ART BOOKS
UBC CONCRETE - AXEL BREUTIGAM
RELEASED IN 2023 hard cover book Available At Amazon.com
A photo book about a different side of the University of British Columbia's' Campus. Not a high glossy advertising brochure but photos of a satisfying artistic scenery. Many of the older buildings were built in the 1970's, not always appealing to the eye but to incarnate functionality. Concrete was the main building material - and there is a certain beauty of that.Captured in black and white the photographs emphasize an atmospheric emptiness. Giving space and putting things into a reductive perspective allows the viewer to focus on shapes, surfaces and the often overlooked beauty of urban environments.Simply through artistic presentation.
EXPLORING URBAN FORMS — AXEL BREUTIGAM
RELEASED IN 2016 hard cover book Available at amazon.com
After a long and successful career as an attorney and CPA in his native Hamburg, Germany, Axel Breutigam sold his company and relocated to Vancouver, BC to pursue his lifelong passion of photography. Despite the brevity of his artistic career, Breutigam has established himself as an emerging black and white photographer with a distinct and technically sophisticated style. Intriguing perspectives, bold lighting and abstract geometric shapes are characteristic of his evocative, timeless compositions. His journey can be experienced through these unique photographic motifs. His interplay between the representational and the abstract is intriguing as well as artistic. We invite you to explore the world of urban forms through the eyes of a photographer who speaks the language of black and white photography with his own clear voice and genre.
PORTLAND: LIVING WITH BRIDGES — AXEL BREUTIGAM
released in 2016 hard cover book Available at Amazon.com
Fine art Black & White images with an editorial touch; Emphasizing the beauty of Portland's bridges as well as pointing out how obtrusive they can be when living and working spaces have been built very close to these bridges.
SOLITUDE: IN THE DESERT AND BEYOND — AXEL BREUTIGAM
hard cover book available at amazon.com
A selection of fine art Black & White images taken in the California desert, at the North American Pacific Coast, in the Canadian Prairies, in Iceland and in Hamburg, Germany.