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04/21/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/21/2021 07:17

Leica Gallery Wetzlar is presenting Arrivals and Departures, an exhibition by the Danish photographer Jacob Aue Sobol

The Arrivals and Departures series by Danish photographer Jacob Aue Sobol (born 1976), was produced during his trip from Moscow to Beijing, on the Trans-Siberian Railway. However, there were virtually no opportunities to take pictures along the way, and the atmosphere on the train did not live up to Sobol's expectations. Consequently, he decided to spend a couple of days respectively in Moscow, Ulaanbaatar and Beijing. He was inspired by many new impressions, and photographed landscapes, street scenes and, above all, people he met at the time. Sobol's motifs are powerful and emotional; his portraits in particular seem radical and direct. Closely cropped, the images convey a familiarity and often intimate closeness with his new friends. For the photographer, the journey through Russia, Mongolia and China was also a journey to his own self. At the same time, Sobol sees the motifs as an invitation to the viewer to consider the images as a reflection of one's own feelings.

For Sobol's expressive, high-contrast black and white imagery, revealed in his landscape motifs and portraits, the Leica M Monochrom, which he used for the first time in 2012, turned out to be the perfect travel companion. The photographer effortlessly succeeded in continuing to produce his unique, raw aesthetics, but now in digital format.

Born in Copenhagen in 1976, Jacob Aue Sobol attended Fatamorgana, the Danish School of Photography and Visual Arts, as of 1998, after completing his studies at the European Film College. He has lived in Greenland, Guatemala and Tokyo, and began working in Bangkok and Copenhagen as of 2008. The series he developed in these countries have been exhibited internationally and published in photo books. He became a nominee for the Magnum Photos Agency in 2007, and a full member in 2012. In 2008, he received the European Publishers Award for Photography for the book, I, Tokyo.

Current information on the opening hours of the exhibition ' Arrivals and Departures' can be found on the Leica homepage: https://uk.leica-camera.com/Leica-Galleries/Leica-Gallery-Wetzlar/About-us-Gallery-Wetzlar

An interview with Jacob Aue Sobol about his exhibition can be found on Leica's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Mrleicacamera

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