ÜBER
Annika Weertz (*1991) arbeitet als freie Fotografin in Hannover.Ihre Neugierde am Bild hat sie nach dem Studium der Geschichte, Journalistik und der technischen Redaktion in die Fotografie verschlagen. Als Autodidaktin erzählt sie in dokumentarischen Essays universelle Geschichten in privaten Details, wobei das Portrait im Mittelpunkt steht. Die Fotografie ist das Werkzeug, das sie durch die Komplexität des Lebens, Emotionen und Beziehungen führt. Ein essenzieller Teil ihrer Arbeit ist ihre eigene Vulnerabilität und der Versuch, die Welt nicht zu erklären, sondern erfahrbar zu machen.
Ihre Aufträge reichen von Portraits für Magazin- und Zeitungsredaktionen, Kultureinrichtungen und Künstler*innen bis hin zu inszenierten Stillleben von Designobjekten, Schmuck und ausgewählten Werbeaufträgen. Sie ist Mitglied im Female Photoclub, der Fotobus Society und der VG Bild-Kunst.
Annika filmt gelegentlich und in ihrer Freizeit hört sie gerne Musik und schaut Autoren- und Horrorkino.
WORKED FOR
ZeitMagazin, ZeitCampus, F.A.Z. Quaterly, Die Welt, SPIEGEL Start, SPIEGEL Online, FACTOR Partners, Erlich Textil, ESTRID STUDIOS, TISSUE Magazine, Hessische Kulturstiftung, Hessischer Rundfunk, Doclights, Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Das Magazin, Annabelle Magazin, NRC NL., Burda Verlag, 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
ABOUT
Annika Weertz (*1991) works as a freelance photographer in Hanover.After studying history, journalism and technical editing, her curiosity for images led her to photography. As an autodidact, she tells universal stories in private details in documentary essays, with the portrait taking centre stage. Photography is the tool that guides her through the complexities of life, emotions and relationships. An essential part of her work is her own vulnerability and the attempt not to explain the world, but to make it tangible.
Her assignments reach from portrait work for magazines, cultural institutions and artists to composed still lifes of design objects and selected advertising work. She is a member of Female Photo Club, Fotobus Society & VG Bild-Kunst.
Annika also films occasionally and in her free time, she enjoys listening to music and watching auteur and horror cinema.
SELF SELF | A SOFT GAZE AT INTIMACY
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
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
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 - 23
2021 - 23
2019
2019 - 21
2015 - 21
always
ARCHIVE AND SINGLES
Description
A selection of single images, portraits and studies from the past and the present
Year
always
Look At Me Now!
Description
Look At Me Now! is not a documentary series in the sense of an observation from the outside, but an attempt at an ongoing collective portrait. Growing up is a constant peeling out of certain stages of life and images that one has made of oneself. Especially at the beginning, this happens incredibly quickly. And yet every time there is the justified claim: Look! Now I am who I really am! In my photo series, I try to capture these moments of self-assertion, what is otherwise often dismissed as just a phase.
Through Milan, the son of a friend, I got access to his circle of friends, who fascinated me more and more after a first photographic acquaintance and whom I consequently wanted to portray in regular intervals. For a year now, a kind of continuous photographic diary has been created in which my view of them meets their view of themselves. The more time we spent together, the more their biographies unfolded, the portraits widened their space: relationships, migration experiences, friendship, future, parents, identity. Away from grand narratives of crisis, remote landscapes and foreign cultures, I wanted to capture this unbelievably condensed time of growing up, to share in their view of themselves, to look back with them on past images and develop new ones. And above all: to take them seriously in their self-expression and offer them the opportunity to create an image of themselves together with me that corresponds to their own ideal at this specific moment, beyond parental or social expectations.
Look At Me Now! is not a documentary series in the sense of an observation from the outside, but an attempt at an ongoing collective portrait. Growing up is a constant peeling out of certain stages of life and images that one has made of oneself. Especially at the beginning, this happens incredibly quickly. And yet every time there is the justified claim: Look! Now I am who I really am! In my photo series, I try to capture these moments of self-assertion, what is otherwise often dismissed as just a phase.
Through Milan, the son of a friend, I got access to his circle of friends, who fascinated me more and more after a first photographic acquaintance and whom I consequently wanted to portray in regular intervals. For a year now, a kind of continuous photographic diary has been created in which my view of them meets their view of themselves. The more time we spent together, the more their biographies unfolded, the portraits widened their space: relationships, migration experiences, friendship, future, parents, identity. Away from grand narratives of crisis, remote landscapes and foreign cultures, I wanted to capture this unbelievably condensed time of growing up, to share in their view of themselves, to look back with them on past images and develop new ones. And above all: to take them seriously in their self-expression and offer them the opportunity to create an image of themselves together with me that corresponds to their own ideal at this specific moment, beyond parental or social expectations.
Year 2022/23
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.
COMMISSIONED
YEAR
2023
Erlich Textil – Erliche Männer
2020
2019-20
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
Mathias Leidgschwendner Art Director
2023
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
Erasmus Leinweber Artist, Painter, Hannover
2020-21
Mathias Leidgschwendner
Teenagers’ 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 Health, Norway
Description
Offical Portraits for Office
Year 2021
VIDEO
Commissioned
Adam Peleg Guess The Music Ain’t For You Music Video
2023
Pacific Swell Days of Lust Music Video
2019
Personal Work
Teeth Fingers Toes Short
2022
Pacific Swell Screentests
2020-23
Bright Midnight Short
2020
Noah Eating Ice Cream Short
2019
Adam Peleg - Guess The Music Ain’T For You
Starring Adam Peleg as Adam Peleg Kitty Collins as Kitty
Directed & Edited & Director of Photography Annika Weertz
Second Camera Stephan Gräfe
Mixed & Produced Johan Haavik
Description Music Video for Copenhagen based musician Adam Peleg
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
Pacific Swell - Screen Tests
Directed, Edited & Director of Photography
Annika Weertz
Annika Weertz
Description
Moving Portraits of Pacific Swell
Moving Portraits of Pacific Swell
Year 2019
Noah Eating Ice Cream
Directed, Edited & Director of Photography
Annika Weertz
Annika Weertz
Description
Very short clip of Noah eating ice cream
Very short clip of Noah eating ice cream
Year 2019