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Shadowland, After the Gold Rush
Peter Franck
Series description
Peter Franck’s scenes are quiet, like the stillness of a summer night or the eerie calm under a winter moon. The streets become stages where protagonists might appear, but under the strict rules of photography – shutter speed dictated by moonlight, no flash – they remain phantoms. Light and shadow weave them into a fleeting dance, never fully formed, always on the verge of being. There is no resolution, just fragments – ghosts lingering in spaces between the past and future, waiting to be remembered, waiting to be found.
Biography
PF was born in Überlingen/ Germany. 1987 he started studying painting/grafics
at the university of fine arts in Nuernberg. 1993 he finished his studys at the university of fine
arts/ Stuttgart ( Masterclass R.Schoofs). After this he had his first contacts with photography over his
brother who is also an photographer. With his from fine art paintings influenced photographs he
took part at many exhibitions.
PF lives and works in Stuttgart/Germany
Web:
http://www.peterfranck.de/
https://ourkodak3040.tumblr.com/
Almost Malevich
The images that emerge in Peter Franck’s work ask what will endure of us – what echoes will remain from this brief existence. The answer is stark yet profound: light and shadow. Light, fragile and fleeting, breaks across silent shadows that stretch like memories, witnessing time’s passage. In their interplay lies the essence of the stories told here, simple yet as inevitable as the Earth's turning.
© Peter Franck, Germany, Shortlist, Professional competition, Architecture & Design, 2025 Sony World Photography Awards
After the Gold Rush
The images that emerge in Peter Franck’s work ask what will endure of us – what echoes will remain from this brief existence. The answer is stark yet profound: light and shadow. Light, fragile and fleeting, breaks across silent shadows that stretch like memories, witnessing time’s passage. In their interplay lies the essence of the stories told here, simple yet as inevitable as the Earth's turning.
© Peter Franck, Germany, Shortlist, Professional competition, Architecture & Design, 2025 Sony World Photography Awards
Nothing to Hide
The images that emerge in Peter Franck’s work ask what will endure of us – what echoes will remain from this brief existence. The answer is stark yet profound: light and shadow. Light, fragile and fleeting, breaks across silent shadows that stretch like memories, witnessing time’s passage. In their interplay lies the essence of the stories told here, simple yet as inevitable as the Earth's turning.
© Peter Franck, Germany, Shortlist, Professional competition, Architecture & Design, 2025 Sony World Photography Awards
The Cry of the Owl
The images that emerge in Peter Franck’s work ask what will endure of us – what echoes will remain from this brief existence. The answer is stark yet profound: light and shadow. Light, fragile and fleeting, breaks across silent shadows that stretch like memories, witnessing time’s passage. In their interplay lies the essence of the stories told here, simple yet as inevitable as the Earth's turning.
© Peter Franck, Germany, Shortlist, Professional competition, Architecture & Design, 2025 Sony World Photography Awards
After the Gold Rush 2
The images that emerge in Peter Franck’s work ask what will endure of us – what echoes will remain from this brief existence. The answer is stark yet profound: light and shadow. Light, fragile and fleeting, breaks across silent shadows that stretch like memories, witnessing time’s passage. In their interplay lies the essence of the stories told here, simple yet as inevitable as the Earth's turning.
© Peter Franck, Germany, Shortlist, Professional competition, Architecture & Design, 2025 Sony World Photography Awards
Forget the Family
The images that emerge in Peter Franck’s work ask what will endure of us – what echoes will remain from this brief existence. The answer is stark yet profound: light and shadow. Light, fragile and fleeting, breaks across silent shadows that stretch like memories, witnessing time’s passage. In their interplay lies the essence of the stories told here, simple yet as inevitable as the Earth's turning.
© Peter Franck, Germany, Shortlist, Professional competition, Architecture & Design, 2025 Sony World Photography Awards
Hope
The images that emerge in Peter Franck’s work ask what will endure of us – what echoes will remain from this brief existence. The answer is stark yet profound: light and shadow. Light, fragile and fleeting, breaks across silent shadows that stretch like memories, witnessing time’s passage. In their interplay lies the essence of the stories told here, simple yet as inevitable as the Earth's turning.
© Peter Franck, Germany, Shortlist, Professional competition, Architecture & Design, 2025 Sony World Photography Awards
Castles in the Air
The images that emerge in Peter Franck’s work ask what will endure of us – what echoes will remain from this brief existence. The answer is stark yet profound: light and shadow. Light, fragile and fleeting, breaks across silent shadows that stretch like memories, witnessing time’s passage. In their interplay lies the essence of the stories told here, simple yet as inevitable as the Earth's turning.
© Peter Franck, Germany, Shortlist, Professional competition, Architecture & Design, 2025 Sony World Photography Awards