THE SINKING WORLD An Exclusive Interview With ANDREAS FRANK
Lens Magazine|October 2020
Andreas Franke, famous for his still life and surreal effects, planned precisely in the challenging creative fields -Underwater Photography. The love of diving, combined with the skills in producing great photographs, is a unique characteristic in this field. Travelling and passion for scuba diving make his pictures cross the boundaries between real life and fantasy.
THE SINKING WORLD An Exclusive Interview With ANDREAS FRANK
STAVRONIKITA PROJECT

In search of the right topic for an underwater exhibition on SS Stavronikita, the Viennese artist determined that this European era, this age of decadence with all its intoxicating extravagance, its vanity and disdain would sign-on to the sunken Greek freighter. But did he really determine it? Was the Stavronikita not rather urging him to do so? The wreck full of lavish life demanded a match as overflowing and abundant as Rococo, its ideal equivalent. Enjoy one of the most flashing and flamboyant epochs of European style and cultural history in the midst of scenery in which nature displays all of its own abundance and prodigality.

An Exclusive Interview With ANDREAS FRANK

Vienna based Andreas Franke is a passionate diver as well as an award-winning commercial photographer. When not shooting for clients, Franke has been creating his one of-a-kind under water art projects for over 5 years, and hopes to continue this work indefinitely.

L. M.: Hello Andreas Franke, we are excited about the opportunity to interview you. Please tell us a little bit about yourself and your team for these productions.

A. F.: I am the founder, owner, and chief photographer of Staudinger+Franke, a photography studio with inhouse postproduction, based in Vienna and working worldwide. We do mainly commercial work, and as I am a passionate diver, I started some years ago, my project, The Sinking World.

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