Jeudi 15 Janvier 2015 14:46:09 par actuphoto dans Expositions

Arkhangelsk, Russia, 155 miles off the polar circle. Hamburg based photographer André Lützen visited a city, where everyday life is determined by icy temperatures, long nights and extreme climate. „If the climate defines the way of life, if long and cold winters govern the rhythm and one grows up within these conditions, the climate does not seem as extreme“, tells Lützen. „The people who live here have their ways to plan their daily routine. They think about how to organise, how long to stay outside soon to return to a well-tempered room.“

André Lützen Portrait Natasha, Archangelsk, Russland, 2013

In his photographic work, Lützen attends to these rooms and their inhabitants: „For our western eyes a city of timberhouses and buildings made with precast concrete slabs in the snow seems dreary. But it is not, since its residents move and treat each other differently. The cold brings the people together. The individualisation, which determines our society, is not that distinctive there. Helping each other is more common.“