Johnny Welch

Photographer | Germany

Born in 1990

« I print very little of my images, as to warrant it, the image needs to have a heavy aura or haunted quality. »

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In my portraits, I create the conditions in which a character can emerge from the subject. I am not interested in their everyday persona. I give them permission to embody something else, whether an archetype or other role. They form patterns and shapes with their bodies to create a feeling of immediacy, which is then captured in the photographs. I shoot strictly analogue film and print by hand in the darkroom using the silver gelatin process. I print very little of my images, as to warrant it, the image needs to have a heavy aura or haunted quality. There's an intimacy on many levels, not only with the subjects but with the tactility of the process and the feeling of ownership in the physical manifestation of the photograph.