Butterfly by Heiko Hellwig

Heiko Hellwig, born in Wuppertal in 1960, lives and works as a freelance photographer and photo artist in Merida / Mexico. For many years he worked for large companies and corporations such as BMW, Bosch and Lufthansa. But he has also published in international magazines such as Penthouse, Focus, Vogue or Wired. From 1998 to 2001 he was a lecturer for photography at the Haller Akademie der Knste in Schwbisch Hall. Since then he has devoted himself to free artistic projects, many of which are conceptual series with a socio-critical impulse. Heiko Hellwig"s works are exhibited nationally and internationally and are represented in various private collections. Many of his photographs have won several awards, most recently the series "Silicon Cities" with the renowned PX3 Award in Paris in the Fine Art category.

Artist Statement  
I discovered the magic of photography at the age of six, for it allowed me to visually capture an instant of the real world. Even more amazing for me was, and still is, the fact that photographs can reveal much more than just appearances: the attentive observer can always perceive other layers or levels in them. Levels that today I can render visible and present to experience thanks to various photographic techniques. This heightened visibility is not always just esthetic, but always more exciting, for it tries to penetrate the surfaces of the real world and invite beholders to reflect. My work is largely inspired by the Bauhaus artists Oskar Schlemmer and Lyonel Feininger.