The image: a face.
Mine.
Unvarnished, unguarded.
Close-up
= close responsibility.
Not the art of beauty.
But of trace.
Of guilt, perhaps.
(Or memory,
if one wishes to soften it.)
EN I FR
MATTHIAS KOCH
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A photographic exploration of what continues to constitute a world, even as its foundations have already shifted.
Matthias Koch (b. 1964) is a German photographer based in France (Ardèche). He develops long-term bodies of work in which images address memory, transmission, and the fractures of the present. His practice favors fragments, echoes, and shifts rather than linear storytelling. Several projects unfold in dialogue with writing, including collaborations with philosopher Claude Molzino. His work is presented as series, books, and exhibitions.
Statement
I photograph places and situations where the world remains familiar, yet its historical, symbolic, or affective foundations have already shifted. My series are built over time: I gather images as clues, then shape their resonances rather than imposing a conclusion. The visual language is deliberately restrained, allowing tensions, remnants, and silences to surface. Writing is part of the work: it accompanies the image without explaining it, opening a reading instead of closing it down. Across this constellation of projects, I pursue a simple question: what remains of a world when its certainties begin to fracture?
Selected series
Todtnauberg , A visual investigation into contemporary ideological shifts through historically charged places.
Unheimlichkeit, A visual exploration of the contemporary world in a state of suspension, between crisis, waiting, and survival.
Resonances , A constellation of photographic fragments exploring the echoes between memory, space, and presence.
Exhibitions (selection)
Aubenas — La Ferme, 2026
Vinezac - Point Nommé 2025
Aubenas — Galerie Agapé, 2025
Prints & editions
The works are available as photographic prints, produced according to museum-grade conservation standards.
Series are offered as limited editions or open editions, depending on the projects.
Prints are produced on Fine Art papers using durable pigment-based processes.
Selected series are printed using Piezography, ensuring exceptional tonal depth and archival stability.
Formats, editions, and price list on request.
Contact
Email. matthias.koch@pm.me •. Download Press Kit
Exhibitions 2026 La Ferme Aubenas, 2025-2026 Point Nommé Vinezac, 2025 Prix cinéma de Gréoux-les-Bains, 2025 Chambre O7 Figures d’un Monde en Sursis, 2025 Galérie Agape, Aubenas, France
Publications Print 2024 logbook #1, 2019 Unheimlichkeit (Editions du Tanargue), épuisé, 2018 Figures d’un Monde en Sursis (L’Harmattan) Claude Molzino
Publications Online 2026 The Eye of Photography, Resonances, 2025 Les Cahiers du Tanargues Todtnauberg, 2025 L’Oeil de la Photographie Todtnauberg , 2025 Todtnauberg Mediapart, 2025 Kamira Metamorphosis, 2024 The eternal return, EOH, 2024 L’Oeil de la Photographie Metamorphosis, 2018 Eschaton, Edge of Humanity, 2017 Cimarron oder die rettende Flucht, Kwerfeldein, 2017 Abschied von zu Hause, Kwerfeldein, 2017 The Hard Decision Of Moving A Family Member To An Alzheimer’s Care Home, Edge of Humanity, 2017 Nothing stays like it is, Edge of Humanity, 2016 Eschatologie, Kwerfeldein, 2016 Metamorphosis oder alles wird gut, Kwerfeldein, 2016 Paris, Retrospektive 2015, Kwerfeldein, 2015 Mexikanischer Traum, Kwerfeldein, 2015 Mexikanischer Traum, Kwerfeldein,2015 Transit, Kwerfeldein