Born in Stuttgart in 1967, Elger Esser is an internationally renowned Franco-German photographer, featured in major collections such as the Guggenheim in New York and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
A student of the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf, he travels extensively to capture timeless landscapes devoid of human figures. Bridging history and memory, his works are inspired by the writings of Proust, Flaubert, and Maupassant. Drawing from the 19th century, he finds literary and pictorial inspirations, along with techniques like photogravure and copperplate printing, which he experiments with and reinvents.
At the Maison des Arts de Bages, from July 6 to September 8, 2024, he will exhibit a selection of photographs chosen from his series taken in the South of France, as well as his latest works focused on the Bages-Sigean pond: "Lacus Rubresus."