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Photography, and only photography, can
more or less visualize rapid motion
sequences. Regardless of the length of
exposure, individual moments or the sum
of many moments can be depicted.
For my pictures, in addition to the choice
of
cut, the selection of length of exposure
–
from a short time (1/500 s) to a long
time (30 s) – plays a decisive role. In
the
search for “my” image, I leaf through
copies
of instant prints (Polaroids) to fine
the “right” exposure time. The fact that
with each time
change new, different
pictures develop, that
a few shapes
become visible and others
become
invisible again is part of the creative
process and makes this topic so
fascinating. |
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In my search (throughout Austria) for
“water pictures”, I soon saw, smelled and
felt that not every photographically
“good” stream was a “clean” one. In 1983
Otto Breicha (Rupertinum Salzburg)
wrote in my first exhibition catalogue:
“Oczlon came across the environmental
protectionist mindset by taking a
round-about way via photography”. In fact,
it was then that I began to classify my
pictures into respective water quality classes
according to the current status of land water
authorities. And thus: quality class 1
(drinking water quality) to quality class 5
(dead – no living organisms).
Walter Oczlon, 2003 |
