Burkhard Thomann

For Burkhard Thomann Photography incorporates two viewpoints. The internationally accredited building surveyor uses photography in one aspect to present objective evidence for complex circumstances, in the other he ventures as photographer into the world of artistic observations to capture, in very subjective way, his view of a motive in a snapshot.

Burkhard Thomann was born in 1957 and raised in Frankfurt am Main. Early on he was fascinated by the urban development measure of this city. The building sites, secured by the office for historic preservation for difficult archeological excavations, had the attention of his Camera, as well as the demure skyscrapers in progress with their unimaginable martial and equipment expenses.

Over 2 million pictures substantiate his technical and photographical knowledge in the area of pure documentation. Alongside he developed an artistic view for the aesthetics of his photographic images, which distinguishes him today as professional Photographer. For Example, he took pictures of scenes in the Theater and at large events in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Archangelsk, Narjan-Mar, Sotschi and Kysyl, for which he is very grateful to his partner in Russia – art laboratoria «BULGAKOVA», the organizer of major creative projects across the country and worldwide. He was also inspired to capture images during his travels to Russia, Italy, South America, France, Georgia, Finland, Tuwa and Bulgaria, which not only testified to the cordiality of the people who live there, but also to the beauty of the landscape in the singularity of the moment. It appealed to him to capture the images of the many analogies which ensued from historical, geographical, social, religious as well as political contexts.

The idea for the exhibition «Two Worlds, One Moment» was born during the tour of Tuva which took place in the context of the archaeological expedition «Kyzyl-Kuragino» of the Russian geographical society and became one of the most beautiful impressions of his life. The pictures tell the tale of magic and history of the Celts and Scythians in view of today's time. Simultaneously the pictures allow a View into the diverse cultures and nations, which when looked closely have many similarities.