Daniel Wagener focuses on objects and urban landscapes that are both familiar and disturbing to him. He documents the traces accidentally left by people, as well as the absurd normality of everyday life. In their saturated primary colors, Wagener's photographs depict ordinary scenes that propose new approaches to reality. At first glance, these photographs follow an aesthetic, functional and pragmatic visual language, with an undeniable touch of humor. At a second glance, they reveal reflections on society and the environment we create around us.

 

Daniel Wagener studied photography at ‘Académie Royale de Bruxelles’, in Brussels. He won several awards, such as the LUPA - Luxembourg Photography Award (2023), and the Prix Edward Steichen (2018). Important exhibitions include his 2023 solo presentation ‘Opus Incertum’ at the photography festival ‘Rencontres d’Arles’, in Arles, and later on at CNA - Pomhouse, LU, ‘Freigeister’ at MUDAM, LU and ‘Les Conseillers’, at Kanal Pompidou, Brussels, BE amongst others.

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