Introducing – Valentin Mici

My name is Valentin Mici. I was born in Romania, grew up in Gelenau and since 2014 I have been living in Chemnitz, which has now become my home. For the past five years, I have dedicated myself intensively to black and white photography and the development process in the photo lab.

I consciously decided against commissioned photography because I prefer to organise my work freely and independently – in every respect. Discovering photography as a means of expression fills me with enthusiasm, as it gives me the opportunity to influence my work in two different ways. Not only at the moment I press the shutter release, but also in the photo lab, where I have the freedom to further refine and realise my ideas until the result meets my expectations.

I find myself in a constant state of tension between the living, organic moments of people and the graphic elements such as structure and contrast. These two worlds – the human and the graphic – unite in my work and give it a special dynamic that reflects both naturalness and clear structure.