Artist Index: Orlopp, Detlef

Rocky landscape. 1964. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print. 29 x 39,3 cm. Mounted to board, signed and dated by the photographer in felt-tip pen below image on mount; photographer's /copyright stamp on mount verso.

Detlef Orlopp's body of photographic work is dedicated to the vivid diversity of landscapes and faces. In the mid-1950s, Detlef Orlopp studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Saarbrücken under Otto Steinert. Initially, the experimental methods and artistic concepts of the initiator of “Subjective Photography” greatly influenced him. However, Orlopp soon began to develop his own approach, transforming the surface of the landscape into a constructed and reduced image, without losing sight of the object. Mountain formations, icebergs and water surfaces, but also faces, are the recurring motifs in his work. From 1961-2000 he taught at and was a professor at the Werkkunstschule Krefeld. – A few pit marks in right area, otherwise a strong tonal print in very good condition.

Landscape. Circa 1965-70. Vintage gelatin silver print. 49,5 x 59 cm.

A few light handling marks, small fold mark in upper sky area, light traces of previous mounting on the verso, otherwise a strong tonal print in very good condition.

Provenance: Prof. Dr. Wember, Krefeld.

Exhibition: Detlef Orlopp. Fotografien. Galerie Ruth Nohl, Siegen, Sept. 27 - Oct. 25, 1968.

Lit.: Detlef Orlopp. Fotografien (exhibition catalogue). Galerie Ruth Nohl, Siegen 1968.