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Photographer
Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
Photographer
Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
Photographer
Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
Photographer
Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
Photographer
Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
Photographer
Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
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Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
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Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
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Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
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Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
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Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
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Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
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Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
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Uta Genilke
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Uta Genilke
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Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
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Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
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Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
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Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
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Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
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Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
Photographer
Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
Photographer
Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
Photographer
Uta Genilke
RAUHNACHT
Gomma Photography Grant 2022 Finalists

Gomma Photography Grant 2022

RAUHNACHT

Photographer

Uta Genilke

RAUHNACHT

10 Jan, 2023

Second Prize Winner: 'This work skillfully unites the struggles of a frost biting winter and the inner turmoil of a depressed mind. Bold jet abstract pictures paint a feeling of the overwhelming harshness of living, the struggle and the fight while simultaneously give the mind space to breathe in vast landscapes of snow. To unite the two in mixed black and white and color pictures and to transport this choking feeling of being thrown into life deserves to be awarded'. Gomma«When I was 21 I almost developed a depression, it was after the death of my lover. I lay in bed for half a year, could hardly get up, had nightmares every night. I was able to overcome it, but now, decades later, these episodes return to me from time to time.Winter is hard. I live in a small town in the North, the cold creeps through the cracks into the old house, which I rarely leave. Who crawls out of his hole and sneaks around in front of my door at night? Wild animals? Hairy demons? Evil spirits? I make up stories and find joy in them, my dreams are wild and colourful. But sometimes I wake up and can hardly breathe or swallow, I have a big lump in my throat. RAUHNACHT is a series of 58 pictures about my winter depression and my life in a hostile and maybe dangerous environment. All photos are snapshots, not staged, taken in the winters from 2017 to 2022.» Uta Genilke

About the photographer

Uta Genilke

I am a German photobook lover and collector, a graphic designer and self-taught photographer, working with snapshot photographs and archival material, transferring my dreams, longings and fears into books. During the last years I self-published 25 books and zines in mini editions. My work has been shown in group exhibitions and at international photobook festivals. SOMMERSPIELE, a book I made last year, is shortlisted for the Kassel Dummy Award 2022 and currently on exhibition tour.