Dirk Schlottmann is a Visual Anthropologist and Photographer. His documentary works revolve in particular around the themes of ‘altered state of consciousness’ and ‘ritual’. The more artistic photographic works are characterised by a particular interest in surrealism.
In photography, surrealism has found a unique form of expression, often playing with techniques that challenge the perception of reality. Surrealist photographs tend to distort or manipulate the natural world to create a new, unexplored dimension. The combination of metamorphosis and surrealism is particularly fascinating, as both concepts share the transformation and transcending of the boundaries of the real.