Karl Maria Udo Remmes

Karl Maria Udo Remmes (born 2 July 1954 in Tübingen, West Germany – 25 November 2014 in Köln[1]) was a German photographer and physician.

[2] After studying biology and medicine, Remmes did his medical doctorate in 1986 in neuroradiology, and became a consultant radiologist specialized in cross sectional imaging.

He represented the City of Düsseldorf at the World Exhibition EXPO 2010 in Shanghai, showing his work in an exhibition on the interface between theater work and theatrical stage art in Liu Haisu Art Museum Shanghai[7] Remmes ' photographic style is based on pictorialism.

He shows the backgrounds and unwritten laws, the union of scientific and superstitious components behind the scenes.

[9] He represents modern theatre photography but he's not interested in personality cult or in documentation of the action on stage.

Portrait of Karl Maria Udo Remmes
Udo Remmes, Behind the velvet curtain, 2002
Udo Remmes, Portrait of a ballet dancer, Deutsche Oper am Rhein , Düsseldorf 2005