Photographer Pierre Winther

Pierre Winther is the key artist for cinematic storytelling. With all the variety in his subjects, there is a narrative constant that transcends the static motif. Whether it's the innocent man with the bomb-belt, the Japanese women with their messed-up make-up on a double bed, or simply the protagonist staring into the camera lens, as if he wanted to say: "I've got a surprise for you!" - the photo artist's works appear to be details from a larger picture, which the observer can only try to imagine.
The motifs only nurture our curiosity. It's about those moments that are one step ahead of our imagination, tragicomically imbued with black humor and the grotesque emotionality of naïveté or eroticism in a violent environment. Pierre Winther challenges and deconstructs value systems and brings the starkest contrasts together, as if they had always belonged that way. The most dramatic events often unfold with a seeming casualness in the background, taking irritation and provocation to extremes.

                                         >>>Pierre Winther