Stefan Heyne
Stefan Heyne (born 19 July 1965 in Brandenburg an der Havel) is a German photographer and stage designer. He lives and works in Berlin. Education. Between 1987 and 1992, Heyne studied stage design under Volker Pfüller at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee. He continued his studies there from 1992 to 1993 as "Meisterschüler" of Pfüller. Since 1995, he is working as a freelance stage designer. In 2004, he began to photograph. Photographic work. Heyne is a practitioner of a new approach to photographic abstraction in Germany. With his usually large-format works, Heyne departs from traditional photographic conventions. There  exists neither an interpretable object nor a contour on which the in-focus or the out-of-focus can be fixed. Insofar as these parameters do not become the subject matter of the image, the motifs – evade our routines of perception. Heyne's works play with the bewildering aspect of the apparent and in this way they explore the conditions in which photography is perceived. Therefore, they can also be seen as a powerful contribution to the current discussion of the philosophical concept of a "new realism". Manifesto of Tabularism. In autumn 2014, Heyne and German art critic Ralf Hanselle  wrote the "Manifesto of Tabularism". It advocates a radical renewal of the photographic medium in contemporary art. The renewal of photography – seven theses: Exhibitions. Heyne has participated in various solo and group exhibitions including the 2nd photofestival Mannheim-Ludwigshafen-Heidelberg "Reality Crossings" (2007).