the only witness and the heart by Katrin Koenning

Katrin Koenning
the only witness and the heart, 2017
Archival inkjet prigment print, framed
40 × 32 cm, image size
45 × 37 cm, framed size
Edition 1/6

Katrin Koenning (b. 1978) was born and raised in Bochum, a city in the thick of Germany’s turbulent post-industry landscape. At 24, she relocated to Australia where she studied documentary photography at the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane (2007).

In 2016, Katrin launched her first book Astres Noirs (Chose Commune) at Le Bal, Paris. The recipient of multiple awards including the Australian Photobook of the Year Award (2017), the Conscientious Portfolio Award (2016) and the Daylight Award (2015); her images are published widely in places such as The New Yorker, FT Magazine, The British Journal of Photography, The Guardian, Human Rights Defender, ASX, The New York Times, Der Spiegel Magazine, and SBS Australia. Katrin’s work has been exhibited in India, Bangladesh, Estonia, Croatia, South Korea, Norway, Malaysia, USA, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, UK, Germany, The Netherlands, Australia, Finland, France, Greece and Myanmar (forthcoming). She teaches with a multitude of organisations across the Asia-Pacific region, and lives and works in Melbourne.

Please note, this work will be shipped from Melbourne.