Available works:
Peter Gumpesberger - "Floating Leaf"
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Peter Gumpesberger - "Walking in Virgin Sand, Death Valley, California"
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Peter Gumpesberger, 1960 - 2019
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Peter Gumpesberger’s travels have yielded a series of arresting images often reflective and solitary. Some suggest an abandonment theme while others are adventurous in a peaceful kind of way. The images create a mood of serenity, stillness, and reverence for nature and its power. They can also reflect our human frailty and hopefulness.
Gumpesberger’s father was an avid nature photographer who died before his son’s interest in photography fully took hold. Gumpesberger says he still follows his father’s advice on composing photographs but not his hard-and-fast rules: “I now realize there are no rules.”
“I’ve always had an instinctive eye for framing a shot, spotting colours and capturing good lighting,” shares the self-taught lens man, save for a couple of books, evening courses and tips inherited from his late father.
Though his works appear to be digitally manipulated, they aren’t. His sweeping landscapes, characterized by a surreal, serene quality are shot the old fashioned way — on film. Eye-catching to say the least, they have garnered comparisons to and praise from renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky.
The two works for sale on this site, one featuring a solitary man walking through a cascading sea of golden sand and another with a lone leaf floating in still water, might very well capture the spirit of the photographer himself — a lonely soul appreciative of the beauty of life.
Peter died of prostate cancer in 2019.
Gumpesberger’s father was an avid nature photographer who died before his son’s interest in photography fully took hold. Gumpesberger says he still follows his father’s advice on composing photographs but not his hard-and-fast rules: “I now realize there are no rules.”
“I’ve always had an instinctive eye for framing a shot, spotting colours and capturing good lighting,” shares the self-taught lens man, save for a couple of books, evening courses and tips inherited from his late father.
Though his works appear to be digitally manipulated, they aren’t. His sweeping landscapes, characterized by a surreal, serene quality are shot the old fashioned way — on film. Eye-catching to say the least, they have garnered comparisons to and praise from renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky.
The two works for sale on this site, one featuring a solitary man walking through a cascading sea of golden sand and another with a lone leaf floating in still water, might very well capture the spirit of the photographer himself — a lonely soul appreciative of the beauty of life.
Peter died of prostate cancer in 2019.