Who is Lou?
Lou Vicious developed very naturally.
‘best vicious, Lou’ – I formally used this tag for street art and online presences. Over the years I continued to use this name for several little projects but without any consistency. The common ground of these projects is, that they are personal and go beyond what is generally defined as photography. They exist as the result of what I have been using photography for when I first began – self expression.
This shows in different facets: either as model for other photographers, through self portraits, as singer/songwriter – and there is more to come.
I chose to put aside those
“mind made” boundaries through which I only restricted myself.
Lou Vicious is more than a name and more than a project.
It’s more than a concept and more than a character. It’s a synonym for the aspects of myself that need expression and that seek expansion.
Lou Vicious is intuitive and finds perfect order in chaos.
liberation
is what I named this series.
I shot it in early 2020 – a time, when a feeling of uncertainty was very present within me – maybe also influenced by what happened on earth during these days. Today I think that changes, development and growth are inherent in life. I think it is our intention to develop, have a vision and try to fulfill it with as much joy and pleasure as possible – but thinking back, I was not certain at all about anything anymore and I also noticed how much I doubt myself and my work.
The longing for breaking free again and tearing apart boundaries, lead me to taking these pictures.
I was yearning for a feeling of lightheartedness, softness and liberty – within me and also around me and it was my intention to awaken this feeling within me to finally being able to shoot this series.
[side note: This was also the time, when I picked up my guitar again and wrote the first lines of uncertainty.]
I’m trying to ease my mind and surrender to the thoughts that come..
2020
liberation | self portrait
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lost in admiration
(for you)
feeling separation (from you)
2020
liberation | self portrait
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“liberation” then was also the very first self portrait series, that I shot after a very long time. While creating images was something I could not not do, when I began, I told myself taking pictures of myself was something that I should stop doing – after deciding to learn the craft.
I told myself, that I could be perceived as untrustworthy or vain and thereby nipped in the bud of any inspiration.
That was the path to this liberation series.
2020
liberation | self portrait
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and that flow felt so..
liberating
2020
liberation | self portrait
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