Click on the thumbnail to view the image. Click on the image for a larger view and information.

 

​

While photographs are valued for their depictive potential and representative content, the non-depictive, non-representational aspects of photographic works are also strongly related to their aesthetic significance. In this spirit, art photography has always aimed for the unity of form and content. Abstract photography has gone even further, celebrating abstract compositions for their own sake, without the need for appreciating or even recognising depictive content in the images. Turning a photograph upside down tends to strip it of its representative function because the depicted scene and objects are difficult, if not impossible, to recognise when the image is turned on its side or upside down. However, the formal, compositional aspects of photographs become more pronounced in this manner, as our attention is directed away from scene and object recognition. In our Upside down exhibition, we aim to showcase photographs that are indeed turned upside down. Any photograph is eligible if the artist is willing to present it in this unconventional way. Abstract photographs might be considered the most suitable candidates for this experimental exhibiting method, but there are many depictive works as well whose compositional qualities might also be appreciated in novel ways when turned upside down. This allows us to liberate ourselves from scrutinizing and concentrating solely on their representational content. Landscapes, bodyscapes, symmetrical compositions, and even architectural and street photography may be excellent candidates for presenting images upside down, but photographs from other genres have also been considered for this exhibition.

​​

​

Curator's choice

Elsa Faudé: Untitled, Latence, 5

​

Honourable mentions

Tamás Barta: Untitled

Serhii Diedushev: Reflections of Light

Ilya Trofimenko: Transition 241109

​

Exhibiting photographers

 

​Bela Balog (Budapest, Hungary), Tamás Barta (Budapest, Hungary), Roxana Constantinescu (Bucharest, Romania), Paul Delpani (Ascona, Switzerland), Frédéric Deschênes (Montréal, Québec, Canada), Serhii Diedushev (Kriviy Rig, Ukraine), Todd Dieringer (Akron, OH, USA), Elsa Faudé (Barcelona, Spain), Sari Fried-Fiori (Katy, TX, USA), László Gálos (Salgótarján, Hungary), Roger Gottlieb (Port Jervis, NY, USA), Kylo-Patrick Hart (Aledo, TX, USA), Leena Holmström (Finland, Oulu), Don Kline (Baltimore, MD, USA), Iveta Lazdina (Sigulda, Latvia), Andrea London (New York, NY, USA), Richard Luxton (Bristol, UK), Dan McCormack (Accord, NY, USA), Robert Morrissey (Portland, OR, USA), Fern L. Nesson (Cambridge, MA, USA), OSTER+KOEZLE (Velbert, Germany), Hartmut Rieg (Karlsruhe, Germany), Karen Safer (Playa del Rey, CA, USA), Vethan Sautour (Vienna, Austria), Wright Schickli (Palo Alto, CA, USA), Fleur Schim (Encinitas, CA, USA), Todd Stuart (Oxford, OH, USA), Johnny Sutton (Wichita, KS, USA), Ilona Szekeres (Budapest, Hungary), Róbert Tasnádi (Budapest, Hungary), Ilya Trofimenko (Dresden, Germany), Rainer Würth (Faja Grande, Flores Island, Azores, Portugal)

​

Please click on the names to see contact information (website or e-mail) where available.

​​​​