Daniel Fuchs and Geo Fuchs have been working together as an artist duo since 1992. From the beginning their focus has been on photographic series as a carefully developed conceptual body of work. Their projects grow out of intensive research, precise observation and a long process of collecting, examining, refining and staging.
The artistic work of Daniel & Geo Fuchs moves between photography, conceptual art and precise visual staging. At first glance, their images often appear clear, calm and immediately accessible. Yet the longer one looks, the more questions emerge: What is real? What has been arranged? What was found, and what was created? This tension between reality and fiction is a central element of their practice.
In their photographic series, Daniel & Geo Fuchs repeatedly explore contrasts: beauty and destruction, life and death, perfection and decay. Their visual language is factual, quiet and rich in detail, yet often unsettling and emotionally charged. Whether they photograph in alcohol preserved animals and bodies, hidden rooms, toy figures, military objects or landscapes, they create visual worlds that seem familiar at first, while revealing a deeper, more complex layer beneath the surface.
In their early works, they explore social fringes such as the homeless and people with mental illness. A major project in the mid-1990s was dedicated to transgender people. Later they developed internationally renowned series such as “Conserving,” “Famous Eyes,” “STASI – secret rooms,” “Toygiants,” “Forces,” and “Nature & Destruction.” Each of these series follows its own concept, yet all are part of a broader artistic exploration: an interest in hidden structures, archives, collections, systems of power, and the traces left behind by people, institutions, and societies.
Until 2008, Daniel & Geo Fuchs worked primarily with a large-format camera - a slow, precise, and highly concentrated photographic process. Beginning in 2009, they increasingly expanded their practice to include digital techniques. Nevertheless, their artistic approach remained unchanged: precision, meticulous preparation, and a clear conceptual framework continue to define every project.
A defining feature of their work is their attention to detail. Many of their images reveal their full impact in large format, when the tiniest traces, surfaces, signs of wear, and spatial structures become visible. In this way, their photography does more than simply depict; it creates an experience. Daniel & Geo Fuchs invite viewers to look more closely - and to question what appears obvious at first glance.