Tag: 2024

  • If the Day Is Gray

    If the Day Is Gray

    The last of us © 2024 Alvin Greis

    Gray days transform familiar landscapes through fog, snow, wind, and diffused light.

    If the Day Is Gray 1 © 2024 Alvin Greis

    Reduced color, softened forms, and metallic reflections create images that can appear almost surreal while remaining entirely natural.

    Revenant © 2024 Alvin Greis
    View of a Water Tower in a Heavy Snowfall © 2024 Alvin Greis

    The series explores harsh weather not as an obstacle to photography, but as part of the image itself.

    Sea and snow © 2024 Alvin Greis

  • Vertical Diffusion

    Vertical Diffusion

    Vertical Diffusion explores what happens to perception when familiar points of reference begin to disappear.

    Bird © 2024 Alvin Greis
    Arrival © 2024 Alvin Greis

    Stable structures dissolve, and the boundaries between above and below become uncertain. This loss of orientation changes not only how the surrounding world is perceived, but also how we locate ourselves within it.

    Passerby © 2024 Alvin Greis
    Autumn © 2024 Alvin Greis

    As familiar structures become fluid and layered, uncertainty opens space for reorientation: for questioning what once seemed obvious and rediscovering what we actually want.

    Seashore © 2024 Alvin Greis
    Vibrations of the sea © 2024 Alvin Greis

    The artwork Vibrations of the Sea was also highlighted by Artsper curators and featured as “New and Remarkable” (May 2025).

  • Expressive Dimensions

    Expressive Dimensions

    This series explores the limits of visual perception, where recognizable objects begin to dissolve into abstraction.

    Open hours © 2024 Alvin Greis

    The motion of light, unfolding over time, transforms the visible world into a new visual surface, where representation gives way to a more immediate experience of color and form.

    Rays of urbanisation © 2024 Alvin Greis

    On the surface, familiar objects lose their clarity and become something perceived more emotionally than rationally.

    Dedication © 2024 Alvin Greis

    Beneath it, wherever the motion slows, faint recognizable contours survive, preserving a fragile connection to the reality where the image was made.

    The lamp and the sun © 2024 Alvin Greis
  • Subject is No Object

    Subject is No Object

    What happens if we remove the figurative elements captured by the lens from the composition, leaving only pure color?

    Traffic footprint © 2024 Alvin Greis
    The bridge © 2024 Alvin Greis

    This experiment explores how recognizable reality can be transformed into abstraction without leaving reality behind. Familiar forms dissolve, while their colors remain and begin to form a new visual structure.

    A turn © 2024 Alvin Greis
    Highway cross © 2024 Alvin Greis

    Everyday scenes become emotionally charged fields of color rather than recognizable subjects. The experiment asks how little of the visible world an image needs to retain before it becomes abstraction.

    The construction © 2025 Alvin Greis

  • In Search of Urban Motion

    In Search of Urban Motion

    Tower crane © 2024 Alvin Greis

    This ongoing experiment explores how far an image can move toward abstraction while retaining clarity of form, scale, and structure.

    Boldly Outlined © 2024 Alvin Greis
    Hyperdrive © 2024 Alvin Greis

    The process is not linear. Each image tests a different balance between transformation and recognition, allowing the approach to evolve through observation and experimentation.

    The Funnel © 2024 Alvin Greis

    The movement of the city and the movement of the camera meet in these images. Their interaction creates a shifting balance between what is seen and how it is perceived.

    Walker in color © 2024 Alvin Greis
    Sending a message © 2024 Alvin Greis

    The experiment continues to explore how camera movement can produce abstraction without giving up structure, clarity, or the physical presence of the city.

    Hot and cold © 2024 Alvin Greis
    A stree with a tram © 2025 Alvin Greis