DENNIS GELNER

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    Dark & Nude Art

    Neon. Concrete. Night.

    The dark side of my work tells of loneliness, melancholy and cold. Of exhaustion, decay and the things you're not supposed to show — what provokes some and fascinates others. Dystopias, symbols, bodies under cold light.
    Somewhere between neon noir and big-city melancholy — with an aesthetic that romanticises the broken and the frowned-upon, and provokes precisely because of it.
    Not beautiful in the classical sense. But honest, and sometimes thought-provoking.

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    Oleksandra by candlelight, looking into the camera. Dark & nude art from the series “A Candle in the Dark”.
    Neon & night · Urban & cold · Decay & taboo
    Nox in green light, covered in blood, lost in thought, head tilted. From the series Massacre. 01 Massacre 2026 · Dark & Nude Art · Munich · With: Nox Oleksandra by candlelight, looking into the camera. Dark & nude art from the series “A Candle in the Dark”. 02 Oleksandra — A Candle in the Dark 2025 · Dark & Nude Art · Munich · With: Oleksandra Helga behind a veil of plastic sheeting. From the series Hidden. 03 Hidden 2017 · Dark & Nude Art · Munich · With: Helga
    Full-length image of Aliya lying nude on the forest floor in sunlight. The other side Light Fine Art Nudes & Portrait — Stillness. Tenderness. Natural beauty. View series →

    Behind the Scenes

    How I work.

    Light, planning, conversations, breaks — a look behind the camera before you step in front of it.

    12ALana in a red lingerie top and jeans lying on the couch in side light.
    Lichtaufbau
    13ANox wearing only a fur coat, sitting on the bed and looking away, the shadow of a necklace. Analog, London.
    Fenster, Tageslicht
    14AVika in a sheer top in front of glass doors. Black and white, Berlin.
    Großformat
    15ANox with wilted flowers in soft light. Fine art nudes from the series “Rotten Flowers”.
    Moodboard
    16AOleksandra by candlelight, looking into the camera. Dark & nude art from the series “A Candle in the Dark”.
    Kerzenlicht
    01 Idea

    A feeling, a place, a song. It becomes a moodboard.

    02 Conversation

    We talk before the camera is there. On equal terms.

    03 Light

    Window, candle, neon or flash — whatever the image needs.

    04 Shoot

    With breaks, music and room for the unplanned.

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