Hans Stoll
Bio
He has exhibited individually in more than 10 opportunities and participated in 20 group exhibitions, showing his work in Lima, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, New York, Santiago, Bahía, San José, Bogotá and Frankfurt, Dubai, Singapore, Peking, Seoul, Sydney, Tokyo and Brasilia. Stoll has also participated in ArtLima, ArtBo, Scope Miami, Lima Photo, Buenos Aires Photo, Pinta Nueva York, Parc Lima, Positions Berlin, Photo Basel and Maco. His work has been selected for prestigious prizes in Latin-American, such as Petrobras – Buenos Aires Photo (2009), and Repsol – Lima Photo (2011, 2012 and 2013). His photographic work is part of the collection of the Deutsche Bank New York and also of renowned private collections, as the Jan Mulder Photographic Collection.
Statement
Stoll´s work has his basis in the traditional principles of the photographic medium. He wields his capacity in composition and an impeccable handling of light as his principal elements. He sets out to capture images, reacting spontaneously to those visual impulses which come his way, concocting practically in no time a new image, with the elements which spring up before his lens, obtaining in this way the best results out of natural light. His work might be defined as visual architecture displaying an awareness of the place, which has as starting point the construction of austere images of a formal aspect. Be it in portrait as well as in natural and urban landscape –genres that he reviews constantly- his images flow functional and naturally, giving birth to moments of contemplation and reflection on contemporary events.
