LONDON.- Michael Hoppen Gallery announced representation of Danish photographer, Krass Clement (b. 1946). Clement graduated as a film director in 1973 but soon turned to still photography, publishing his first photo-book Skygger af øjeblikke (Shadows of the Moment) in 1978. He has since become an active documentary photographer, focusing on people from both Denmark and abroad. Starting out in black and white, Krass has persisted in developing and modernising his artistic expression so that his practise today also includes work in colour.

Clement's work originates from a fertile and imaginative thought process, a stream of consciousness that is clearly evident in his later photo-books. It emerges from two traditions: The Scandinavian Melancholy and the 'flaneur' tradition from the Parisian school. His work is more concerned with capturing a state of mind than with situations, and the photographs are less documentary depictions than subjective moods; somewhere between spectator and reality.

Krass Clement's Drum (1991), photographed in an Irish pub on a single evening with only three and a half rolls of film, is now considered one of the most important contributions to the contemporary Danish photobook. Michael Hoppen Gallery is privileged to offer signed vintage prints from Drum, Af en bys breve. Fotografier fra Lissabon (Letters from the City of Lisbon), and other works.

In just over a week from now, we will present for the first time a group of Clement’s vintage prints at the 26th edition of Paris Photo, and we look forward to sharing the preview with you in the coming days.

“The photograph, in a way is connected to loss, in that it has 'been'. Time continues and the picture remains. It's both painful and unnerving, but also very beautiful. What interests me is the loss, but also the expectation, which is often not satisfied nor fulfilled.” - Krass Clement