tainted lenses

About

About

Biography

My journey started with the study and scientific practice in physical chemistry labs - in the worldof laser light, optical tables and cameras - using light as a tool to investigate atomic structures in nanoparticles.

rainbow colors lab.jpg

LASER Rainbow

The colorful light emitted after focussing a high energy laser in one spot of air.

The experience and understanding of the physics of light translated into capturing visual images, supporting first steps into photo- and videography. It became my way to creatively engage with stories outside my academic research of the material world, stories about the human experience.

Anyone lives and dies with a set of beliefs and stories that may never be verifyable objectively, but the stories we hear and believe, may they be scientific, religeous or of any other origin, fundamentally shape how we behave as human beings. They shape us individually with language and childhood experience, and collectively, observable in nation states down to the smallest fanclub.

The stories we perpetuate shape the world, and the compelling and compassionate telling of better stories could possibly be our best way to change the world for the better, not just our scientific model of it.






Awards

LA Music Video Award - Most Visually Stunning
Telly Award - Gold
The Lovie Award - Bronze
South African Indie Film Fest - Best Music Video
Berlin Short Film Festival - Best Short Short

Philipp Primus is an​ interdisciplinary researcher in Physical Chemistry and a Photographer. In all of his work, he is passionate about using light as his tool, investigating the properties of molecules and atoms and capturing photographic images to tell human stories.

 

References

NYLON Japan
Fashion Magazine Canada
Juice
Berlin Valley
Missy Magazine
Michalsky
Robot Koch/Fiora as Fortnite
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@lotic with a new single and new visuals created under strict social distancing rules. Not the hardest task to make a 💎 sparkle though💖💕, absolutely love her. New single BURN out now! @houndstoothlbl . . #berlin #artist #electronicmusic #lotic #b
My galician friends Luis aka @66coru and Martin (originally from the UK), having me for dinner and posing for a picture one year later - just before starting their epic voyage to the Caribbean on a 1913 ‘Gaffcutter’ from Cardiff called &l
Back in the days with the amazing @sookee_quing 💜 There are not many artists as humble, friendly and productive as Sookee! At the same time she is always fighting the fight for equality. . . . #queer #artist #rap #berlin #activist #sookee #springsto
#tbt when I was introduced to Baltic Sea Surfing by @itooktheshot 🧡 such an intersting experience, if you can surf well there you really have some skills! . 3 dudes in a Fiat Panda 🤙🏼 travel does not have to be fancy ;) . . . #surf #baltic #balti
2 more days until I will be drinking Black Label after church in #soweto 🇿🇦 I am already looking forward to working on a story with the amazing @director_kit . . I also can‘t wait to meet all the people who made our first music video a realit
#tbt when @fritz_______ came to my studio to play with some lights and an idea inspired by #maxheadroom This was created in camera without photoshop. Comment for hints ;) . . In light of new projects in other fields my IG has been resting for a while
Back in #kassel hanging out with my oldest friends, the people I met when I was in diapers and 5th grade, respectively. Apart from Christmas, every summer we try to get together at cottage in the forest close to #edersee . . Do you also feel this spe
Summer is over! Just a few days ago we were enjoying an evening session at the #dogshitspot / warschauer straße / #berlin ... @barrio_skateshop_berlin . . . . #analog #canona1 #skate #street #diy #concrete #homies #skateboarding #skateordie #sk
Baaba, Naomi and Kukua taking a break from collecting sea snails from the exposed rocks during a low springtide. Western Region, Ghana, 2015. . This is still one of the favorite shots I ever took. We were playing in the shore break with a broken foa
I am feeling the urge to let my body float in the vast Atlantic ocean again, submit to nature and be in tune with the elements. Its been a stressful year! . During one of my first sessions at this spot, alone, and after carefully looking at the sharp