Wim Wenders is mainly known as a film director, if you have seen his movies Paris Texas or So Far Away So Close, you get a pretty strong feel about his passion for photography though. He came to work in photography rather late, after filming Paris-Texas, the movie that won him a price in Cannes. The story is about an errand man in the Texas desert and his brother helping him to get his memory back, 4 years after he walked out of his marriage. This movie is one of my favorite, there are a lot of red focal points in this movie to counter balance the bleakness of the desert and I am still haunted by Nastasia Kinsky's red lipstick and red dress. I find this movie deeply influenced by William Egglestone photography and I am not surprised that Wim turned towards photography. His favorite themes are documentary photography and giving a sense of the place he is exploring, he has mostly been taking pictures of places he was researching for movie settings. His images, I do feel have a very strong sense of place and look like they have been haunted by lost and errant souls, his forthcoming exhibition at Haunch of Venison in London is a unique opportunity to view his photographs in an exhibition called "Places, strange and quiet" this is only the second time that he is exhibiting, so don't give this one a miss.
Haunch of Venision 15th April -14th May London
