Ping Pong is a playfull action/reaction game. It is about speed and precision, and it’s great fun. For every ping there is a pong.
PING PONG is the title of LOTTERMANN AND FUENTES’ third exhibition, their first one in L.A. Originally from Frankfurt, Germany, the two photographers regulary work together as a team. Double trouble.
For PING PONG they joined forces with their Berlin gallerist, Kirsten Hermann, founder of Galerie für Moderne Fotografie.
For this project LOTTERMANN AND FUENTES sent e-mails to photographers they admire -- friends, acquaintances, and strangers -- each with one of their specially selected photos. The colleagues on their part were asked to respond with a picture, be it newly taken or chosen from their existing body of work.
PING PONG is the title of LOTTERMANN AND FUENTES’ third exhibition, their first one in L.A. Originally from Frankfurt, Germany, the two photographers regulary work together as a team. Double trouble.
For PING PONG they joined forces with their Berlin gallerist, Kirsten Hermann, founder of Galerie für Moderne Fotografie.
For this project LOTTERMANN AND FUENTES sent e-mails to photographers they admire -- friends, acquaintances, and strangers -- each with one of their specially selected photos. The colleagues on their part were asked to respond with a picture, be it newly taken or chosen from their existing body of work.
The resulting dialogues are lighthearted, touching, and often downright hilarious. What connects every pair of images is often the overall composition or a detail like a colour or a shape. Sometimes they relate in a rather methaphorical, and sometimes in a very literal manner. Blue and blue, two and two, Frau and Sau.
PING PONG is about what is the core of photography: wordless communication.
Text: Anne Waak
PING PONG is about what is the core of photography: wordless communication.
Text: Anne Waak