The bigger, the better!
The brightest artificial sun, the largest aircraft –photography project depicts Germany’s superlatives. See some fascinating images.
Germany. They gain access to unusual places and only unpack their cameras when they discover something really big: in 2016, Edda Fahrenhorst from the Fotogloria agency and photographer Christoph Morlinghaus started the photo project Superlative – Made in Germany.
Ms Fahrenhorst and Mr Morlinghaus, what do you want your pictures to convey?
Edda Fahrenhorst: Our Superlative – Made in Germany project is designed to provide an artistic-photographic view of the current state-of-the-art in Germany’s economy and society. We approach the topic from numerous angles, with the highest possible level of photographic expertise, but never with the aim of completeness.
What are your selection criteria?
Fahrenhorst: We have a catalogue of topics which we have subdivided into areas such as energy, logistics, culture, agriculture or religion. Meanwhile we have already photographed 35 superlatives. They are gradually falling into place to form a large-scale overview.
Morlinghaus: I’m working exclusively with a large-format camera on 8x10 colour negative film for the project. So I can capture big things with big images. The bigger the place, and the more complex the visual plane, the better.
Which superlatives have impressed you most so far?
Morlinghaus: For sure, the operating room at the Helios-Endo Klinik in Hamburg. We were allowed to take photographs during the many operations that were being performed parallel. It was incredible, processing all the sensory impressions and transforming them into an image.
What is happening next in the project?
Fahrenhorst and Morlinghaus: We’re looking forward to the first exhibition which will be shown at the photo festival ‘horizonte zingst’ and starts at the end of May. And we’re continuing our work on the project – there are still so many fantastic superlatives to be discovered. And we’re always open to new ideas.
