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erste.reihe Gallery showroom #1 during the exhibition “Poetry of Coincidence”

Did you miss Marco’s photo exhibition “Poetry of Coincidence / Poesie des Zufalls” last December? While we can’t recreate the wonderful atmosphere and great talks that we had during the exhibition, we can still share the images with you.

The gallery erste.reihe is now representing Marco’s limited framed print series and will ship it directly to your doorstep.

Please check out the online gallery page to the fine art series, or visit the gallery in person when you are in the area (Address: Schlankreye 71 in Hamburg, Germany)

The erste.reihe gallery is conveniently located close to Subway Station Hoheluftbruecke in Hamburg.

erste.reihe Gallery showroom #2 during the exhibition “Poetry of Coincidence”

Poetry of Coincidence / Poesie des Zufalls - Marco Larousse photo exhibition

Poetry of Coincidence (Poesie des Zufalls in German) is a photo project that I have been working on for more than 10 years.

The ever increasing popularity of smartphones seem to make people less aware of the beauty and special moments that surround them every day. "Reality" is mainly consumed through instagram and facebook feeds that other people throw into their timeline.

In this series I focus on the unposed, spontaneous, and special moments that surround us every day and only last for 1/1000s.

These moments happen purely coincidental and tell a story. To me, they are like a single frame cut out from a film-reel of a Hollywood blockbuster. Not knowing what happened before, or what happened after that single frame, I would like for the viewers to explore the images and make up their own stories to the frames.

The series is exhibited at "erstereihe.hamburg" gallery between November 21st and December 7th, 2019.

Here is a quick video of the preparation for the exhibition:

Preceding the opening of a photo exhibition there is a lot of work involved. Image selection, editing, and printing should be taken care of long before the vernissage. But even when the frames and prints are delivered at the gallery there is still a lot of time involved in the framing and hanging process.

The exhibition started with a vernissage on a Thursday evening and was preceded by coverage from the main local TV station in Hamburg. And despite the rain and cold temperatures at the evening of the vernissage, the gallery was heavily frequented and the exhibition received a lot of positive feedback.

Vernissage opening speech by Marco Larousse - photo credit: Pasa Toskic

Time to enjoy the 30 prints of the exhibition - photo credit: Pasa Toskic

The audience takes time to discover each story behind the prints - photo credit: Pasa Toskic

Art needs to be discussed and enjoyed, too

At the evening of the busy vernissage, not all images could be thoroughly enjoyed and not all questions could be answered by me. Therefore we decided to offer an artist talk on Thursday, November 28th for those who wanted to find out more about the images and the photographer behind them. - photo credit: Pasa Toskic

The exhibition finissage is on December 7th between 15h - 18h.

Hay Barns (Heuschober) Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Limited Fine Art Print Series

The subject of haystacks as art came to my attention through the work of Claude Monet.

During one of my visits to the Alps the abundant presence of old hay barns (Heuschober) in the Bavarian town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen inspired me to interprete Monet’s haystack paintings in a new way by producing a black and white fine art photo series of these historic structures.

Some of these hay barns are over 100 years old and each of them is unique. The weathered wood, skew-whiff structure, and the sporadic presence of trees growing beside them make them one of a kind structures that are as unique as a fingerprint.

These hay barns also document how agriculture was run by small scale family farms in this region and that industrial farming still has no space here today.

The nine images were captured during snow storm conditions as these portraits properly express the harsh environment that had to be conquered when living and farming in this region.

The images are offered as a limited original artist print & signed edition - each image is printed on fine art paper framed in museum quality wooden frames with Optiwhite matt/glossy glass.