In this colour photograph, Hubertus Hohenlohe turns his lens toward a seemingly mundane subject: discarded paper. Crumpled, torn, or folded into unexpected shapes, the fragments lie where chance has left them. Hohenlohe does not intervene or arrange what he finds; he photographs only what he sees.

Rooted in the concept of Objet Trouvé, his practice is not one of creating but of uncovering. Here, the discarded paper becomes more than waste. Its textures, delicate shadows, and subtle hues transform into an abstract composition—a silent landscape shaped by time, gravity, and accident.

Through precise framing and a keen sensitivity to light and colour, Hohenlohe reveals an unexpected poetry. The creases catch highlights, edges glow softly, and faint stains become traces of a hidden history. What was once overlooked is now elevated, seen as a serendipitous work of art—a glimpse of Peinture Trouvée, where painting emerges not from the artist’s brush but from the world itself.

This photograph invites us to look closer and reconsider what we dismiss as insignificant. It is a quiet celebration of beauty in the unintentional and a reminder that sometimes, the most compelling artworks are those we find, not those we make.