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About
Annika Weertz (1991) hat ihre Kindheit und Jugend zwischen Pferden, Hunden, Katzen und Hühnern in Nordrhein-Westfalen verbracht und lebt in Hannover. Sie arbeitet als Portrait- und Editorialfotografin innerhalb und außerhalb von Deutschland. In ihrer Arbeit vereint sie Portrait und Erzählung und widmet sich der Darstellung von Identitäten, Beziehungen, Raum und Atmosphäre.
Clients & Publications
ZeitMagazin, ZeitCampus, F.A.Z. Quaterly, Die Welt, SPIEGEL Start, FACTOR Partners, Erlich Textil, ESTRID STUDIOS, TISSUE Magazine, Hessische Kulturstiftung, Hessischer Rundfunk, Doclights, Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Das Magazin, Annabelle Magazin, NRC NL., Burda Verlag, YOUNG URBAN PERFOMANCE FESTIVAL amongst others.
Exhibitions
21/09 - 30/09 STATIONEN, Sechs Positionen hannoverscher Fotografinnen, Markthalle/Landtag, HANNOVER, GER
08/02 - 28/02/2021: KATALOQ, CHAPTER 04, ONLINE EXHIBITION, HANNOVER, GER
26/11/2020 -25/01/2021 liquid, I Like to Watch, Online Screening, London, ENG
202016/10 - 23/10/2020 WACHSWEICH,
NEUE ARCHAIK, HANNOVER, GER
10/2019 KISS ME I’M GOLDEN, PROTOTYP, GIEßEN, GER
07/2019 HUNDRED HEROINES // THE ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
Representation on the Line: (Un)framing our Identities, LONDON, ENG
06/2019 EROS & THANATOS, Beta Box, GIEßEN, GER
11/2018 KunstSB, Alte Kupferschmiede, GIEßEN, GER
06-09/2018 Hirn in Vase, Galerie23, GIEßEN, GER
03/2018 Cheap Shots Pops Up!, STU/FF, LOS ANGELES, US
11/2017 New Masculinity, Blender Studios with Curated By Girls, BERLIN, GER
09/2017 Container Love, Reeperbahnfestival 2017, HAMBURG, GER
11/2016 SCARED OF GIRLS, Spinner und Weber, BERLIN, GER
10/2016 - 03/2017, Girl Gaze / A frame of Mind, The Annenberg Space for Photography, Skylight Studios,
LOS ANGELES, US
Annika Weertz (1991) grew up in the country side of North-Rhine Westphalia and works as an editorial and portrait photographer. Her work combines portraiture and story telling in order to tackle questions of identity, relationships, space and atmosphere. Annika currently lives in Hanover, Germany.
Press // Online Publications
Safelight Paper
ZEIT ONLINE
TISSUE MAGAZINE
HUFFINGTON POST GERMANY
Aint-Bad - What We've Found: Dog Days
Container Love - Interview
adolescent content
EyeEm
NYLON Germany
i-D UK
i-D Germany
Lomography Germany
INDIE mag
Kaltblut Magazine
HUNGER TV
TENMAG
imgegenteil
Visceral.8
kwerfeldein.de
Curated by Girls
ANNIKA WEERTZ
Portraiture & Editorial Photography
Annika Weertz (b. 1991) works as a portrait & editorial photographer and lives in Hanover, Germany.
Her assignments reach from portrait work for magazines, cultural institutions and musicians to composed still lifes of design objects and selected advertising work.
She is a member of Female Photo Club, Fotobus Society & VG Bild-Kunst.
Her assignments reach from portrait work for magazines, cultural institutions and musicians to composed still lifes of design objects and selected advertising work.
She is a member of Female Photo Club, Fotobus Society & VG Bild-Kunst.
EDITORIAL
YEAR
ZEITMagazin Watches and Jewellery with Anna Hofmann
2023
Annabelle Magazin About depression and suicidal tendencies in teenagers
2022
Zeit Campus Biologist Janina Rathgeber
2022
ZEITMagazin Hamburg Watches, jewellery and interior pieces
2020
Zeit Campus About body communication during sex
2020
MICHAEL BERGER & KEVIN CLARKE
Description
Michael Berger and Kevin Clarke talking about Joseph Beuys active years in Hesse, Germany with Kristina Hinrichsen for Hessische Kulturstiftung.
Year 2021
SPIEGEL START
Description
Portrait of Vanessa in Erfurt who suffers from long covid.
Year 2022
LUDWIG RINN
Description
Ludwig Rinn und Dr. Christoph Otterbeck talking about Joseph Beuys’ active years in Hesse, Germany for Hessische Kulturstiftung.
Year 2021
ZEIT CAMPUS
Und was machst du so?
Description Portrait photograph of biologist Janina Rathgeber for Zeit Campus N°1 22/23, who searches for local bat populations in areas close to future wind farms and prepares an expert opinion in accordance with the law on the protection of species.
Year 2022
PERSONAL
YEAR
2022 - ongoing
2021 - 23
2019
2019 - 21
2015 - 21
Milan und seine Freunde
Meet Milan and his friends
COME TO ME
Description
If I only knew what this was about
Year 2019-2021
KISS ME I’M GOLDEN
Year 2019
Music photography and the documentation of bands go hand in hand with a certain style and certain subjects that, to this day, have been reproduced a thousand times: pre-gig rituals and band huddles, sweaty faces right after the show, backstage drinks, little jokes in-between shows, live footage. These photographs are rarely ever art since they mainly serve the purpose of promoting a particular band image and therefore only allow intimate moments in a set frame.
The essence Annika Weertz is trying to find in her photographs exceeds the authentic portrayal of a band. It is the genuine perception of connections. In what ways does the social atmosphere manifest itself among the band members, what are their relationships with each other like and what type of connection do they have with the photographer? By putting together numerous images, Weertz tries to create a mosaic of interpersonal relationships, which obviously and ultimately remains unfinished. It is an artistic attempt that also reveals its own perspective, as the artist’s personality and presence contribute a vital part to the documentary and have a significant influence on the outcome of the project. Annika Weertz comes closer to a truth that lies beyond objective documentation and unfolds a tension of its very own for the viewer.
THE HILLS WERE HIGHER
WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG* (working title)
When my mother divorced my father and my sister could not stop crying and I merely observed.
Description
It started as a diary about childhood memories, then I was convinced it developed into a family portrait. But it turned out to be a rhythmic visual poem that tries to grasp my feelings from the time when my parents got divorced in 2000. The Hills Were Higher When You Were Young* (working title) is a fictionalised memoir of the feelings that occured when my family structures changed and I found myself navigating through a new place on a stud farm. It also asks how memories shape our identities and to which extent memories can be reconstructed within a photograph.
The project is finished and I am currently editing the project for a book that will be published by Verlag Kettler in 2024.
* The title quotes from If There Is Something by Roxy Music. Lyrics by Bryan Ferry.
Year 2021-23
COMMISSIONED
YEAR
2023
2023
2020
2020-21
Y.U.P. FESTIVAL
Description
Event Documentation for Young Urban Performance Festival in Osnabrück documenting performances of Julischka Stengele (AT), Lady Boy Jon (BE), Young Boy Dancing Group (CH), Territorium KV (AT),
Event Documentation for Young Urban Performance Festival in Osnabrück documenting performances of Julischka Stengele (AT), Lady Boy Jon (BE), Young Boy Dancing Group (CH), Territorium KV (AT),
Year 2022
ARACY - DER ENGEL VON HAMBURG
Author/Director: Gabriele Rose
Producers: Stefan Bomhof, Victoria Vorbröker
Production Management: Ron P. Glavas (Doclights), Melanie Clausen (ARTE)
Actresses/Actors: Cristina do Rego, Ilona Schulz, Sören Kneidl, Maciey Tyrakowski, Silvia Ferstl
Description
ARACY - DER ENGEL VON HAMBURG is a DOCLIGHTS GmbH production commissioned by NDR in cooperation with ARTE and funded by Nordmedia Film- und Mediengesellschaft Niedersachsen/Bremen mbH.
I shot stills for one day and some BTS.
Year 2022
ATEMZÜGE
Authors: Simone Buchholz, Mareike Fallwickl, Berit Glanz, Karen Köhle
Editor and Dramaturg: Cordula Huth
Leads: Victoria Trauttmansdorff, Sascha Icks, Lisa Hrdina, Milena Arne Schedle
Supporting: Ulrich Noethen, Wolfram Koch, Felix Goeser, Stefan Kaminski
Description
Radio play “Atemzüge” (Hessische Rundfunk production) tells of female desire in different phases of life based on four female neighbours and their sex partners.
I was able to visit the recording sessions in Berlin to document the recording process and the actresses/actors while rehearsing.
Year 2022
ESTRID STUDIOS
Description Website and Social Media Content produced for Estrid Studios
Year 2020-23
PORTRAIT
YEAR
Studies Single Images and Portraits
Viktoria Millentrup Architect at Bjarke Ingels Group, Copenhagen
2021-22
Jan Christian Vestre Minister of Trade & Industry Norway, Oslo
2021
Adam Peleg Musician, Copenhagen
2021-22
Malthe Knudsen Musician, Copenhagen
2022
Anna Hofmann Artist, Frankfurt
2022
Ludwig Nikulski Photographer, Hannover
2022
Caroline Streck Artist, Frankfurt/Cologne
2020-22
Jan-Hendrik Brinkmann Artist, Hannover
2020
Erasmus Leinweber Artist, Painter, Hannover
2020-21
Stephan Gräfe Artist, Writer, Hannover
2019-22
Max Brück Artist, Offenbach
2020
TEENAGER’S CLOTHES
A contemporary fashion portrait
DescriptionThe fashion industry is still obsessed with youth. We are used to look at adolescent bodies wearing designer clothes that were put on them by adult stylists and fashion editors. As a portrait photographer, I was interested to know what teens are wearing 2022 when they dress themselves and their thought process behind it. How do they pose and express themselves? What are their favourite pieces and what role does fashion play in their everyday life.
Our portrait takes place in Gießen, Germany. A small student town near Frankfurt. I had lived there for nine years and while I was visiting my friends, I came home very late one summer night to find out that my friend’s son, Milan, was still awake watching JW Anderson’s fashion show. I asked about his friends and if they were also interested in fashion like he was. It did not take long to gather this group of friends together.
After having several flash backs to my own youth in the early 2000s, I noticed how they are way better at styling and putting a look together and they really do know what they are doing.
Published on Safelight Paper
Year 2022
ADAM PELEG
Description
Adam Peleg is known as the former leadsinger of the Danish psychedelic surf Band Pacific Swell, with which he has toured Germany twice already and other parts of Europe such as Spain & The Netherlands.
With his solo project, he takes the stage as a modern crooner but draws a fine line between theatricism and vulnerability. Inspired by the productions of a bygone era, he dives deep into his very own world as a singer songwriter. An unintrusive yet sometimes haunting guitar lures us in and we find ourselves in his melancholic dreams in which his deep voice tells poetic stories of love.
In collaboration with Adam, I have shot several portraits for promotion purposes, shot and designed his album and various covers and produced the music video for his debut single “Guess The Music Ain’t For You” and filmed a life session for his second single “Rusty Rifle”.
Location
Copenhagen, Denmark
Year 2021-22
JAN CHRISTIAN VESTRE
Minister of Trade & Industry, Norway
Description
Offical Portraits for Office
Year 2021
Malthe Knudsen
I spent an afternoon with Malthe in his home in Copenhagen shooting portraits for his solo project Homesickness Music.
Description
Malthe Knudsen is a singer songwriter based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Year 2022
Adam Peleg - Rusty Rifle
Lyrics & Music Adam Peleg
Directed, Edited & Director of Photography Annika Weertz
Mixed & recorded by Johan Haavik
Description Live session for Copenhagen based musician Adam Peleg
Year 2022