Photographer Creates Giant Wave Sculptures from Deadwood in Hamburg Forest

In a statement expanding on the deeper meaning behind his installations, Gläscher reflected, “A wave is a periodic oscillation or a unique disturbance in the state of a system. Observations are diverse, personal, and not always transferable—they can be experienced in many different ways. A perceived object can have an impact in countless forms. Is it standing still? Has it moved? Nothing is ever as it seems. Are appearances deceptive? Not necessarily. They carry me, wash over me, swirl within me, make me anxious, retreat, and then surge toward me again.”

He continued, “‘That can’t be,’ says the left side of my brain. ‘But I see and feel it,’ replies the right. I can walk through them, pause them, touch them—but then everything halts, stuck in place. I have to let go. And then, standing upright, the second wave crashes over me. It is unique—it was unique. I lift my head, embrace it, and recognize the vibration, the familiar sensation. With that, the fear begins to fade. If another wave comes, I’ll be ready.”