Shot for different german magazines.
Art Selbach started the fine art collection harbourlights® in 2010. He is still continually developing the theme about ships, harbour, lights and landmarks until today. The collection includes currently nearly 140 pieces of artwork. The exciting port cities such as Hamburg, Shanghai, Bangkok or Ho Chi Minh City are now shown on the strictly “limited artwork” page.
All images created by Arthur F. Selbach (Art Selbach)
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Fine Art Collection harbourlights®
the work-exhibition at the Hamburg Speicherstadt is running until June 23rd
On the shoot for a German travel Magazine I spend a few weeks in the Lake Constance area. A lovely region with soft colours and smooth summer's evening. When the light is clear you can look all the way at the Swiss Alpes.
Welcome to my creative artwork collection citylights
When starting the collection harbourlights I parallel developed the collection citylights. The first images came in 2013. Its pretty much the same technique. The collection is still developing and I will add more created images during the next years. This collection will be in a 100% limited edition. That means the print run will generally not go over 7 copies.
Check out my recent work at
https://www.saatchiart.com/artselbach
All images created by ©ARTSelbach
Some of the best Chefs in the world
On my trips through Europe I met many Michelin star awarded cooks and they patiently let me take their picture.
all images ©Arthur Selbach
Photographing Audi along the coastline of South of France from Nice to Monte Carlo.
Once I drove from the Rio Guadiana along the coast of Algarve all the way to Lisbon. A four days ride that I can very much to recommend.
Story for Lufthansa inflight magazine and others.
Today Saigon is one of the most growing cities in Asia.
The small island is also the smallest province of Canada. Spend some nights at Dalvay By the Sea at PEI National Park, a story telling hotel.
Travelling the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea on cruise ships during midsummer time
Image shooting for Princess Cruises and Costa Crociere
Saskatchewan, Canada
For different travel magazines I went to Lac Leman several times. The beauty at the hillside of Lavaux gives you a sense of well-being.
Lovely people, lots of history. Take a look.
Some stories about this Bavarian region I published in the Lufthansa Inflight magazine and some travel magazines.
The first time I came to Cuba was in 1991. The old captivating city of Havana and the very open people performing a fascinating ecstasy on every visitor. The people I photographed did never pose. They kept their natural genuine look straight into the camera. The almost ruined houses with its exceptional charm had a never-ending fascination to me.
Published in the Lufthansa inflight magazine and others.
When travelling Europe I like to visit some of the famous star cooks to capture their picture. Throughout I am fascinated of their amazing variety of cooking art. Wether they been rewarded with Michelin stars or run an excellent Pincho Bar in the Basque Country, a Tapas Bar in Andalucia or a three star restaurant in the Back Forest. The optical impression is as wonderful as the taste of this sensual food.
all images ©Arthur Selbach
The province of Jaen in the south of Spain grows 60 Million of Olive Trees. You will find the highest quality in Olive oil.
But you also find culture, Semana Santa and adventure spots.
Making of from the worldwide newspaper advertising campaign, completely shot in black and white in Miami Beach and South of France. The images were published as a full page ad in the New York Times, Financial Times, NZZ, FAZ, SZ, FR, Handelsblatt and plenty more.
All images by ©Arthur F. Selbach
To Croatia I went a few years ago for a travel magazine after I have been there for the Lufthansa Inflight magazine in 1997. A lot has changed since and I was surprised about the friendliness and hospitality of the Croatian people.
The unique lagoon of Venice is one of the places in the world you shouldn't miss !
Shot for a German travel magazine
When travelling through Europe I stay in all different kind of hotels. See a variety of European hotels on this page.
Crystal Lalique, an ultimate symbol of french luxury ...
Reportage for a german magazine.
The lights of Andalusia, the southern points of Europe.
Fabulous landscapes and excellent wineries: La Rioja
Best to come in autumn. And step by bodega la Tondonia, Ysios (which belongs to Pernod Ricard Bodegas) and Muga. For my opinion those are the best.
Reportage about a painting workshop in Marocco with Mahi Binebine. Mahi is the most famous painter of Marocco. I visited him when he just held a painting workshop with 12 participants in Tahnaout, south of Marrakesh. He used to live in Paris, New York and returned to Marocco in 2002.
All images by ©Arthur F. Selbach
Assigned for Lufthansa inflight and many other magazines I travelled to Paris more than twenty times. Always enjoyable. Always a place to go to - and still one of my favourites.
A travel story for a German travel magazine led me to Halifax, Nova Scotia, along the coast to Lunenburg and the northeastern part of Magalash Peninsula where to find interesting vineyards such as Jost winery. The trip ended at the beautiful Cape Breton Island, home of pure nature landscapes.
Every year in the summer the Limmat river in Zurich is opened for the Limmatschwimmen. A swimming competition down the river that everybody can join by registration. Its huge fun when all the swimmers jump into the river crawling downstream for two kilometres. Jumping into the Limmat river from the Quai Bridge is not part of the competition, but immense fun. Next to the famous chocolate you will enjoy the crystal clear blue ice water.
Travel the country side east of Cape Town to Stellenbosch, Franschhoek or Paarl. When being exhausted from the city just leave the town to go to the country side. Only one hour from Cape Town you'll find fantastic hotels or laid-back lodges. You will find excellent food and winery. Take some day off like we did when we came to Palmiet Valley Estate.
One of my passion lies with the impressions of the almost endless diversity of light situations and settings in the Port of Hamburg. It is unique to watch gigantic cargo-ships or cruise-ships coming up the Elbe river. For 2018 I will put up a new calendar with only harbour images for sale.
When starting photographing with my first smartphone I never thought about getting this quality out of the images. By that time most of them were good enough for printing on a billboard. Today you easily can do. Its high quality nowadays let me sometimes thinking of just leaving my heavy camera stuff at home. And the up-to-date smartphones bear out. Lets wait what's coming next.
The secret spots
Catalunya's province Costa Brava offers a variety of beautiful hotels, great food and high-quality winery. Working for the tourism board I spent many weeks while discovering and photographing almost all of its amazing landscapes and small pretty villages, nice cozy coves and hidden beaches.
The biggest fiesta in Spain is the annual Romeria de El Rocio in Huelva, South of Spain. Hundreds of thousands from mostly southern parts of the country going on a pilgrimage to the church of El Rocio. What a blast! Another spanish fiesta take place at the easter holiday. The rowing regatta in Donostia in September, Feria de Abril in Sevilla and so on. I found the spanish people know to party the best.
All images by ©Arthur F. Selbach
The mediterranean island Crete was one of my favourite destination in the early 80's. Back in 2010 I worked for a handful German magazines and for some book editors. Lovely island with lots of pure nature, cozy beaches and adorable people.
Riga is a beautiful and peaceful place to spend the midsummer time. People are out all night to celebrate the white nights in the northern hemisphere. Its worth a trip. Still inexpensive and secretly.
shows situations that perform in between two or more moments or sceneries.
Here you see short moments between buildings, ships, hands, continents, lollies, power lines, bridges, trees, cars, flowers, chimneys and decades.
All images by ©Arthur F. Selbach
Highriser and some skyscraper across Europe
All images by ©Arthur F. Selbach
A journey cross the Island, shot for Condé Nast Traveller
All images by ©Arthur F. Selbach
architecture shot with the smartphone
All images by ©Arthur F. Selbach
When I started taking photographs with the smartphone I found some interesting possibilities by using a variety of filtering, such as VSCO or Hipstamatic.
Reducing the image on colour and lines brought the right impression.
I love being out in the nature, if its not the seaside, I go for hiking to the mountains. landscapes. light. nature. just pure.
Wonderous stories from Egypt
What a big fun jumping down the dunes. Sometimes you land on your feet, sometimes on your back. But also sometimes you'll eat sand. Or just jump into the lake.
Some years ago I met the actress Lea Mornar in Split, Croatia. We worked together on a job for the Lufthansa inflight magazine. Went to visit Leas grandparents near Trogir and spent a memorable afternoon together.
When you come to Bilbao in Euskadi you primary come for the astonishing and fascinating Guggenheim museum, designed by architect Frank Owen Gehry. You also might come to visit the old town district. Just right. But make sure you don't miss the excepcional Pintcho bars in San Sebastian (Donostia) while savouring a glass of Chacoli. Just a stone's throw away from Bilbo.
Magazine Covers, shot by Arthur F. Selbach
