RAW MOMENTS

Close-up of a partially peeled green apple with a red stem against a black background.

AUF SCHMALEN PFADEN INS HINTERLAND

OKU NO HOSOMICHI” (奥の細道)

Sparse dry grass and a few small orange flowers in a snowy landscape.

the MESSAGE of a photograph only becomes apparent when it is viewed in its context

A modern art gallery with white walls and gray tiled floors, displaying landscape photographs and paintings.

HALBZEIT

Art in public spaces, Hamburg

Black and white street view at night with illuminated portraits of people on display, including a woman and a man, on the side of a modern building with glass windows and metal framework.

Photographer Michael Korte photographed 50 50-year-olds on the streets of Hamburg. The images were not retouched. The photographer used only light and shadow to interpret his subjects. The result is 50 very impressive and expressive images that portray this age group honestly, respectfully and eloquently.

Ein Dorf zeigt sich

A person walking a dog on a leash along a paved pathway in a green park area with trees and a house in the background.

room installation

The project ‘Ein Dorf zeigt sich’ (A Village Shows Itself) uses public space to create new encounters. To communicate. To discover common ground and bridge divides.

Line of Sight

World map showing the paths of four different signals originating from different points across the globe, marked with colored lines in yellow, green, red, and blue.

Michael Korte drills conceptual holes in walls, looks closely through these holes, travels with his camera to a specific distant location on this specific axis, takes a photo there and returns with an image, which he then hangs on the original wall..

A collage of numerous photographs depicting various scenes of people, animals, and activities in Germany, with German text on the bottom reading 'Menschen und ihre Geschichten in Deutschland, heute'.

Deutschland erfahren

‘The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in seeing with new eyes!’

-Marcel Proust-

Schön, Euch gesehen zu haben!

View of an empty wooden chair facing into a well-stocked wine cellar or bar, seen through an open door.

For more than 20 years, the "Brücke"Bogeteria has been like my home. And when I sat outside in the sun with a glass of wine or a gin tonic, it always felt like a little holiday to me. Getting to know you and chatting with you made this time special.

As a photographer, I started placing a chair on the Bogeteria's doorstep and asking you to sit down for a moment so I could take a picture of you with my camera. The Bogeteria is ideal for my style of portraits, as the natural daylight usually fell softly on your faces and the room disappeared into the darkness as a backdrop. All I had to do was develop the pictures digitally without having to edit them.