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is the brand name representing Andreas Bromba: sophisticated photography that doesn’t pander to fashion.

Modern, compelling, and yet somehow classic.

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Junge Hüpfer

by Andreas Bromba

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2. February 2023
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BMW-Zentrale, München, von Andreas Bromba

münchen minimal – it goes on

by Andreas Bromba

münchen (munich) minimal – the successful berlin minimal series now finds its long-planned continuation: Andreas Bromba has been photographing the Bavarian capital since September 2020. The goal is again: to see the familiar in a new way, to discover one’s own city as well as to overcome contrasts through the minimalist visual language – and of course the joy of art. berlin minimal was photographed with the sensational PolaGraph 35mm film – in other words, analogue. Unfortunately, Polaroid has taken this film, which is very popular with photographers, off the market. Andreas Bromba has therefore modernised its pictorial language and created his own – now digital – template that comes close to the original. In doing so, he deliberately refrained from imitating the coarse-grained and sometimes unpredictable PolaGraph film. In the foreword to the berlin minimal exhibition book, the then Berlin Senator for Culture, Prof. Christoph Stölzl, wrote: “I am certain that these pictures can give their viewers the most beautiful pleasure that art has in store for us: Surprise, amazement, recognition and smiles.”...

13. May 2021
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Mystic Mayan Land

by Andreas Bromba

Mystic Mayan land: Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and the Caribbean Sea – turquoise, green and emerald. These are also the colours of Andreas Bromba’s new photo series. In it, the ancient stone buildings, pyramids and artefacts of the once important Mayan city of Chichén Itzá are also shown in many shades. There are about 30 motifs from September 2019, mostly from Chichén Itzá. In addition, there are further motifs from the Museum of Ethnology in Mexico City, a unique museum worldwide for the ancient peoples of Mesoamerica. Many well-known motifs have been impressing visitors from all over the world here for decades: the “sun wheel” of the Aztecs, creepy goddesses and gods (good models for horror films) or the Olmec heads weighing tons. Mexico is too big – you can’t see everything. The Museum of Ethnology is a good substitute. The museum’s outdoor areas are particularly well done: you think you’re standing in a (primeval) forest. Some motifs were created here, as if in the dense forest of Yucatan – and yet in the middle...

13. May 2021
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Gib niemals auf! Kleiner Junge auf dem Revolutionsplatz

Mexico: documentary photography

by Andreas Bromba

New street and documentary photography from Mexico: A country full of motives and friendly people (and policemen who like to supplement their salary by paying for inexplicable “traffic offences”). Mexico City, Teotihuacan and the Yucatan Peninsula with Chichen Itza: Between picture book and slum – sometimes there is only a street corner in between. This post is also available in: Deutsch (German)

3. February 2020
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berlin minimal

by Andreas Bromba

“I am sure that these paintings can give their viewers the most beautiful pleasure that art has to offer us: Surprise, amazement, recognition and smiles!” [Prof. Dr. Christoph Stölzl, then Vice-President of the Berlin House of Representatives] “The photo series berlin minimal succeeds in a fascinating way in taking a completely new look at the capital. I cordially invite you to get involved in the artistic adventure berlin minimal. I am sure you will discover completely new sides of the city of Berlin and see familiar things with different eyes. [Hans Demant, then CEO of Adam Opel AG] Familiar Berlin buildings are distilled to pared-down motifs, or just a detail is cited. In combination with the unique colouring of Pola Graph film (its tone scale ranges from white and beige to dark brown, generally warm tones), the result is a distinctive aesthetic with a unique visual message. Pola Graph was a special 35mm film from Polaroid. The minimalist approach to photography is apolitical and detached. It leaves the viewer room for their own thoughts and imagination....

3. February 2020
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Once upon a time in Tilsit

by Andreas Bromba

Tilsit? Is not the cheese coming here? Yes, that's right. At least originally. Today the cheese is produced elsewhere. Tilsit was the easternmost city in Germany, directly on the Memel. The people were self-confident citizens of Prussia with a great affection for Queen Louise - Prussia's queen of hearts, as someone once wrote. It tried in the peace of Tilsit 1807 to wrest the French aggressor Napoleon good peace conditions for Prussia. Because of the clumsiness of her husband Friedrich Wilhelm III. not quite worked out, as historians claim. Anyway, it was worth a try. Many celebrities come from Tilsit: the romantic poet Max von Schenkendorf ("The Freedom I mean") and the writer Johannes Bobrowski. The "captain of Köpenick" was initially more of the previously convicted shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt from Tilsit. Also from here comes the musician and actor Armin Müller-Stahl. The 1944er was probably a particularly good year: Two "hidden champions" of music are native Tilsiter: Joachim Fritz Krauledat and Edgar Froese.

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10. September 2019
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König_19 – new pictures of Königsberg-Kaliningrad

by Andreas Bromba

Western and modern, Russian and different, Prussian and old – that is Königsberg and Kaliningrad in one. After five years, Andreas Bromba was back in town, over 1,000 pictures are the result. Here is a selection!

8. September 2019
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new | minimal

by Andreas Bromba

The world on a large scale can be seen quickly – but also on a small scale? Let’s close this gap, let’s look offside! This post is also available in: Deutsch (German)

7. September 2019
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“The photographer lends an aura of mystery to Berlin’s most photographed monuments – an impressive achievement.”

art magazin über "berlin minimal"

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Edgar Froese Tangerine Dream

Portaits

by Andreas Bromba

The human being counts – need we say more about portraits? From analogue with the legendary Polaroid 35mm films to digital technology: Andreas Bromba uses technology only as a tool, not as an end in itself. Black and white is photographed in black and white or intended to be black and white – that’s the only way black and white photography works in the digital age. But colour is also quite nice. Many photographs are from reportages for daily newspapers like Berliner Zeitung, Berliner Morgenpost or die Welt. Others are for artists or bands. Or just because. This post is also available in: Deutsch (German)

13. May 2021
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The city K. – A city awakening
Pictures from Kaliningrad

by Andreas Bromba

Königsberg / Kaliningrad / Kenig City The British bombing in August 1944 of the old East Prussian capital Königsberg, then one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, marked the beginning of its demise. Heavy fighting for the “Königsberg fortress” culminated in its capture by the Red Army on 9 April 1945, followed by days of unchecked atrocities against the remaining German population (approx. 100,000 of the original 380,000 inhabitants). The Soviets unleashed the full force of their vengeance. Then: famine and cholera. Some 25,000 Germans survived. Königsberg became Soviet, but really Russian. There were celebrations and expulsions, there was destruction and demolition, planning and reconstruction. Today, after being off limits for almost 50 years and just 600 kilometres from Berlin, but 1,200 kilometres from Moscow, many Kaliningraders feel closer to the West than to Russia. By a stroke of coincidence or irony, the years 2005/2006 marked a double anniversary: The old Hanseatic City and capital Königsberg, Prussia turned 750. At the same time, it was 60 years (4 July 1946) since the Soviet...

27. February 2018
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“Stereotypes fade and disappear in Andreas Bromba’s photographs. This is a welcome breath of fresh air.”

Berliner Zeitung on "Die Stadt K. - eine Stadt erwacht | Bilder aus Königsberg/Kaliningrad"

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Königsberg/Kaliningrad - schwarzweiß

Königsberg/Kaliningrad

by Andreas Bromba

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27. February 2018
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Königsberg/Kaliningrad squared

by Andreas Bromba

Medium format, Fuji RDP II roll film, 6x6 format – this was the point of departure. The Soviet, then also post-Soviet expanse (or void?) became associated with the square.

27. February 2018
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The city K. – a city awakens: Königsberg and North East Prussia today (Kaliningradskaya Oblast)

by Andreas Bromba

East Prussia, in the countryside, as if time had stood still. There’s still much to be done.

27. February 2018
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sphinx london, die mystische serie

The Mystical Series

by Andreas Bromba

The Mystical Series is a conceptual photo series that aims to show, through special places, artworks and buildings in as many different countries as possible, that there is an “invisible” thread uniting all the peoples of the earth – a kind of archetype that calls to mind the same associations for everyone of a primal spiritual connection and yearning.

27. February 2018
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“Here light becomes an expression of the spiritual...”

Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten on "Die Mystische Serie"

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Other Worlds | TERRRA Total

by Andreas Bromba

The photo series TERRRA TOTAL was created in the 1990s under the title Other Worlds. It is a series of macrophotographs: scenes composed of toys and small everyday objects. Smurfs, plastic skeletons and their friends allegorise the absurdities of life – situations people sometimes quite unexpectedly (and helplessly) find themselves in. After a ten-year hiatus, Andreas Bromba has returned to this series under the new title TERRRA TOTAL. The first TERRRA TOTAL scene is entitled “Treffpunkt N.Y.” (“Point of Impact NY”) and was created in January 2002. The series will be continued. All of the photographs are analogue.

27. February 2018
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The city from below

by Andreas Bromba

Places that are unexpected, beautiful, devoid of beauty. As if someone had suddenly turned off the sound or muted their mobile. We expect noise – we’re in the middle of the city after all. But the setting doesn’t need any sound. It has its own frequency. This is the “city from below”: photographs revealing the other sides of a city, beyond the crowds of tourists and coffee-table-book aesthetic – the “special flavour” that every city has.

27. February 2018
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“...Subjects which, removed from the context of urban action, are free to unfold their own quiet melody.”

Dr. Thomas Piesbergen, curator, on “The city from below”

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