MARCO BAUMGARTNER

Marco Baumgartner (b. 1977, Switzerland) works as an artist with the medium of photography.

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His work is rooted in the everyday: in quiet gestures, fragmented bodies, transitional spaces and situations that may appear inconspicuous at first glance, yet carry an emotional tension.

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Baumgartner’s path into artistic practice did not emerge from a classical art trajectory. He comes from various professional contexts and worked for a long time outside the art field. These experiences shape his gaze as much as his need for attentiveness, condensation and inner clarity.

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Alongside his artistic practice, he works as a caregiver in the field of migration. This activity sharpens his sensitivity to questions of proximity, responsibility and human dignity, without becoming a direct subject of the photographic work.

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In parts of his work, he becomes the subject himself. He understands photography as a mirror. As a means of making inner states, shifts and ruptures visible without fixing them or narrating them autobiographically.

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Besides his personal work, he also document events and portraits for people and organizations who value real moments over staged photography.

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He does not believe in perfect stories.

Only in real ones.