Pan Walther - Artist inspiration

This is Pan Walther, an artist that i only recently found out about. I own a photography book called 20th Century Photography, published by TASCHEN, and these images and some information have been taken from this book about Pan. Pan Walther was an artist that was born in 1921 in Dresden, Germany. He studied at the Waldorf School, and continued on to be an artist and teach for over thirty years. His focus in his younger years was all on portraits, and while travelling, he would come across gypsies, peasants, and many others whose face told the most interesting stories. Later on, he moved onto work that focused on issues of
Pan Walther - The German Michel, from the series:
Think About It, 1983. Color Print 29.8 x 30 cm
present-day life. These color photographs were mainly staged, and were shown as performance art that was documented. These two pieces are from his later work, both from the series Think About It. I feel that this work is similar in thought to my type of work. Whereas my work is less performance, i still incorporate the problems i face in present day life, and how they relate back to the past. His work that i have seen, especially from this series, i really enjoy, and i can feel his passion through his work. His work inspires me to continue working with this idea of inner turmoil and struggle, even though his pieces do not focus on that notion. I want my pieces to make people feel what i feel, and even though the subject matter between Pan Walther's work and Pan Walther - Fighter in the Japan Look, from the series:
mine are quite different, his pieces just inspire me Think About It, 1983. Color Print 28 x 30.2 cm
to continue, I don't know why.

Philippi, Simone ed. 20th Century Photography.
Los Angeles: TASCHEN, 2007.