For the worldwide launch of the first Fine Art inkjet paper made from bamboo fibres, Hahnemuehle works together with the well-known photographer Justin Guariglia. His internationally sought-after spiritual images from Shaolin Temple in China will be showed around the world in a traveling exhibition and printed on Bamboo’s product green box.
The oldest German art paper mill has succeeded in developing a premium, soft Fine Art paper from ultra-pure bamboo fibres and pure spring water. The natural white paper with a warm tone combines spiritual photography with environmental considerations. This paper opens up a entirely new artistic and spiritual dimension in Fine Art printing. Bamboo 290 is the 23rd paper from the international award-winning Hahnemuehle Digital FineArt Collection and renders the sensual connection between art and paper in a palpable and visible way.
Justin Guariglia on the new paper: “When the Aperture Foundation approached me to create an international traveling exhibition of our book Shaolin: Temple of Zen, I turned to Hahnemuehle for a paper that would reflect the spirit of the project. The Bamboo 290 paper was my immediate first choice. Its beautiful warmth and texture imbues every print with an unsurpassed feeling of intimacy and energy. These qualities allow us to accurately share the sacred and sublime spirit of this fifteen-hundred year old Chinese Zen temple with audiences around the world."
The traveling exhibition “Shaolin: Temple of Zen”, organised by the American Aperture Foundation and supported by Hahnemuehle, will be on tour in the USA and later in Europe from 2008 to 2011. The first stages are Los Angeles, in February and March 2008, and Washington DC from June to September 2008.
For further information on the photographer and the Aperture Foundation visit: www.guariglia-chen.com and www.aperture.org
Allegories & Macabresques is eighteen portraits (2004-2007) introducing David Lynch holding a hen, Mads Mikkelsen watching an embrio of a little cat, Jan Peszek over and old watch or Jerzy Urban with a naked woman and a Cuban cigar. The presented collection is an effect of a struggle of the author with a message of Portugese proverb that says: Those who see faces do not see hearts. It is also a summary of three years of international work.
Opening of the exhibition and vernisage begins at September, 7th 2007, in Lipinski Gallery in Warsaw. It is organised by Reinhold and European Academy of Photography and sponsored by Epson and Hahnemuehle who provide materials and Book & Art preparing the highest quality archival gallery prints ever known. The exhibit will last till September, 28th and in the same time will be shown in Warsaw’s subway gallery. After that it will be shown in Copenhagen, Milan, Cracow and later in Skopie, Tetovo, Poznan, Amsterdam and other galleries across Europe.
“Before choosing Hahnemuehle Photo Rag® 460 I have made several print tests on other professional papers. What persuaded me to use PhotoRag® was the possibility to obtain a great depth of the dark tones - especially with the black & white images. My photographs are usually dark, therefore the quality of the details in the low spectrum is crucial. I have noticed that the prints on Photo Rag® paper do not reveal any reflections of light in the dark areas even when looking from a sharp angle - as other papers do. Black is always uniformly black - from any angle. Therefore the low-key images remain deeply dark while keeping details perfectly visible. This is extremely important if you want to enhance the impact and color dynamics of highly-contrasted photographs”, stated photographer Andrzej Dragan.
More information on the artist Andrzej Dragan
The luxemburgian fotoartist Marc Theis accompanied for years the road of various international artists from the music and variete-scene with his special pictures, also famous actors and painters let themselves be "put in scene" by Marc Theis.
With the wonderfull foto-series "New Image Artists" he's going on a europe-wide exhibition-tournee. The premiere of the unique black/white exhibition is on 10. May 2007 in the Maison du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg in Brussels. Berlin and Athens will follow. Portraits of international artists, created and put in scene by Marc Theis own typical light-arrangements. Among those numerous, luxembourgian artists known across borders, like Desiree Nosbusch, Lea Linster, Robert Brandy and many more…
Marc Theis is supported by the south-lower-saxonian Hahnemuehle FineArt. The oldest german artist paper factory is a tradition-rich business that manufactures artpapaers since more than 420 years. Hahnemuehle refines about 40 of these papers for the digital inkjet-print with an innovative Premium-Coating. The Fine Art Fotopapers of the Hahnemuehle are worldwide leading media for optical and above all haptical impressing and longliving Fine Art Prints.
"I'm very delighted to have found a highquality partner with the Hahnemuehle FineArt. The inkjet prints of analogue black/white photographs reach on the genuine artpapers from Hahnemuehle a new dimension, never seen before in photografy. For my exhibition I'm using the Lumijet Photo White Satin from because I'm able to find the desired gray-graduation of my pictures also in the prints, with an outstanding drawing of the shades in between."
As Portrait-Photographer Marc theis has made himself a name, his works have been awarded with numerous prices and commendations, inter alia with the first prize at the worldwide "Nikon-Contest".
1994 nominated as "Chevalier de l'Ordre du Merite du Grand-Duche de Luxembourg.
Further informations about and photos from Marc Theis you can find at: www.marctheis.de
The photographer of MAGNUM agency, Gilles Peress, one of the leading representatives of socially committed reporters, prepared two photo exhibitions especially for the opening of the C/O Berlin Gallery. In his exhibition entitled “Beyond Borders”, Gilles Peress presented photographs depicting the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 in the form of an interactive photograph and book installation. This series was shown alongside other projects realized in Bosnia in the nineties. On the Potsdam Square, also ten selected motifs related to the fall of the Berlin wall were presented on the authentic fragment of the wall. This multi-faceted, vast exhibition project gained great interest and recognition of both the people of Berlin and foreigners who visited it. This interactive project required active participation of visitors and the result exceeded the boldest expectations:
what remained is hundreds of pages recording personal impressions and memories connected with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. They all made up a large book of photos entitled “The Fall”.
The Hahnemühle FineArt GmbH company supported this project by donating the Digital FineArt Papier Photo Rag 308 paper for high quality photograph printing and a related interactive book publication project. ´
Jacques Schumacher, born in 1933, is one of the most renowned German photographers. He has worked for the best-known magazines and advertising agencies across Europe. He was also a visiting lecturer of visual communications in the Fine Arts Academy in Berlin. Over the years, his works have won awards
at more than a dozen individual and collective photo art exhibitions and feature
in many international collections.
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Parfums Edition, Jacques Schumacher presents three works on “Scent Impressions” in the luxury edition of “10 years of Parfums Edition”.
Three works on “Scent Impressions”, signed by Jacques Schumacher, 42 x 60 cm size, on the Hahnemühle FineArt Photo Rag, 308 gsm paper and a hardcover version of Perfumes Edition 2005 printed in 95 copies.
In the whole 150 year history of photography, there haas never been such a variety of paper available to capture photo images.
Hahnemühle FineArt paper definitely belongs to the top rank of materials available. My motto is: “Pictures of light and ink on Hahnemühle FineArt papers open up a completely new dimension of visual sensuality”.
Manfred Kriegelstein MFIAP, artist photographer and writer. With over 1300 honorary citations and awards, he is undoubtedly the most honoured representative of Germany since international photo exhibitions were established. His photographs have been presented in more than 60 exhibitions worldwide: from Buenos Aires to Taipei.
ABC or multiplication table on Hahnemühle paper – teachers and pupils of many primary schools in Zimbabwe enjoy the paper they received from Hahnemühle FineArt GmbH, delivered through the International Aid Fund. They supplied over half a ton of painting and writing paper to African children.
“It is rewarding to see that necessary aid gets there and is well used. I would like to thank you sincerely on behalf of Zimbabwe inhabitants”.
Julia Glaser, Manager of Material Support Department of International Aid Fund/ Internationaler Hilfsfonds e.V.
As a paper manufacturer operating for more than 420 years in the region of Lower Saxony, we support educational activity at pre-schools and schools in Dassel and Einbeck, regularly supplying them with our paper. We also provide paper for painting and handicraft activities to institutions acting for the benefit of children and youth, fulfilling our social commitments in the region. Paper stimulates children to take up creative activities and delights their teachers.
“Now, when the funds for materials needed to play and develop creativity are scarce, we greatly appreciate the approach of the renowned paper manufacturer in the region, who stays attentive to the needs of pre-schools and supports our institution”. As a result, our children are more enthusiastic about painting and handicrafts”.
Roland Klement, Head of Evangelical Pre-school in Einbeck.
“Paper visits the theatre” – under this slogan Hahnemühle FineArt GmbH supported theatrical performances during Gandersheimer Domfestspiele for the first time in 2004. In the health resort of Bad Gandersheim – located close to our company headquarters – the open-air theatre festival has been organized every summer for 46 years. In front of the impressive cathedral, various theatre and recently also opera performances are shown each year.
Hahnemühle also played an important role in them.
Set design and masques were made of the materials donated by our company. During the 2004 season, Hahnemühle paper had its “great show” in the performances of “Parzival” and the „Magic Flute”. Hahnemühle FineArt GmbH will continue to work with the Gandersheimer Domfestspielen, the organizers of the festival, in the years to come.
“I use Hahnemühle paper in many different ways – not only for original drawings and watercolours but also to publish works. As an artist – sometimes unfortunately – I am a perfectionist and therefore I make more demands on the material used. While searching for a proper base to publish his own, original works of art, an artist encounters many limitations particularly in the case of paper, due to its properties such as colour, resistance and printability. I can easily overcome these limitations with Hahnemühle paper and I hope to plunge into the depths of a “new world” with Hahnemühle.
Matto Barfuss, Artist, Cheetah Man, Visionary
