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La photographie transcendantale

Since the end of the 1970s, the husband-and-wife German photographers (for whom the word "singular" is an understatement) have been staging a series of photographs where they are the principal protagonists, and in which everyday objects seem to be endowed with supernatural powers.

A table begins to turn, the dresser falls over, plates start flying, a vase begins to levitate slowly, bodies start to contort. In the German photography scene of the last two decades of the 20th century, known for its decidedly objective aesthetic, conceptual and documentary – not to say cold – aesthetic, the Blumes positioned themselves against the flow. In contrast with most of their contemporaries, they have adopted an openly irrational, subjective and jubilatory approach.