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As a counterpoint to his commercial color photography, Andy Ridder uses partly two-tone black-and-white photos in contrasting tones that were created as free works. The locations are places where people and space in the interplay of light and shadow are left entirely to the atmosphere and the spontaneity of the moment. This can lead to unplanned stagings, as in the series in a jazz club that appeared in “Stern” and “max”, in whose independent life Andy Ridder interferes as little as possible to control or manipulate. This creates a subtler, more hidden kind of eroticism, always only hinted at, which never pushes the viewer superficially or even flat. The erotic tries to involve the viewer, but has to be discovered by him little by little. That leaves just enough room for personal interpretation. The magazine "Stern" writes: "The pictures of the Stuttgart photographer Andy Ridder demonstrate subtly hidden eroticism at a high level. The gloomy atmosphere of a jazz club is the ideal setting for his sensitive interpretation of eroticism.” Excerpt from the “max” magazine for pop culture and style: “Andy Ridder's pictures are often preceded by unplanned stagings. This creates a subtle eroticism that is only ever hinted at.”

In his abstract works, Andy Ridder moves on the threshold between painting and photography, between reality and abstraction, from deliberate distortion to complete abstraction. The "Zeitwiper" series was created from a photographic process that, combined with long exposure times and "self-movement" sequences, led to extraordinary new image compositions in which traces of movement in his work can be rediscovered in space and time. Acceleration, spatial effect, movement and dynamics together result in endless image overlays. The time-flowing, moving camera destroys existing spatial forms through long exposure times. This is how new spaces and images are created, and he succeeds in creating a subjective reality or images full of enigmas….

Added Jan 15, 2023