WERNER MANSHOLT - FOTOGRAFIE Liebigstr. 13 - D - 64293 Darmstadt Tel. (mobil) 0049 170 901 3825 email: w-mansholt@t-online.de www.werner-mansholt.de CV: I am a Germany based photographer, living in Darmstadt and studied photography in workshops with well-known photographers such as Arno R. Minkkinen, Anja Niedringhaus, Martino Marangoni, Wolfgang Zurborn, Andreas Herzau, Eva Leitolf, Celina Lunsford, Philipp Blenkinsop, Kadir v. Lohuizen, Jo Ractliffe, Simon Norfolk (Masterclass). My work has been exhibited in Arles/ France, Prague/Czech, Lodz/Poland, Tbilisi/Georgia, Helsinki/Finland and Germany (Berlin, Hamburg, Darmstadt, Cologne etc.) and was internationally published in magazines, calendars, catalogues and newspapers (DIE ZEIT Zeit-online.de, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, LEICA FOTOGRAFIE INTERNATIONAL etc.) Statement: It is a worldwide phenomenon that people want to leave markings of their presence. In the past in Africa or Australia has been found paintings or handprints in caves or at holy places. In our days all around the world lovers have unique ways of showing their affection for one another, mostly on walls or trees. But few are as sweet and enduring as the act of locking a couple’s love with a padlock and throwing away the keys. Or taking photographs and pin them on the wall. . All pictures are telling little stories about love and desire, about time and not least myself. The photographs were taken in Portugal, Germany, Greece, Burma and Australia. The series is titled: „I was here“.
