Published on 17.05.2019 under News
Wildlife photography in its finest form: David Yarrow at Garath Castle
The fine art photographer David Yarrow will be exhibiting at Garath Castle for two days. The show was organized by matrix and the 159th gallery from Oelde. Yarrow is famous for its wildlife photography that captures the grandeur of nature.
The hippopotamus looks the viewer straight in the eye from a screen that is over two square meters in size. Sublime, brave, gentle. The nostrils swell just above the surface of the water. The head is cut off, it looks so powerful that it doesn't completely fit into the picture. Next to it, a small head emerges from the water. A young animal. Curious, shy, adventurous. An intense, almost magical moment captured here on canvas - it couldn't be closer.
“No Nearer” is the name of the photograph that can be seen at the current exhibition of the world's most successful fine art photographer, the Scottish David Yarrow, at Garath Castle. The artist is famous for his wildlife photographs, especially from Africa. Be it wild animals, which he shows so powerfully and close, or people who live in a world that seems unreal for most Europeans. Yarrow has an extraordinary gift for capturing reality in all its beauty and perfection with the lens.
Capture and protect the beauty of nature
“What fascinates me about photography is the ability to capture the grandeur of nature,” Yarrow explains at the exhibition opening on Thursday evening. “I want to show people how beautiful, but also threatened, our planet is. After all, it is very uncertain whether all the animal species that I have photographed will still exist in a few years. ”The committed conservationist traveled to remote places around the globe for his pictures. The resulting works of endangered wild animals attract worldwide attention due to their liveliness, their noticeable energy and their immediacy.
Because of this substantive approach, the Düsseldorf consulting firm matrix and the artist came together. "With our projects and our commitment, we contribute to the development of social innovations and social effects through technological innovations," explains managing partner Guido Lohnherr. “David's special way of taking photos and the political goals he pursues with his pictures fit this perfectly.” Lohnherr became aware of Yarrow through his friend, German photographer Lars Beusker, who 159. gallery in Oelde founded the exclusive David Yarrow representative in Germany. matrix is not only an exhibition partner at the current show, but also one of the largest private collectors and investors for David Yarrow in German-speaking countries.
With the new exhibition, matrix is reviving an old tradition of the house. Successful painters used to be presented in the “Modern Art” series. In the future, matrix wants to concentrate on outstanding photo and film art. "We are very pleased that we were able to win such an exceptional artist in David Yarrow right at the start of the new series," said Lohnherr.
Exclusive guided tour by artists at the vernissage
At the start of the exhibition, which was open to visitors on Friday, May 17th and Saturday, May 18th, matrix, 159.gallery and the Volksbank Meerbusch invited to an exclusive vernissage with Yarrow: During the guided tour on Thursday evening, he revealed to the invited guests for example that the title "No Nearer" of the hippo picture is quite ambiguous. Because on the one hand it is technically hardly possible to take an even closer photograph of a hippopotamus. On the other hand, Yarrow pushed himself to his own limits during the recording, because he wouldn't dare get any closer. A quite dangerous undertaking, which makes it all too clear to the listener how great Yarrow's passion for nature is.
About the artist
David Yarrow was born in Glasgow (Scotland) in 1966. The art of photography fascinated him from a young age. At the age of 20 he worked as a photographer for "The London Times" on the soccer field, in the final of the World Cup in Mexico City. On that very day he took the famous picture of Diego Maradona with the World Cup in his hands. In the same year he was named “Young Scottish Photographer of the Year”. At times Yarrow worked very successfully as a banker. Many years later he found his true destiny: documenting the natural world. Since then, David has built an outstanding reputation for picturing the beauty of our planet in landscapes, cultures and endangered animals. Philanthropy and conservation are central to David's passion to document the animal and human world in a fresh and creative way. In 2016 his book "Wild Encounters" was published and awarded the "Art Book of 2017" by Amazon. Since spring 2017, he has established himself as the best-selling fine art photographer in the world: in 2018, revenue from his picture sales was 11,58 million US dollars (2017: 7,76 million US dollars), which exceeded charitable donations from the sales of his pictures 2018 $ 2,1 million. All of its royalties continue to go to Tusk, a leading UK NGO committed to wildlife conservation in Africa.
Sale of pictures:
If you are interested in purchasing a painting by the artist, please contact:
159. gallery
Mies van der Rohe way 1. 59302 Oelde. Germany
info@159.gallery
