Noah Noyan Wenzinger
b. 1999 Switzerland-Turkey
Based in Zurich (Switzerland)
‘Pictures have to speak for themselves. If a picture is already fly, then you don’t need any explanation at all. An explanation can still complement a picture, but the picture mustn’t depend on it.
We’re drowning in pictures, which anyone can snap on their cell phone whenever they feel like it, especially party pics, many of which don’t have any real meaning anymore. But I’ve noticed that some people want something else out of their photographs, though they’ve no idea what. They want a bit of real raw vibes, and they think you can force it, but you can’t.
My aim, since the beginning, has been to create this illusion and bring out the soul or should I say, essence – of a picture, in my own unique way.’
Images: Noyan, Untitled, 2015-2022, from the series Noyan © NOYAN
Bringing together 66 artists from across the world, Photo Elysée recently celebrated emerging talent with the exhibition Gen Z: Shaping a New Gaze. As media partner, 1000 Words is featuring the work and accompanying texts of all participating artists in our weekly column dedicated to new voices in contemporary photography.
