Claudia Fährenkemper
Claudia Fährenkemper (born October 14, 1959 in Castrop-Rauxel ) is a German photographer and teacher. She currently lives in Werne .
Life
Claudia Fährenkemper studied art and geography at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1979 . She later studied photography at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences , then moved back to Düsseldorf in 1989 and studied in Bernd Becher's class . She is considered to be the representative of the Düsseldorf Photo School . In addition to her photographic work, she is currently teaching at the St. Christophorus high school in Werne.
Fährenkemper photographs both large objects and landscapes such as machines in open- cast lignite mining as well as the smallest objects with the aid of microscopes. Among other things, she worked on the microphotography of insects with a scanning electron microscope .
In 2010 she won the art-in-building competition of the Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, along with other artists . The ministry is now exhibiting black and white photographs of plant seeds that were produced with the aid of a scanning electron microscope.
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 1993, German Mining Museum Bochum : Large equipment in open-cast lignite mining
- 2007, Kunstmuseum Bonn : Fireflies? Radiation animals? Mullein? Whimsical photographic portraits from the microcosm
- 2008, Münster City Museum : insect portraits
Group exhibitions
- 2010, Museum für Fotografie, Berlin : Microphotography - Beauty beyond the invisible
Literature (selection)
- Christiane Stahl (Ed.): Claudia Fährenkemper - Photomicrographs . Hatje Cantz publishing house, Ostfildern-Ruit 2004, ISBN 978-3-7757-1456-3
- Sabine Leßmann, Olaf Breidbach, Annette Scheersoi: Fireflies? Radiation animals? Mullein? - Wonderful photographic portraits by Claudia Fährenkemper . Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn 2007, ISBN 978-3-929790-83-2
- IMAGO: Claudia Fährenkemper - Insect Portraits . Kettler, Bönen 2008, ISBN 978-3-941100-09-1
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Competition results Kunst-am-Bau new building extension of the BMELV ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 3, 2013
- ↑ Exhibition entry in kunstaspekte.de
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SURNAME | Fährenkemper, Claudia |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1959 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Castrop-Rauxel |