Award 2007

1971 DE

Rebecca Kraft

"don´t look back"

The reflection and interpretation of my own memory is an important motivation within my artistic work. I´m aiming somehow the reduction of personal matters to a kind of steady content of truth and a symbolic expression, which is commonly understood. In this sense my pictures are to be seen as concentrates, which refer to many different levels of interpretation besides the personal one. Being autonomous objects of art, they provoke new topics to be looked at by posing themselves questions, giving the answers, too.

Appreciation

Biography

1971 born in Stuttgart 1993 -1994 studies of fine art at Freie Kunstschule Nürtingen 1994 -1996 apprenticeship for photographer and archivar 1997 - 1999 studies of art sciences in Munich 1999 - 2003 studies of photography at Projekt Fotografie of the adult evening classes in Munich, conducted by Michal Jochum 2005 classes for photography under conduction of Lynne Cohen and Reiner leist at the Int. Summer Academy for Fine Arts Salzburg; seminars and workshops 2001 with Andreas Petersen 2001 -2002 with Sybille Bergemann 2005 with Alvydas Lukys; Exhibitions: 2006 2nd Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie and fotobild Berlin