A Look At: Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders was born in Düsseldorf, Germany. Wenders became interested in film while working as an engraver for Johnny Friedlaender (German, 1912–1992) in France. He moved back to Germany and began working for United Artists, and then enrolled at the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film in Munich from 1967 to 1970. Wenders has also exhibited photographs since the 1980s. These works come from his travels and his location-scouting for films. He has had his work shown at many galleries and museums throughout his career. Between 1986 and 1992, his show, Written in the West, toured throughout Europe and Miami. The show included a collection of photography from his time location-scouting for Paris, Texas in 1983. Wim Wenders Photographs, a collection of his personal photographs, was exhibited around the world from 1989 to 1994. He then exhibited Landscape and Memory at the Gallery of Contemporary Photography in Santa Monica in 1996. 
The dynamic color add life into his landscapes. The different ranges of color from monochromatic to natural colors add a mood to each of his photographs. He takes these film locations and turns them into beautiful artworks in themselves. 


'Blue Range,' Butte, Montana, 2000


'Lizard Rock', South Australia, 1988


"Boy at Bat", Havana, 1998