“I am interested in pushing the boundaries of photography and challenging perceptions. The images I take not only explore my outer experience and vision of the world but also they express my personal history, emotions and beliefs. I see myself as a photographic poet of sorts. Every moment of my daily experience is full of brief encounters with multiple realities; from trash on New York City sidewalks to Internet pornography to the changing of the seasons. The personal, social and cultural artifacts of our individual and collective lives are all a part of my obsession with creating images that question notions of beauty, decay and desire. Throughout my divergent bodies of work there is often a sense of timelessness, of a frozen moment within a world of high-speed image saturation, no more or less meaningful than any other, but also no less full of wonder, complexity and nuance.”

One of the latest projects was Life on a String for the Corning Glass museum that ended January 5^{th 2014}.
The site Orange Alert –Dutch Art Events wrote:
“Symbolizing power, enabling ornamentation, and facilitating trade, glass beads are miniature masterpieces that have played significant roles throughout time and across cultures. This summer, a major exhibition at The Corning Museum of Glass will explore glass beads and beaded objects made by various cultures, representing 3,500 years of human history. On view from May 18, 2013, to January 5, 2014, Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead will showcase, for the first time, many important works from the large historical glass bead collection of The Corning Museum of Glass as well as objects on loan from seven institutions. The exhibition was designed by Stefan Hengst, Harry Allen and Vince DeLuca.”

www.stefanhengst.com

See this video on Stefan Hengst