About

If being creative is one of the biggest joys in your life and photography your favorite way of expression, then we have at least two things in common. But are we really being creative, and thus entitled to call ourselves ‘artists’? What if, from a third person’s point of view, we are mere craftsmen with cameras who replicate ideas and techniques of other photographers?

It is for that reason that I’ve been asking myself, as I am asking you: what makes for true creativity? Does something like originality really not exist, as Sir John Hegarty claims in his book “Hegarty On Creativity”? What is the role of art? I know that there is no straight answer to any of these questions but I want to find out as much as I can and invite you to join me.

Me? I am a photographer (*1971) who wants to move on to his personal next level of creativity.

1971
Born in New York

1983
Attended a two day photography class in Graz

1989
Bought my first camera (a fully manual Nikon FM-2)

1992
Joined the ‘Club der Amateurfotografen’ (‘Club of amateur photographers’) in Graz

2006
Bought my first digital camera (a Nikon D-50)

2010
Started analogue experiments with a technique that I call ‘Organic Random Photography’ (‘ORP’)

2011
Combined digital infrared photographs with ‘High Dynamic Range’ (HDR)

2012
– Started my blog ‘Images Of The Subconscious‘ (IOTS)
– Had ten of my ORP images exhibited in ‘artspace 191’ in Vienna

2013
Developed techniques which I call ‘Fotocubism‘ and ‘Caldeidoscopedia‘ and experimented with ‘Revolog‘-films

2014
– Had some of my ORP images exhibited in London at the ‘ArtFix Mock-Up Store Oxford Street: The 1st Experience’
– Displayed my art as part of the ‘Q202 Freie Kunst- und Kulturinitiative‘ (‘Q202 free art and culture initiative’) in Vienna
– Launched my website www.klump.photo 

2015
Expanded my photographic experience by attending professional photography classes at LIK academy for photography and design in Vienna

2016
– Displayed some of my works in Vienna as part of the ‘artwalk18 2016‘ and again the ‘Q202 Freie Kunst- und Kulturinitiative‘
– Started my blog ‘Left Hand’s Diary‘

2017
– ‘The Music Of Hope‘ is featured in the ‘Best of Revolog Calendar 2017’
– A b/w infrared picture of the Gloriette was among the 100 winners (out of more than 6,500 submissions) in the competition ‘So schön ist Wien‘ (=’That’s how beautiful Vienna is’).
– Had four of my works displayed in the renowned ‘Vertikale Gallerie’ in Vienna as part of the exhibition ’70 Jahre Verbund – 70 Jahre Zukunft’ (’70 years Verbund – 70 years future’)

2019
Displayed a representative selection of my art at the ‘Kunst zu Recht‘ (‘art to law’) initiative at the Justiz Zentrum Wien  Mitte as well as at the ‘Verkehrsclub Österreich‘ (VCÖ), a public-benefit organisation working for a climate-friendly transport system.

2020
– Launched my new website www.robertmarcusklump.com

2022
– Started a new blog called “As I See It“