I was born in Germany in 1968 and have been taking photographs since the 1980s, back then still analogue and black and white. I developed and enlarged the photos myself in my own lab. Then, a few years ago, I switched to digital and have a great love for minimalist fine art and black and white. In my landscape photos, I try to make the silence and loneliness, sometimes even sadness, tangible. For a few years now, I have been making large fine art prints, which has brought me full circle. www.rainerluedecke.com