ANKE SCHAFFELHUBER are images that create a struggle and inner discomfort of stark contrast. Turn around, and the four giant feet of the Eiffel Tower straddles the silent beauty of a Patagonian glacier. Another 360, and you find yourself drawn down a beautiful avenue. A path that leads out of a 21st Century city rushing through the bustling people, their lives, and material possessions flooding out into the remote and barren landscape of a Namibian desert. The end of the line, a life, a dream? Through Anke’s photo art, you gather perspectives of our world which on the one hand are part of our day-to-day life, yet on the other so unfamiliar that they appear surreal. It is the combination that in the end, reminds us of how alien we risk becoming in our world. The art of Anke Schaffelhuber creates bridges between the gap of what is known to the human eye and what the mind is capable of imagining. The prerequisite of craftsmanship is interpretation, and this attribute, combined with its belief structure, transforms her photography to art. Today Anke is based in Munich, Germany and Geneva, Switzerland.
Mindsetting Why not Quo Vadis?
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