On Practice: Aindreas Scholz
Posted on 19 May 2026
On Practice is a series featuring Castlefield Gallery Associates members, offering a glimpse into the ideas, processes and questions shaping their work right now. Through these reflections we get to know the people behind the artistic practice, how they think, and what they’re currently exploring. This month we interviewed artist Aindreas Scholz.
Hello, Aindreas. thank you for talking with us about your practice today. How would you describe your practice in one sentence?
My practice brings together analogue and cameraless photographic processes to explore ecological vulnerability, material experimentation, and the entangled relationship between humans and the more-than-human world.
What’s something people might not know about you?
Something people might not know about me is that I often work collaboratively with natural elements such as sunlight, seawater, rain, soil, and plant matter, allowing them to actively shape the final image.
What are you currently working on, or excited about right now?
At the moment, I am developing work around ecological photographic practice, with a particular focus on cameraless methods, climate-conscious darkroom processes, and my ongoing project The Ecological Wetroom. Through this work, I am exploring how historical techniques such as cyanotype and other experimental approaches can be rethought through contemporary questions of sustainability, care, and environmental responsibility.
What questions or ideas are shaping your work at the moment?
A key question shaping my work is how photography might respond more ethically to the ecological conditions of the present. I am interested in what it means to make images with, rather than simply about, the environment, and in how photographic materials and processes can carry ideas of fragility, time, vulnerability, and repair.
What’s a challenge you’ve learned to work with rather than against?
I live with severe dyslexia, and over time, I have learned to work with it rather than against it. It has shaped the way I research, write, and communicate, but it has also encouraged me to think visually, materially, and intuitively, which is deeply connected to the way I make work.
What are you hoping to explore or develop next?
Looking ahead, I hope to further develop The Ecological Wetroom as both a research framework and a creative space for thinking through ecological and cameraless photographic practice. I am interested in expanding its public and pedagogical potential through workshops, talks, and collaborative projects, while continuing to connect historical photographic processes with urgent contemporary questions around climate change, care, and material responsibility.
A key question shaping my work is how photography might respond more ethically to the ecological conditions of the present. I am interested in what it means to make images with, rather than simply about, the environment, and in how photographic materials and processes can carry ideas of fragility, time, vulnerability, and repair.Aindreas Scholz
What does Castlefield Gallery Associates make possible for you?
Castlefield Gallery Associates makes possible a valuable sense of connection, dialogue, and professional support. As someone balancing creative practice, research, and teaching, it is important to be part of a wider community that creates space for exchange, visibility, and critical reflection.
What would you say to someone thinking about getting involved with Castlefield Gallery Associates?
I would say it is a meaningful way to feel connected to a wider artistic community while developing your practice. Opportunities for visibility, dialogue, and exchange can be incredibly valuable, especially when working through new ideas or transitions in your practice.
One thing inspiring you right now?
Anna Atkins
A place that feeds your creativity?
Remoteness
A tool, habit, or ritual you rely on?
Walking with a camera-less mindset
Castlefield Gallery Associates makes possible a valuable sense of connection, dialogue, and professional support. As someone balancing creative practice, research, and teaching, it is important to be part of a wider community that creates space for exchange, visibility, and critical reflection.Aindreas Scholz
Support Aindreas' Work
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aindreasscholz.comImages
- Aindreas Scholz, And So I Watch You From Afar, Installation View, Images courtesy of the artist
- Aindreas Scholz, Douche caps, courtesy of the artist
- Aindreas Scholz The Most Beautiful Anthropocene, courtesy of the artist
- Aindreas Scholz, Portrait, courtesy of the artist
