I first met the inimitable Herr Bracher sometime shortly after a good while ago. We met in a café in East Berlin where the walls climbed strangely to the ceiling and refused stoically to ever come back down again. He wore expensive aftershave and was 14 minutes late. Over coffee, we talked of the aesthetic merit … Read more

I first met the inimitable Herr Bracher sometime shortly after a good while ago. We met in a café in East Berlin where the walls climbed strangely to the ceiling and refused stoically to ever come back down again. He wore expensive aftershave and was 14 minutes late. Over coffee, we talked of the aesthetic merit of sepia toning and the dubious fortunes of the Meschersmitt… then he gave me …The Envelope. Faded and yellowing with the passage of time, tied with dusty string, dark brooding images that would make me afraid to close my eyes…ever again., The Testchamber, A mercurial place where Form triumphs over Function, even though Function itself plays a pretty good game…only for Style to creep in at the end and score a late winner. Hurrah !

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I've known Testchamber on an online capacity for a fair while now and have always found him to be friendly, helpful and unafraid to offer honest critique which has been invaluable to me. His work is of a consistently high standard and his images have long served as an inspiration to me and have been of a quality tha… Read more

I've known Testchamber on an online capacity for a fair while now and have always found him to be friendly, helpful and unafraid to offer honest critique which has been invaluable to me. His work is of a consistently high standard and his images have long served as an inspiration to me and have been of a quality that I strive to achieve.

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