Johannes Ernst — Photographer and Book Designer
Johannes Ernst is a photographer and book designer based in Leipzig. His work focuses on architecture and the built environment.
India, 2017. Made during my stay in India in 2017, these photographs grew out of an engagement with Indian modernism and survive in a PDF originally assembled for a presentation.
Kutch, India, 2020. Photographs made in Bhuj around Hunnarshala and Karigashala, focusing on building, teaching, materials and practical knowledge after the 2001 Kutch earthquake.
2018. Everyday traces in urban space, photographed in different places. Surfaces, objects and fragments of architecture are brought together in a sequence of handmade offset prints.
Nevada, USA, 2019. Photographs made in Las Vegas in 2019, focusing on the physical relationship between the expanding built environment and the desert terrain.
Ahmedabad, India, 2017. Balkrishna Doshi, LIC Housing, Ahmedabad, India, 1973. A housing development altered and extended by residents over time.
Dessau, Germany, 2017. The Dessau-Törten Housing Estate by Walter Gropius, photographed through later changes to façades, windows, entrances and additions.
Himeji, Japan, 2014. Photographs following a former monorail line in Japan whose concrete pillars remain as infrastructure and urban development have grown around them.
Leipzig, Germany. Photographic series by Johannes Ernst.
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