Marcus Koppen
After graduating from the Southampton Institute of Art and Design in 2001, German-born photographer Marcus Koppen (1973) began working as a freelance photographer for a variety of national and international magazines. Having travelled around the world on various assignments, he has become particularly interested in the Asian metropolis. 
Koppen is fascinated by how rapidly the cityscapes of these modern urban giants are changing as well as by their growing importance. What he finds most inspiring is the surreal, artificial atmosphere that takes hold of these cities at night.

City lights in print
The seven cityscapes that Foam Editions represents all show the nocturnal hustle and bustle of Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo and New York. The lighting on the streets and in buildings symbolises all this activity. And yet the same lighting that creates the abstract and surreal image of a city that never sleeps also epitomizes in its artificiality an unmistakable loneliness.
Foam Editions represents seven cityscapes by Marcus Koppen. Paper format 50cm x 70cm, colour giclée print, starting at € 980. 

This presentation is made possible with help from the Material Fund.