Silent Portraits

Axel Kirchhoff
Hardback, 320 pages
German/English
9783949070662

The photo book ‘SILENT PORTRAITS’ is a collection of quotes and portraits of 66 protagonists in their inner practice. How does a journey begin to take shape, manifesting itself as a silent message? In his photographic homage to the beauty and power of meditation, Axel Kirchhoff answers this question quite simply: by listening. In addition to the quiet yet vibrant black and white photographs, the people portrayed express their personal experiences and approaches to inner work in individual descriptions. This unique book is rounded off by insights into the effects of mental exercise that emerge from conversations with the author and neuroscientist Dr Ulrich Ott from the Bender Institute of Neuroimaging (BION) in Giessen.

Describing an inwardness that defies words.
The essentials are visible, you just have to look closely.
This book is dedicated to inner encounters.