In a time oversaturated with images and quick consumption, Marcus Schaefer’s photographic work stands as a quiet rebellion. It defies easy categorization, resists superficial clarity, and insists on depth, ambiguity, and sensation.

Spanning more than a decade, this body of work, collected in »Marcus Schaefer — Photographic Works 2013–2025«, is not merely a retrospective, but a portal into a unique aesthetic universe: one where the known is made strange, and the invisible is drawn delicately into view. From abstract portraits and conceptual still lifes to spectral nudes, object studies, and previously unseen street and travel images, Schaefer’s photographs speak in visual riddles. They are less concerned with the outer appearance of things than with the inward resonance they provoke.

This retrospective captures the evolution of that vision across twelve years — a period during which Schaefer’s vocabulary has grown more refined, his experiments more confident, and his voice more assured.

Marcus Schaefer is a Paris-based multi-disciplinary artist working in photography, sculpture and painting. The artist puts the color black at the heart of his work, using it as a central component to his visual messaging. His first book »Mapping Subconciousness« was published with Patrick Remy Studio in 2024.

“In a time oversaturated with images and quick consumption, Marcus Schaefer’s photographic work stands as a quiet rebellion. It defies easy categorization, resists superficial clarity, and insists on depth, ambiguity, and sensation. Spanning more than a decade, this body of work, collected in Marcus Schaefer — Photographic Works 2013–2025, is not merely a retrospective, but a portal into a unique aesthetic universe: one where the known is made strange, and the invisible is drawn delicately into view. From abstract portraits and conceptual still lifes to spectral nudes, object studies, and previously unseen street and travel images, Schaefer’s photographs speak in visual riddles. They are less concerned with the outer appearance of things than with the inward resonance they provoke. This retrospective captures the evolution of that vision across twelve years — a period during which Schaefer’s vocabulary has grown more refined, his experiments more confident, and his voice more assured.”
— Christina Clemm