Chargesheimer
Sunday, 24 January 2010
I rarely venture out much. I complain that Vancouver lacks a vibrant nightlife, yet deep down, I know that my voluntary incarceration is due to my poor social skills. It seems that, as the years pass, I have lost my humour. Few enjoy the company of a pessimistic, cynical man. I do not blame them. But I do miss those moments when the night comes alive, when the city undoes its starched-stiff collar and uncorks the wine bottle, when the records play and the skirts swirl to the rhythm…
At the core of Chargesheimer’s photographic oeuvre, alongside portraiture and experimental photography, stands his Street Photography, depictions of street life in Cologne and other cities of post-war Germany… Chargesheimer portrays the everyday life of ordinary people from a radical subjective perspective without a trace of sentimentality. In close succession are found all the basic human emotions and behaviors: love and sadness, cares and conflicts, reflectiveness and high spirits, the dignity of age and the exuberance of youth.
Additional text sourced from Priska Pasquer.