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RTS INFO - SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS, 2023

SWPA 2023 FINALIST PHOTO SHOWN IN TV SHOW "LE RENCARD"

SHOW: LE RENCARD - RTS INFO
MODERATOR: MARGOT DELÉVAUX
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LE MATIN - SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS, 2023

UN SUISSE SE DISTINGUE AUX SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

LE ZURICHOIS PATRICK EMS ÉTAIT PARMI LES FINALISTES DE LA CATÉGORIE
VIE SAUVAGE AVEC SON IMPRESSIONNANTE IMAGE D’UN BOUQUETIN.
LA WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY ORGANISATION A ANNONCÉ LES GAGNANTS DES DIX CATÉGORIES DU CONCOURS OUVERT À TOUS DES SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2023, RÉCOMPENSANT LES MEILLEURS CLICHÉS UNIQUES DE 2022. PLUS DE 415 000 IMAGES DE PLUS DE 200 PAYS ET TERRITOIRES ONT ÉTÉ SOUMISES AU JURY ET PLUS DE 200 000 ONT PARTICIPÉ AU CONCOURS OUVERT.
CHAQUE GAGNANT REÇOIT UN ÉQUIPEMENT D’IMAGERIE NUMÉRIQUE DE SONY ET CONCOURRA POUR LE PRESTIGIEUX TITRE DE PHOTOGRAPHE DE L’ANNÉE QUI SERA ANNONCÉ LORS DE LA CÉRÉMONIE DE REMISE DES PRIX À LONDRES LE 13 AVRIL.
L’ORGANISATION A ÉGALEMENT PRÉSENTÉ TOUS LES CLICHÉS QUI FIGURAIENT PARMI LES FINALISTES. UN SEUL PHOTOGRAPHE SUISSE Y FIGURAIT, LE ZURICHOIS PATRICK EMS, AVEC SA PHOTO DE BOUQUETIN DANS LA CATÉGORIE MONDE ET VIE SAUVAGE. LES IMAGES GAGNANTES SÉLECTIONNÉES ET PRÉSÉLECTIONNÉES, DONT CELLE DE PATRICK EMS, SERONT PRÉSENTÉES DANS LE CADRE DE L’EXPOSITION SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS À SOMERSET HOUSE À LONDRES DU 14 AVRIL AU 1ER MAI 2023.
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DODHO MAGAZINE, 2018

PATRICK EMS, WAS BORN 1980 IN ZURICH. TWENTY YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCE, HE HAS BECOME AN AWARD-WINNING FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHER, KNOWN FOR HIS UNIQUE BLACK AND WHITY STYLE.
ALL HIS PHOTOGRAPHS FOLLOW A CLEAR LINE, WHICH COULD BE CHARATERIZED AS PURE, CLEAN AND REDUCED. THE FOCUS FULLY LIES ON CONTENT AND THE RESULTING IMPRESSIONS AND EMOTIONS. LIKE AN INTRODUCTION CHAPTER, HIS IMAGES OPEN A SCENERY TO THE VIEWER’S IMAGINATION, LEADING THEM THROUGH AN ATMOSPHERE OF VARIOUS THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS. AT THIS POINT THE IMAGE ITSELF BECOMES AN ENTRY POINT TO A VIRTUAL JOURNEY.
WHILE AS A PHOTOGRAPHER HE STRENGTHENED HIS SKILLS AND WIDENED THE POSSIBILITIES OF VISUAL EXPRESSION, HE GOT HONOURED ON MULTIPLE INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AWARD CONTESTS, INCLUDING THE TITLE OF BEST SWISS PHOTOGRAPHER AT THE SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS IN THE YEAR 2014. INFLUENCED AND IMPRESSED BY VISUAL ARTS, MARTIAL ARTS AND PHILOSOPHY, IT HAS BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF HIS LIFE TO EXPRESS HIMSELF THROUGH IMAGES AND TO MAKE A STATEMENT IN THIS FAST MOVING SUPERFICIAL WORLD. HIS PHOTOGRAPHS SHALL DECELERATE HIS VIEWER AND OPEN A MOMENT OF CONTEMPLATION.THE FOLLOWING PROJECT CALLED „CLARITY“ WAS SHOT DURING WINTER 2016 TROUGHOUT SWITZERLAND. THIS PHOTOGRAPHIC EXTRACT IS CHARACTERIZED BY PURITY AND SIMPLIFICATION USING A HIGH-KEY MINIMALISM STYLE. FASCINATED BY WINTER, NO OTHER SEASON ENROBES NATURE’S COUNTER FACE IN SUCH A SUBTLE AND TENDER WAY GIVING THE OBSERVER AN UNKNOWN ALMOST MYTHICAL ACCESS TO THE WORLD.
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ND MAGAZINE - INTERVIEW, 2017

PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF
MY NAME IS PATRICK EMS, BORN IN OCTOBER 1980 AND LIVING IN SWITZERLAND. OVER THE LAST TWENTY YEARS I'VE BECOME A PASSIONATE FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHER AND DEVELOPED MY VISION TOWARDS A MINIMALISTIC MONOCHROME STYLE. I LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY AS A VERY SUBTLE TOOL OF COMMUNICATION, A POSSIBILITY OF AWAKING SENSATIONS AND SENTIMENTS WITHOUT USING A SINGLE WORD.
HOW DID YOU GET INTERESTED IN PHOTOGRAPHY
THE INTEREST IN VISUAL ART OR ART IN GENERAL IS DIRECTLY COUPLED WITH MY EDUCATION. MY PARENTS LOVED TO DRAG ME IN VARIOUS STYLES OF ART GALLERIES, REGARDLESS IF CLASSIC OR MODERN ART. LOOKING BACK, THESE INFLUENCES HAD FOR SURE A FORMATIVE EFFECT ON MY VISUAL PERCEPTION FOR WHICH I AM VERY THANKFUL. I REMEMBER SINCE CHILDHOOD THAT I LOVED TO COMB THROUGH BOOKS WITH LOTS OF PHOTOS AND GRAPHICAL VISUALIZATIONS. THERE ARE IMAGES I HAD SEEN AS A VERY YOUNG CHILD, HAVING SUCH A VISUAL AND EMOTIONAL EFFECT ON ME, FOR WHICH I COULD PRECISELY DESCRIBE ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DETAIL. LATER ON AS A TEENAGER, I GOT ACCESS TO MY PARENT'S PHOTO CAMERAS, FIRST A KODAK INSTAMATIC AND LATER ON A CANON SLR. THEN IN MY EARLY TWENTIES THE PASSION OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHOTO EDITING IN A DIGITAL MANNER WAS GROWING AND I'VE STARTED TO INVEST TO GET MY OWN CAMERA SYSTEM. THIS IS THE POINT WHERE THE STORY BEGAN.
DO YOU HAVE AN ARTISTIC/PHOTOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND?
FROM A FORMAL POINT OF VIEW, NOT AT ALL AND TO BE HONEST AND I AM HAPPY ABOUT IT. SINCE PHOTOGRAPHY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PASSION, FREE FROM ANY CONSTRAINT OR OBLIGATION, I WAS ABLE TO DEVELOP MY PERSONAL STYLE. FOR SURE THERE IS NOT A SINGLE DAY, I AM NOT LOOKING AND ANALYSING THE WORK OF OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS. WITH ALL THE POSSIBILITIES OF SOCIAL NETWORKS OR ONLINE GALLERIES, THIS HAS BECOME A RITUAL OF MY DAILY LIFE. I CLAIM THAT THE EXCHANGE WITH OTHER ARTISTS IS AN INTEGRAL PART IN ORDER TO EVOLVE YOUR PERSONAL STYLE AND TECHNIQUES.
WHICH ARTIST/PHOTOGRAPHER INSPIRED YOUR ART?
IT IS REALLY HARD TO NAME SPECIFIC ARTISTS, SINCE THE LIST WOULD BE ENDLESS. TO START FROM A NON-PHOTOGRAPHIC POINT OF VIEW, TRADITIONAL JAPANESE PAINTING HAS FOR SURE ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT SOURCE OF INSPIRATION. INFLUENCED BY MANY YEARS OF ASIAN MARTIAL ARTS AND THEREFORE HAVING THE CHANCE OF A SMALL INSIGHT INTO ASIAN PHILOSOPHY, I DEVELOPED A FASCINATION IN JAPANESE PAINTING AND DESIGN, WHERE REDUCTION AND SIMPLIFICATION DOWN TO THE ESSENCE PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE. THEREFORE I HAVE TO NAME HIROSHI SUGIMOTO, ESPECIALLY REGARDING HIS SEASCAPES PHOTO SERIES, WHICH MIGHT BE THE MOST INSPIRING PHOTOGRAPHICAL WORK FOR ME I'VE SEEN SO FAR. THE SECOND ARTIST AND GREAT SOURCE OF INSPIRATION TO BE MENTIONED IS MICHAEL KENNA. I TRULY ADMIRE HIS DISTINCT, MINIMALISTIC, MONOCHROMATIC WAY HE PERCEIVES THE WORLD.
HOW MUCH PREPARATION DO YOU PUT INTO TAKING A PHOTOGRAPH?
PREPARATION IS CRUCIAL TO ME AND CONSISTS OF TWO ASPECTS. WHEN GOING TO SHOOT IN AN AREA WHICH IS NEW FOR ME, I NEED TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE CONDITIONS REGARDING TOPOLOGY, CLIMATE, WEATHER, SUNRISE, SUNSET, TIDE TIMES AND SO ONE. SINCE TIME FOR SHOOTING, ESPECIALLY WHEN USING LONG EXPOSURE TECHNIQUES, TIME IS VERY LIMITED, SO YOU NEED TO GET THE BEST OUT OF IT. IT'S ABOUT QUALITY AND NOT QUANTITY! THE SECOND ASPECT IS READY-TO-SHOT EQUIPMENT, MEANING THAT I ALWAYS MAKE SURE TO HAVE PROPERLY CLEANED LENSES AND FILTERS. SINCE I LOVE TO SHOOT IN ROUGH AND RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS, SPEED AND THE AWARENESS WHAT AND HOW I AM GOING TO SHOOT MY SUBJECT IS VERY IMPORTANT. AS IMPORTANT PREPARATION MIGHT BE, EVERY MOMENT IN TIME WILL ALWAYS BE UNPREDICTABLE, ESPECIALLY IN LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY. THIS MEANS, AS A PHOTOGRAPHER YOU ALWAYS NEED TO LEAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR SPONTANEITY AND THE ABILITY TO SHIFT THE SCOPE APPROPRIATELY. TO LET THE THINGS HAPPEN PAIRED WITH THE ABILITY TO EXTRACT THE ESSENCE OF SUCH A MOMENT IS FOR ME THE KEY INGREDIENT TO GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY.
WHICH PLACES HAVE BEEN YOUR FAVOURITE SHOOTING SITES SO FAR AND WHY?
IN GENERAL I PREFER TO SHOOT DURING AUTUMN AND WINTER. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE COMBINATION OF BEING IN THE RIGHT MOOD TO SHOOT AND TO HAVE THE LIGHT CONDITIONS I NEED RESPECTIVELY I AM LOOKING FOR. I FEEL HIGHLY ATTRACTED BY ABANDONED AND LONELY PLACES, FAR AWAY FROM HUMAN INTERFERENCE. COMBINED WITH HARSH WEATHER CONDITIONS I GET IN THE RIGHT MOOD TO COME DOWN AND START TO SEE THE PURITY AND THE BEAUTY OF NATURE. SO FAR MY FAVOURITE PLACE IS THE ISLE OF SKYE IN SCOTLAND END OF AUTUMN, A PERFECT SYMBIOSIS OF NATURE'S ARCHAIC POWER AND INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL AND WILD SCENERY.
WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR LIFE BESIDES PHOTOGRAPHY? (HOBBY, OTHER JOB, ETC...)
FROM A PROFESSIONAL POINT OF VIEW I AM WORKING IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING FOR THE LAST FIFTEEN YEARS. THIS MIGHT BE THE REASON FOR MY ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO THE SUBJECT OF PHOTOGRAPHY WHEN LOOKING AT IMAGES FROM OTHER ARTISTS. STUDYING OTHERS' WORK HAS BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF MY DAILY LIFE IN ORDER TO TRAIN MY VISUAL PERCEPTION AND TO GET THE RIGHT DOSE OF INSPIRATION.
WHAT FUTURE PLANS DO YOU HAVE? WHAT PROJECTS WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH?
ON A LONG-TERM VIEW I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS A MEDIUM FORMAT CAMERA SYSTEM. THE GOAL IS TO OPEN THE POSSIBILITY FOR PRODUCING LARGE SCALE PRINTS. DUE TO THE COSTS, THIS WILL HARDLY COME TRUE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. ON A SHORT-TERM VIEW I AM PLANNING AN ICELAND TRIP WITH MY COLLEAGUE AUTUMN 2017. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO COME BACK WITH DIFFERENT PHOTOS THAN THE USUAL HOT-SPOT SHOTS. THEREFORE WE AIM FOR REGIONS WHERE PHOTOGRAPHERS RARELY GO. BESIDE THIS, I STILL DREAM TO PRESENT MY WORK IN AN EXHIBITION. SO FAR I NEVER DID AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THE DIFFERENT REACTIONS. WE'LL SEE WHAT THE FUTURE BRINGS…

EDGE OF HUMANITY MAGAZINE, 2016

FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHER PATRICK EMS IS THE EDGE OF HUMANITY MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTOR OF THIS STREET PHOTOGRAPHY. THESE IMAGES ARE FROM HIS PROJECT ‘STREETS OF HAVANA‘.
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COOPH MAGAZINE, 2015

PHOTOGRAPHER PATRICK EMS RECENTLY UNVEILED A BEAUTIFULLY MOODY PHOTO SERIES SHOT IN CUBA CALLED “STREETS OF HAVANA”.
“STREETS OF HAVANA HAS BEEN GOING AROUND MY MIND FOR A WHILE. I FINALLY GOT THE CHANCE IN EARLY 2015 TO REALIZE THIS LONG-DESIRED STREET PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT, RIDING AROUND CUBA'S CAPITAL CAPTURING ITS UNIQUE FEELING, A MIXTURE OF TROPICAL SAVOIR-VIVRE AND POLITICAL ISOLATION.
 PURSUED BY UNCERTAINTY, EXCITEMENT AND ENVY, EVERY MOMENT REVEALED NEW EMOTIONS, SLOWLY BUT CONSTANTLY FOLLOWED BY A GROWING FASCINATION!” SAYS PATRICK.
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