About

I began my journey as a hobbyist, capturing the essence of his travels through a lens. What started as a passion for documenting new places soon evolved into a vision characterized by moody cityscapes, industrial scenes, and evocative rural landscapes.

Over time, I developed my now signature style that is deeply rooted in (dark) romanticism and plays with light, shadows, deep and saturated colours and atmosphere, often venturing into the night to explore the interplay between urban and industrial environments and their inhabitants who appear as little lost and lonely specks between anonymous concrete walls.

Occasionally incorporating elements of astrophotography – my childhood passion of the science of the celestial bodies and the universe shining through – my work aims to bridge the raw beauty of earthly landscapes with the infinite vastness of Earth, sea and space, creating images that are both grounded and otherworldly.

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At night, when all cats turn grey, the city is flooded in coloured lights dancing through the streets and transforming the surfaces of urban space and architecture. Houses suddenly reveal their interiors through illuminated windows. Photographer Christian Rocas captures these nightly situations. His pictures reflect both pittoresque and melancholic moments. And they show the night owls in their urban surroundings in a manner reminiscent of Edward Hopper: individual, isolated, each one being for himself in the middle of metropolis.

Nachts, wenn alle Katzen grau werden, taucht die Stadt in farbiges Licht ein. Farbige Lichter tanzen durch die Straßen und verwandeln die Oberflächen des Stadtraums und der Architekturen. Die Häuser geben durch erleuchtete Fenster plötzlich ihr Inneres preis. Der Fotograf Christian Rocas fängt die nächtlichen Situationen ein. Seine Bilder spiegeln malerische wie melancholische Momente wider. Und sie zeigen die Nachtschwärmer und Nestflüchter in den Räumen in einer an Edward Hopper erinnernden Manier: einzeln, vereinzelt, jeder für sich seiend inmitten der Metropole.

Christian Kaufmann
(curator)

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