Ralph Gräf

In fall 2006, my scientific career as a cell biologist brought me from Munich to Potsdam near Berlin. Photography has escorted me through my whole adulthood. I want to stimulate the imagination of the viewer and to tell a story that emotionally touches him, since sensing emotions is the prerequisite to keep pictures sticking in the viewer's mind. I prefer available light and clearly composed pictures with a discreetly arranged motive. I like working with a series concept in mind that makes the photos more suitable for exhibitions and photo books. It is difficult to state names of other artists, who have inspired me, since there are many. You may get inspirations by any picture you are watching. I try not not copy somebodies style but to find and create an own one. Among my favorite photographers are Gregory Crewdson, Nadav Kander, Andreas Gursky, Wim Wenders, and Peter Bialobrzeski, just to name a few. Since 2010 I presented my photographic projects in fourteen well-acclaimed exhibitions in Berlin, Potsdam, Munich, Frankfurt/M., Neubrandenburg, Milano, Athens and Gorzów Wielkopolski. Many photos won prizes or were shortlisted in national and international photo contests, such as the Sony World Photography Award, where I won the travel category and the Germany National Award in 2017 or the Siena "Creative Photo Award" where I won the Pangea award (1st prize) in the "conceptual" category in 2020. All my projects are displayed on my website.