Fecht's (1952) work shows human figures against a dark background. His photos show his fascination for facial expressions and postures. Fecht is originally a sculptor, which manifests itself in his photography, as he kneads the body like clay with the help of the incidence of light. Sculpting with light, as he calls it himself. Faces, skin, back and hands appear from the dark, housing the body's secrets. Each gesture or body part carries meaning. "Saved Skin," for example, shows a smiling old man with a clearly visible registration number from a concentration camp on his arm. This paradox incites a feeling of alienation in the viewer. The portrayed person told the photographer that he had survived the concentration camp by smiling. His skin had been literally saved, though it would show traces of the past forever. In his photographs, Fecht illustrates that the body tells a story about human existence.