Matthias Koch photographs what remains once the thing itself has vanished — trace, echo, imprint of time on place and memory.

Born in Germany, based in rural southern France after years across Venezuela, Chile and Mexico, he works across four long-term series forming a single constellation — Todtnauberg, Unheimlichkeit, Resonances, Eschaton — each circling the same question: what remains?

A close-up black and white photo of a snail with a patterned shell on a wooden surface, leaving a trail behind.

→ RESONANCES

Group of people standing on a rocky hilltop, some with hats, some taking photos, outdoors in bright sunlight.

→ UNHEIMLICHKEIT

A close-up black-and-white photograph of a man with slicked-back hair and glasses, smoking a cigar outdoors.

→ TODTNAUBERG

Black and white photo of a person's arm and hand, holding a cigarette, with a brick wall in the background.

→ ESCHATON

Upcoming Exhibition — An Almost Familiar World


14–22 November 2026 | Centre Le Bournot, Aubenas, France
As part of the Rencontres des Cinémas d’Europe

Selected & featured

2026 Athens Photo Festival , Athens, Greece — shortlisted Todtnauberg

2026 FK Magazine — Todtnauberg

2026 L'Œil de la Photographie — Resonances