A festival photographer captures the festive days on image: on the one side he works in front of the stage, on the other, behind it.
During the concerts, he battles it out with other photographers in the trench infront of the stage, after the concerts, he lives his Moers privilege of having his own little photo-studio directly in the backstage area. After their shows, he invites the musicians into his tent, in the circus tent, to take some photos of them in a more intimate atmosphere.
Since 2006, Oliver Heisch is responsible for this task.
For decades, Oliver Heisch has been a devotee of the festival. He used to camp in the park as a teenager and in 1996 he went to a concert by Maceo Parker and soaked in the sweaty atmosphere in the tent. Since then, Oliver is a regular participant of the musical happenings.
In his youth already, Oliver had figured out his work-related aims. Having grown up in Duisburg Rheinhausen, the local labour struggles awoke his political interest from which his later reference to Jazz developed. Oliver Heisch about this time (in german):
Marc Ribot
John Zorn & Ttukunak
Oliver Heisch about creating photos and finding "the" moment to trigger the camera (in german):
Cecil Taylor
Colin Stetson
More festival photographs available on our homepage, moers-festival.de
During the concerts, he battles it out with other photographers in the trench infront of the stage, after the concerts, he lives his Moers privilege of having his own little photo-studio directly in the backstage area. After their shows, he invites the musicians into his tent, in the circus tent, to take some photos of them in a more intimate atmosphere.
Since 2006, Oliver Heisch is responsible for this task.
For decades, Oliver Heisch has been a devotee of the festival. He used to camp in the park as a teenager and in 1996 he went to a concert by Maceo Parker and soaked in the sweaty atmosphere in the tent. Since then, Oliver is a regular participant of the musical happenings.
In his youth already, Oliver had figured out his work-related aims. Having grown up in Duisburg Rheinhausen, the local labour struggles awoke his political interest from which his later reference to Jazz developed. Oliver Heisch about this time (in german):
Marc Ribot
John Zorn & Ttukunak
Oliver Heisch about creating photos and finding "the" moment to trigger the camera (in german):
Cecil Taylor
Colin Stetson
More festival photographs available on our homepage, moers-festival.de
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