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Manuela Höfer

Saxophone player, 1996

When Manuela Höfer began her studies at the Film, Television and Photography Academy FAMU in 1991, she moved to Prague. While walking towards Prague Castle, she encountered a saxophone player. She reached for her Praktica, loaded with Orwo film, and captured the moment.

At first glance, the image appears to show a frail man in a hat, walking alone along a path. On closer inspection, however, his shadow reveals the figure of a musician, absorbed in his performance.

MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions Sheet size, 30.3 x 23.7 cm
Mount size, 50 x 40 x 0.3 cm
Credit LineIMMA Collection: Donation, David Kronn Collection, 2024
Item NumberIMMA.4482
Copyright For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].
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Manuela Höfer, Saxophone player, 1996, Gelatin silver print, Sheet size, 30.3 x 23.7 cm|Mount size, 50 x 40 x 0.3 cm, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, Donation, David Kronn Collection, 2024

For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].

About the Artist

Manuela Höfer

Manuela Höfer has been working with photographic practices and processes for over forty years. Following her training as a photographic laboratory technician and photographer, she studied photography at the Film, Television and Photography Academy (FAMU) in Prague. Throughout her career, she has maintained a particular interest in analogue photography and the photogram.

Over the course of her professional life, she has organised exhibitions and photography fairs in London and Berlin, as well as establishing her own photography gallery in London. During extended periods of work in Prague, London, Bavaria and Thuringia, she developed site-specific projects and exhibition concepts. Her work is held in numerous collections, has been presented in solo and group exhibitions across Europe, and has been featured in specialist literature.

Her photographic practice reflects an intimate engagement with her surroundings and a profound fascination with the natural world.

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