Untitled #2, Ruud van Empel, 2004

polyester, h 1200mm × w 843mm × d 3.5cm More details
© Ruud van Empel

Before becoming a photographer, Van Empel was a set designer for television. A similar staging strategy underlies his photography projects. He cuts various fragments from many photographs, which he then assembles digitally into a completely new image. Photography is a form of photoshopping: with the images from the visible world, the photographer creates his own, almost surreal, ‘painted’ reality.