Andréas Lang is searching for symbolic images of social conditions. In Japan in 2025, he encounters a society that fascinates him: it lives in close connection with nature and is simultaneously highly technological. In Western European cultural history, nature and technology form a strong pair of opposites.
The photograph Deer and Car was taken in Nara, the oldest imperial capital of Japan. The deer here are considered divine messengers of the deity of the Kasuga Taisha Shrine, which is located on the edge of the park. The photograph captures a surreal scene that oscillates between peaceful and idyllic and post-apocalyptic, offering ample room for inspiration.
Artist: Andréas Lang
Title: Deer and Car
Year: 2025
Material: Pigment print on Hahnemühle cotton paper, 308g
Sheet size: 30 x 40 cm
Edition: 30
Signed, numbered, and dated on the reverse.
Andréas Lang recommends a frame like this (very similar to the one on the 2nd image)
Andreas Lang
The photographer intensively explores themes such as memory, history, colonialism, and identity. His series of images deal with landscapes and their hidden histories, whether historical, mythological, or personal. He calls his approach "visual archaeology." The resulting images uncover hidden historical traces and collective memory, connecting past with present, reality with imagination.
Exhibitions (Selection)
2023/2024 Broken Memories, Depo, Istanbul/TUR; Düsseldorf Photo+ Biennale, Luisa Catucci Gallery, Berlin
2016/2017: Cameroon and Congo. A search for traces and phantom geography by Andréas Lang, German Historical Museum, Berlin
2016: The Astonished Silence, Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation, Berlin
Awards & Scholarships (Selection)
German Photobook Prize 2025 and 2023, Special Mention Award MDFF-Milano Architecture & Design Film Festival 2021, the scholarship of the Tarabya Cultural Academy 2018, the working scholarship for visual arts of the Berlin Senate Department for Culture, the Art Prize of the DG 2008.
Collections (Selection)
Art Library–SMB (National Museums in Berlin), German Historical Museum Berlin, Photography Collection/Munich City Museum, Allianz Collection, Kunstparterre Collection–Munich, Artothek/Picture Gallery–Munich Municipal Gallery, Videoteque de Paris, Maison Victor Hugo–Musée de la Ville de Paris
Publications & further information
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