Press Review- For some time now, Achim Koerfer`s fine art photography has received ample media exposure in art and photography journals in Germany and abroad. His photo sequences inspired by topical issues in particular enjoy special attention and are given detailed coverage and are subject to avid discussion. Below you will find a list of publications:
In addition to this, Koerfer's involvement in and commitment to such aid projects and organizations asUNICEF, ART 4 AID, EQUAL or subvenio e.V.are well documented by the press (e.g. International Herald Tribune) in articles which appear in local, regional and international publications. This media exposure provides an interesting and vivid chronicle of the fine art photographer's career.
Achim Koerfer Donates Artwork to subvenio e.V.
Charity auction at eBay - Fine art photographer Achim Koerfer has often captured public attention on account of his unflagging commitment to charitable causes close to his heart. This time he is donating one of his unique artworks to the subvenio e.V., a non- profit association for the aid of victims of accidents. As someone who has, himself, survived a car crash, he knows full well what it means to suffer the attendant injuries and cope with the subsequent trauma of such a mishap.
For this reason he is giving his support to Germany’s first nationwide advocacy group for victims of accidents by donating a superb hand- signed fine art print which subvenio e.V. will auction off from 5 December 2009 on eBay. This world- famous online auction and shopping website is sponsoring this charity auction with a premium slot which it is placing at subvenio’s disposal free of charge...more
Fine Art Photography by Achim Koerfer in Galerie Mootz- Art Saarbrücken
Bizarre realm of flowers meets art emporium - from 01 December 2009 till 31 March 2010 the Kunstkaufhaus Mootz- Art gallery in Saarbrücken presents works of fine art photography from unikatfabrik. These artworks are taken from Achim Koerfer’s current photo sequence ″FLORAL IMPACT″, for which the artist from Mönchengladbach has melded images of wildflowers and blooms of garden varieties and forms of nature and objects of artifice to create a surreal floral continuum to graphically symbolize the encroachments of man upon Nature applying his highly personal conception of aesthetics. The intricacies of the issue of rampant genetic engineering finds expression in Koerfer’s unique technique of photographic superimposition effected by non- digital multiple exposures alone, resulting in works of arresting imagery.
The singular originality of this style which Koerfer developed and refined autodidactically and the break with conventional principles of perception it embodies moved ...more
Fine Art Photography by Achim Koerfer in Galerie KiT Hamburg
Exhibition on the premises of the Board of Urban Development and Environmental Concerns of the city of Hamburg - From 2 October till 30 November 2008, a selection of works by fine art photographer Achim Koerfer from Mönchengladbach will be exhibited in the Galerie KiT in Hamburg. The compositions involved, taken from Koerfer’s latest photo sequence entitled “SYTHESIZED FASHION”, will be displayed on the premises of the Board of Urban Development and Environmental Concerns of the city of Hamburg.
Koerfer’s photographic compositions stand out for reason of their intriguing, apparently digitally composited effects which are actually achieved solely using a mirror reflex camera, conventional photographic techniques and an unerring eye for in situ composition. Talent and a sui generis technique create compellingly visionary images which, thanks to their protean nature, inspire the beholder’s imagination to flights of delightful fancy and multiple interpretations while posing an exciting challenge to his / her perceptions ...more
Achim Koerfer Part of Federal Campaign
After the public- spirited and committed photographer Achim Koerfer had already donated a number of artworks to charity projects such as to Art 4 Aid’s auction and gala for UNICEF, another project he took part in, the creative competition "Work- Life- Balance" sponsored by the Federal German Government, turned out to be a source of impetus for new contacts from the ranks of civic and municipal administrations. He received enquiries from a number of these for photos intended for such family- related publications as guidebooks for parenting.
„For me, family life plays an important role in society, and even if reality is at great variance to the ideal, I do believe it is possible to achieve a balance between work and family life- provided that the requisite and pertinent government- sponsored social facilities are instituted“ replied Koerfer when asked why he took part in the "Work- Life- Balance" project. Though charity is its own reward, the fact that his participation in this competition incidentallygenerated interesting business contacts was welcomed...more
Achim Koerfer Supports ART 4 AID and UNICEF
With the ART 4 AID project, the Amsterdam International Chapter of the Junior Chambers International (JCI) joined forces with UNICEF to create a charity project which is a combination of forum and platform for aspiring and established young artists, and art exhibition and auction to take place in Holland. Over 200 young artists from all over Europe answered the call of the organisers for the donation of artworks to promote a worthy cause and at the same time receive the opportunity to become known in the Netherlands and beyond. Achim Koerfer, photographic artist and originator of the unikatfabrikvirtual gallery also made it to the cadre of 36 top artists whose works will be auctioned off to raise funds for UNICEF. It was the compelling nature of the project’s concept and the worthy cause involved which moved the artist to take part in ART 4 AID. The proceeds of the auction of the donated artworks and the grand benefit gala on 15.04.2007 will be used to finance UNICEF Educational and Child Care programmes.
“The fight against the deplorable state of Education and Child Care in many countries ...more
unikatfabrik - A Relaunch with a New Range of Services
For two years now, artist Achim Koerfer´s unikatfabrik enterprise has stood for conventional photography, digital- age composition and artistic concepts of extraordinary calibre. As one of the first artists to disseminate his works on a rental basis, he was able to create a stir with his “Bildwechsel” - "Alternating Pictures" project.
In accordance with his guiding principle of employing minute alterations to achieve maximum effects, Koerfer presents himself in the New Year with a refurbished online presence and an improved and more clearly delineated range of services. At the same time, the artist has expanded his team to include new external associates and cooperational partners in order to exploit synergies and symbioses on an international basis. With a broad range of comprehensive services, unikatfabrik addresses not only fanciers of art and interior decorators, but also businesses. For the latter, unikatfabrik offers exclusive photographic art on commission in perfect tune with the respective corporate design ...more
An Art Exhibition at the Parkhotel in Mönchengladbach- Rheydt
On the occasion of the Hockey World Championship to be held in Mönchengladbach, the photographic artist Achim Koerfer is exhibiting his works at the Parkhotel in Mönchengladbach- Rheydt for three weeks.
The artworks will be displayed in the grand salon and function room of the hotel, named ’Düsseldorf’. Other artists of the region will also exhibit their works in other function rooms of the hotel at the same time. The artist will attend the opening on 10 September. The public is welcome to view the artworks during the Parkhotel´s regular opening hours...more
A Successful Encounter between Art and Commerce
Aachen (Aix- la- Chapelle) 18 August 2006. "At last we have an art exhibition held in the course of the World Equestrian Championship where there is not a horse in sight!" was the first thing Aachen mayoress Ms. Verheyen said as artist Achim Koerfer conducted her through the ranks of his artworks.
Then that was an avowed aim of the organisers responsible for the exhibit- to afford Championship visitors and participants alike an alternative event focused not upon the equestrian games but upon the art involved in the interaction between partners in art and commerce, upon the energy that is generated by the harmonious rapport between such partners in pursuit of a common goal: success! The synergy of equestrian sport takes place in the interaction between horse and rider acting in perfect unison, each responding to the other’s minutest motion, in intimate communication, poised at the starting gate, so to speak, with all their gathering synergetic power coiled behind them, ready to catapult them into the competition and into victory ...more
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Ad!Think´s Frank Neuhaus - We would like to introduce the artist Achim Koerfer and his "Bildwechsel" - "Alternating Pictures" concept.
The photographic works of artist Achim Koerfer direct the viewer’s gaze from the essentially real to novel focal points in the composition. His works are produced entirely employing conventional techniques. It is only in a few artworks that digital techniques are used to subsequently enhance the colours. The original graphic nature of the composition is nonetheless intentionally retained. Yet it is these minute nuances which transform a building in the Düsseldorf Marina district which at first glance- but only at first glance- appears normal, into something novel and surprising.
And that is the artist’s intent- to open our minds, to let us see everyday things through a novel point of view, to break up apparently deadlocked patterns of perception and to give us a completely new perspective on things by means of the minutest perceptual shifts ...more
