Photographic works

"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."