Helmut Völter – Wolkenstudien. Cloud Studies. Études des nuages Cinema or Weggefährten

or Weggefährten

The result is a kind of vernacular archaeology

Photographer

280 × 230 mm

But more than simply comical acts of failure

Helmut Völter – Wolkenstudien. Cloud Studies. Études des nuages Cinema or WeggefährtenClouds are fleeting entities studying them so as to correctly classify, name and read their forms was considered in the 19th and early 20th centuries an important step in coming to understand the secrets of the atmosphere. In its early stages photography offered scientists completely new ways of depicting clouds. They used cameras to make precise, lifelike images, which provided in turn insights into the interaction of clouds and the atmosphere.