Shanghai cityscape
Rüdiger J.
Vogel
About this photograph :
Shanghai cityscape
Like a fictional "city of tomorrow" in the future, Shanghai appears lightly calm and futuristic on a cold and sunny January morning in 2009. The Huangpu River passes in front of the third highest freestanding tower in the world, the "Oriental Pearl Tower," and flows through the city, emptying into the Yangtze River Delta. The colours of this otherwise pulsating and vibrant Chinese metropolis appear unobtrusive. They fade and almost vanish into thin air.
About the artist :
Rüdiger J.
Vogel
Rüdiger J. Vogel was born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1975. He discovered his passion for photography early, during his youth. He successfully graduated from an apprenticeship in photography, at a professional advertising photo and post production studio in Stuttgart, following on naturally from this passion. Since 2001 he has worked as a freelance photographer within the domains of fashion, architecture, industrial and landscape.
His portfolio shows melancholic, often surreal landscapes in nature, as well as in the town. Rüdiger J. Vogel travels all over the world to capture these special photographic moments. Shanghai, Paris, Cape Town, San Francisco and New York are just a few destinations that his career has taken him to. Despite his many projects abroad, he never loses sight of his local environment. Straight, clear and free of pomp, his pictures inspire the beholder’s primary instinct for the desire for serenity. Another area of his work can be seen in his emotive photographs of characters for world-wide campaigns. Regardless of whether produced in a studio or under extreme conditions such as the hot desert sun of Arizona, Rüdiger J. Vogel's style of photography captures the very essence of the various cultures and emotions of the people that he observes.
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