Potsdam Petrol Stations
"Brightly lit and colourful, islands with a touch of alienation, a sense of loneliness, but busy and strangely awake in the quiet dark of the urban sleep - petrol stations at night. This Hopperesque quality of atmosphere has always been extremely fascinating to me.
In November 2008 I decided to photograph the gas-stations in my hometown Potsdam. Each of the 8 local petrol stations portrayed with only one single picture.
These eight photographs fit exactly onto one role of medium format film, exposed with my 6x9cm camera (Arca Swiss / Fuji Provia 100F).
After processing I kept the film uncut and it shows now a beautiful 75cm long sequence of that chilling but intriguing, populated but anonymous nocturnal atmosphere." Klaus Hellenthal
The photographer Klaus Hellenthal (*1961) lives in Potsdam, Germany. His work focuses mainly on the decay of technical architecture. He works in colour and b+w.
By: Klaus Hellenthal (Germany)
6x9 view-camera
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