Karlovac Central Railway Station 2016

Alfred Freddy Krupa's 'Karlovac Central Railway Station' is a photograph made by an artist born in 1971. The work feels like a scene from a film noir, all stark contrasts in black and white, heavy with atmosphere. Imagine Krupa, there in the Karlovac train station, probably late at night to capture that specific mood. The platform's emptiness, the train waiting silently – you can almost feel the chill in the air. It's all about capturing the quiet, lonely feeling of waiting and transition. The high contrast suggests both clarity and obscurity, so what is revealed is as important as what is hidden. It reminds me of other photographic images by artists like Jeff Wall, who find the sublime in everyday places and use the camera to amplify our sense of experience and awareness. Like all painters, photographers are also in an ongoing conversation, using the image as a form of embodied expression, embracing ambiguity and uncertainty.