or am photographing through something, is a joyful discovery of the otherwise invisible. In addition, the images are in deliberate contrast to the selfie shots otherwise taken with smartphone cameras, which are produced in dizzying numbers every day all over the world". Markus Schaub calls the pictures a hybrid of photography and painting, which is why he chose the term photopaintings for the series. As all works tell their own but not conclusive atmospheric and poetic story, they are also suitable as a combination of several pictures that interact with each other.