honorable mention
Christiane von Enzberg germany
title
MiniHeroes#01
MiniHeroes is a serie of portraits, also photographed with a black background, of children in the age between 7 and 10 years. The manner, how easily they change their personalities is amazing. There is no decoration. Only the colorful stitches. Simplicity. Their creativity is unique; they still didn´t forgot it. They merge in front of the camera maintaining their individuality and particularity. Their views are catching the future with honesty. They are clean. Imposible to get lost on the road.
4 girls. I grew up with my 3 sisters and my parents in a little village next to the Danube valley, in the South
of Germany. After my 'Abitur' and a work experience in Argentina, I
started working as an assistant for different photographers, in Hamburg and Stuttgart. I decided to study
photography and prepared a portfolio for the entrance examination at Lette-Verein Photography school in
Berlin. In 1991 I started to study at Lette-Verein Berlin. After finishing the school, I went for a scholarship
to the basque country and started to work for a regional newspaper. I saw into another world of photography
and learned a lot about reportage photography and beeing quick in implement ideas. When I came back
to Berlin I started to work as an assistant for photographers and began to make my own portfolio. I started
working as a freelence photographer for several magazines. Espacialy in portrait and reportage photography.
In 1998 my first son was born. 2002, I turned my back on Berlin and went to Barcelona/ Spain with my
son. Since then, I am living in Barcelona, now with two sons, in the age of 15 and 9 years. I am working
for german and international magazines, on my own projects and teaching photography at the ‚Universidad
Autonoma de Barcelona in Barcelona.
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entry description
In our visual memory hundreds of historical personalities are running around, interpreted by the palette of the painters of the century. Faces of the past over a black background, full of jewelry, sophisticated hairdressings and luxury clothes. We know their history, their names. We try to sift their views carefully, but we will get lost on the way, but sooner or later we know about their intimates yearnings.MiniHeroes is a serie of portraits, also photographed with a black background, of children in the age between 7 and 10 years. The manner, how easily they change their personalities is amazing. There is no decoration. Only the colorful stitches. Simplicity. Their creativity is unique; they still didn´t forgot it. They merge in front of the camera maintaining their individuality and particularity. Their views are catching the future with honesty. They are clean. Imposible to get lost on the road.
about the photographer
My name is Christiane von Enzberg, I was born in 1969 in Freiburg / ‚Black Forest’, as the 2. daughter of4 girls. I grew up with my 3 sisters and my parents in a little village next to the Danube valley, in the South
of Germany. After my 'Abitur' and a work experience in Argentina, I
started working as an assistant for different photographers, in Hamburg and Stuttgart. I decided to study
photography and prepared a portfolio for the entrance examination at Lette-Verein Photography school in
Berlin. In 1991 I started to study at Lette-Verein Berlin. After finishing the school, I went for a scholarship
to the basque country and started to work for a regional newspaper. I saw into another world of photography
and learned a lot about reportage photography and beeing quick in implement ideas. When I came back
to Berlin I started to work as an assistant for photographers and began to make my own portfolio. I started
working as a freelence photographer for several magazines. Espacialy in portrait and reportage photography.
In 1998 my first son was born. 2002, I turned my back on Berlin and went to Barcelona/ Spain with my
son. Since then, I am living in Barcelona, now with two sons, in the age of 15 and 9 years. I am working
for german and international magazines, on my own projects and teaching photography at the ‚Universidad
Autonoma de Barcelona in Barcelona.
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