I AM POBY, PETER POBYJPICZ TO BE PRECISE.
BUT CLOSE YOUR EYES RIGHT NOW AND TRY TO SPELL THAT! SEE ?
I FELL IN LOVE WITH PLAYING WATERPOLO WHEN I WAS 10, JOINED THE GERMAN NATIONAL TEAM AT 15 AND REALIZED THAT PROFESSIONAL WATERPOLO PLAYERS CANNOT MAKE A LIVING AT THE AGE OF 19.
LUCKILY, I HAD ANOTHER PASSION. THESE BLACK AND SILVER BOXES THAT CAPTURED LIGHT AND EXPOSED IT TO A MOVING IMAGE:
A SUPER 8 CAMERA. IT WAS MAGICAL!
AT 13 I BUILT MY OWN WOODEN UNDERWATER HOUSING. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE CAMERA DID NOT SURVIVE. A COUPLE YEARS LATER, I LANDED MY FIRST JOB AT A SPORTS PICTURE AGENCY. THIS ALLOWED ME TO TRAVEL THE WORLD AND HONE MY ANALOG SKILLS AT A MINIMUM WAGE. BUT HEY, I WAS STILL YOUNG.
TO DEEPEN MY UNDERSTANDING OF VISUAL ARTS AND ADVERTISING AND LEARN THE CRAFT OF PAINTING, I SOON SPENT THE MONEY I MADE AS A FREELANCE SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER TO STUDY GRAPHICS, DESIGN AND ARTS IN DÜSSELDORF.
DURING AN ASSIGNMENT FOR THE SOCCER WORLD CUP IN ITALY IN 1990, BBDO CALLED ME OUT OF THE BLUE. IF I WAS INTERESTED TO SHOOT AN AD FOR MINOLTA? ARE YOU KIDDING? MY FIRST CAMPAIGN IN ADVERTISING
BACK IN THOSE DAYS, I WAS THE ONLY WHO WORKED WITH MEDIUM AND LARGE FORMAT CAMERAS IN SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY, MOSTLY HASSELBLAD AND LINHOF. THIS ALLOWED ME TO CONQUER THE COLORFUL WORLD OF ADVERTISING. I WAS HOOKED THEN. STILL AM.
TODAY, EVERYONE SHOOTS DIGITAL. MOSTLY, I DO, TOO. BUT OLD HABITS DIE HARD AND I STILL USE THE SAME ANALOG APPROACH TO PHOTOGRAPHY THAT I GREW UP WITH.
WHILE THE ADVANCES IN DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY HAVE LEVELED THE PLAYING FIELD FOR CREATING POWERFUL ACTION SHOTS, IT REMAINS CHALLENGING TO CAPTURE THOSE PRECIOUS, SOULFUL MOMENTS IN BETWEEN.
PUSHING MY ARTISITIC VISION FURTHER, I THEREFORE CHOSE TO CREATE LARGE FORMAT OIL PAINTINGS INSPIRED BY IMPRESSIONISM THAT TURN MY BRUSH STROKES INTO ANALOG PIXELS.
THE DEFREGEMENTATION CREATED BY MULTI-LAYERING SEDUCES THE VIEWER TO WITNESS THESE VASNISHING MOMENTS OF BEAUTY. LET YOUR IMAGINATION FLOW.
PLEASE SEE MY STORE FOR LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHS AND SIZES. CUSTOM SIZES ON REQUEST.
PAINTING PRICES ON REQUEST.