“Shadows might Dance”, Jessica Backhaus at Fotografie Forum Frankfurt

“Shadows might Dance”, a solo exhibition by Jessica Backhaus

Fotografie Forum Frankfurt

On view from January 31st to April 26, 2026

ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMME

SAT, Jan 31, 3 pm

GALLERY TOUR with JESSICA BACKHAUS and CELINA LUNSFORD

FRI, Apr 17, 2026, 6 pm

GALLERY TALK with JESSICA BACKHAUS and SOPHIE-CHARLOTTE OPITZ

SAT/SUN, Apr 18/19, 2026, 10 am–5 pm

WORKSHOP »ABSTRAKTE DIMENSIONEN« with JESSICA BACKHAUS

Form, colour, and light shape the visual cosmos of internationally acclaimed German photographer Jessica Backhaus. Rooted in documentary photography, her work expands this tradition through a lyrical and highly personal visual language. Small details draw her attention, opening pathways to the enigmatic and to new ways of seeing. Through intuitive, experimental processes, she explores emotional themes such as vitality, absence, and memory. Her images reveal a refined sensitivity to materiality, texture, and the subtlest inflections of colour that unfold in the fertile space between photography, painting, and object-based art.

This exhibition brings together works and books from the past twenty-five years—from early documentary works to her gradual shift toward abstraction and her new series “Papyrus,” presented here for the first time—offering a wide-ranging insight into her artistic oeuvre.

Learn more here.