Herrenhausen Sight Impairment - Exploring with the Holga

Familiar places can often appear completely foreign to us when we are able to see them with different eyes. This is particularly the case when one chooses to free oneself from the ubiquitous frenzy of snapping everything and nothing with smartphones, and instead opts for the calm and contemplative analog photography in order to experience the all too well-known anew.

The Herrenhausen Gardens in Hannover are among the most heavily photographed objects in all of Germany. As a result, they appear interchangeable in media representations, despite being a place of the highest inspiration for the visitor. Rainer Strzolka has portrayed these gardens time and again over many years. His archive on the subject comprises several thousand negatives, a selection of which are presented here.

The photographs shown here were taken with a Holga plastic camera, a kind of toy that possesses a unique poetic quality. Accompany us on a completely different path through the Herrenhausen Gardens than has been the norm thus far.

Whereas familiar surroundings can sometimes strike us as entirely alien when viewed from a fresh perspective, this is especially true when one breaks free from the ubiquitous compulsion to constantly snap everything and nothing with smartphones, and instead opts for the tranquil and contemplative medium of analog photography to experience the well-known anew.

The Herrenhausen Gardens in Hannover count among the most extensively photographed subjects across all of Germany. This saturation in media representations lends them a sense of interchangeability, despite the gardens being a site of profound inspiration for visitors. Rainer Strzolka has portrayed these grounds repeatedly over many years, amassing an archive of several thousand negatives, from which a selection is presented here.

The photographs on display were captured using a Holga plastic camera, a toy-like device imbued with a distinctive poetic quality. Join us on a radically different path through the Herrenhausen Gardens, diverging from the well-trodden routes.

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