Peter Tillessen is a snapshot. A faded blue photograph. A reflection of light on water. A solar panel of the eye. Airborne Mosquitoes fly in front of the frames he’s titled after them. Snapping photos of the mundane with titles like, The World Without Augusto Pinochet, or The World without Saddam Hussein. Capturing how history moves our experience with time in our rituals of daily living. My friends at Spector books published a book of his photographs called Superficial Images where all of these images rest. I met Anne, from Spector Books, at The Printed Matter Art Book Fair in LA. We quickly connected through the writers and artists we admire. When they publish a book, I take notice. So, opening the book I began to explore. Peter Tillessen gives weight to his titles, his images float. A soft breeze. Peter is a climate activist and conceptual artist born in 1969 Germany. His titles appear to be just as important to the photographs themselves although I believe each could also stand alone.
To show my admiration I wrote a poem with some of his titles:
Two girls walking backward
Protected Protection
I saw it
When I pretend to take a picture of my daughter,
I really take a picture of an evil man.
Cinderella and the Little Mermaid
-Jen Fisher