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Monika Czosnowska

Larissa, from the Novices series, 2004. C-Print, 79 x 66 cm, print run 5 + 2 a.p.

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  • Ill. 1: Monika - C-Print, 79 x 68 cm
  • Ill. 2: Klaus - C-Print, 79 x 68 cm
  • Ill. 3: Lisa - C-Print, 79 x 68 cm
  • Ill. 4: Helena - C-Print, 74 x 62 cm
  • Ill. 5: Katrin - C-Print, 79 x 68 cm
  • Ill. 6: Alexander - C-Print, 79 x 68 cm
  • Ill. 7: Kristian - C-Print, 74 x 62 cm
  • Ill. 8: Clara - C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
  • Ill. 9: Larissa - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
  • Ill. 10: Rebekka - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
  • Ill. 11: Adrian - From the Novices series. C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
  • Ill. 12: Daniel - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
  • Ill. 13: Johanna - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
  • Ill. 14: Benedikt - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
  • Ill. 15: Agnes - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
  • Ill. 16: Justus - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
  • Ill. 17: Tibor - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
  • Ill. 18: August - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
  • Ill. 19: Damian - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
  • Ill. 20: Gabriel - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
  • Ill. 21: Hanna - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
  • Ill. 22: Jan - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
  • Ill. 23: Jonas - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
  • Ill. 24: Marta - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
  • Ill. 25: Maximilian - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
  • Ill. 26: Melanie - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
  • Ill. 27: Oliwia - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
  • Ill. 28: Benjamin - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
  • Ill. 29: Tabea - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
  • Ill. 30: Antoni - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
  • Ill. 31: Fabian - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
  • Ill. 32: Georg - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
  • Ill. 33: Sascha - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
  • Ill. 34: Moritz - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
  • Ill. 35: Patricia - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
  • Ill. 36: Miriam - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
  • Ill. 37: Kamil - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
  • Ill. 38: Leander - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
  • Ill. 39: Kim - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45x33 cm
  • Ill. 40: Yasmin - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
  • Ill. 41: Tom - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
  • Ill. 42: Linus - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
  • Ill. 43: Sophie - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
  • Ill. 44: Paul - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
  • Ill. 45: Lea - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
  • Ill. 46: Erik - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
  • Ill. 47: Maja - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
  • Portrait of Monika Czosnowska -
Ill. 1: Monika - C-Print, 79 x 68 cm
Ill. 1: Monika
Ill. 1: Monika - C-Print, 79 x 68 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 2: Klaus - C-Print, 79 x 68 cm
Ill. 2: Klaus
Ill. 2: Klaus - C-Print, 79 x 68 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 3: Lisa - C-Print, 79 x 68 cm
Ill. 3: Lisa
Ill. 3: Lisa - C-Print, 79 x 68 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 4: Helena - C-Print, 74 x 62 cm
Ill. 4: Helena
Ill. 4: Helena - C-Print, 74 x 62 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 1: Monika
C-Print, 79 x 68 cm
Ill. 2: Klaus
C-Print, 79 x 68 cm
Ill. 3: Lisa
C-Print, 79 x 68 cm
Ill. 4: Helena
C-Print, 74 x 62 cm
Ill. 5: Katrin - C-Print, 79 x 68 cm
Ill. 5: Katrin
Ill. 5: Katrin - C-Print, 79 x 68 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 6: Alexander - C-Print, 79 x 68 cm
Ill. 6: Alexander
Ill. 6: Alexander - C-Print, 79 x 68 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 7: Kristian - C-Print, 74 x 62 cm
Ill. 7: Kristian
Ill. 7: Kristian - C-Print, 74 x 62 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 8: Clara - C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
Ill. 8: Clara
Ill. 8: Clara - C-Print, 79 x 66 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 5: Katrin
C-Print, 79 x 68 cm
Ill. 6: Alexander
C-Print, 79 x 68 cm
Ill. 7: Kristian
C-Print, 74 x 62 cm
Ill. 8: Clara
C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
Ill. 9: Larissa - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
Ill. 9: Larissa
Ill. 9: Larissa - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 10: Rebekka - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
Ill. 10: Rebekka
Ill. 10: Rebekka - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 11: Adrian - From the Novices series. C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
Ill. 11: Adrian
Ill. 11: Adrian - From the Novices series. C-Print, 79 x 66 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 12: Daniel - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
Ill. 12: Daniel
Ill. 12: Daniel - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 9: Larissa
From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
Ill. 10: Rebekka
From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
Ill. 11: Adrian
From the Novices series. C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
Ill. 12: Daniel
From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
Ill. 13: Johanna - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
Ill. 13: Johanna
Ill. 13: Johanna - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 14: Benedikt - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
Ill. 14: Benedikt
Ill. 14: Benedikt - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 15: Agnes - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
Ill. 15: Agnes
Ill. 15: Agnes - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 16: Justus - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
Ill. 16: Justus
Ill. 16: Justus - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 13: Johanna
From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
Ill. 14: Benedikt
From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
Ill. 15: Agnes
From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
Ill. 16: Justus
From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
Ill. 17: Tibor - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
Ill. 17: Tibor
Ill. 17: Tibor - From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 18: August - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
Ill. 18: August
Ill. 18: August - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 19: Damian - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
Ill. 19: Damian
Ill. 19: Damian - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 20: Gabriel - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
Ill. 20: Gabriel
Ill. 20: Gabriel - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 17: Tibor
From the Novices series, C-Print, 79 x 66 cm
Ill. 18: August
From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
Ill. 19: Damian
From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
Ill. 20: Gabriel
From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
Ill. 21: Hanna - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
Ill. 21: Hanna
Ill. 21: Hanna - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 22: Jan - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
Ill. 22: Jan
Ill. 22: Jan - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 23: Jonas - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
Ill. 23: Jonas
Ill. 23: Jonas - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 24: Marta - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
Ill. 24: Marta
Ill. 24: Marta - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 21: Hanna
From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
Ill. 22: Jan
From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
Ill. 23: Jonas
From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
Ill. 24: Marta
From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
Ill. 25: Maximilian - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
Ill. 25: Maximilian
Ill. 25: Maximilian - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 26: Melanie - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
Ill. 26: Melanie
Ill. 26: Melanie - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 27: Oliwia - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
Ill. 27: Oliwia
Ill. 27: Oliwia - From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 28: Benjamin - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 28: Benjamin
Ill. 28: Benjamin - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 25: Maximilian
From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
Ill. 26: Melanie
From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
Ill. 27: Oliwia
From the Pupils series, C-Print, 52 x 43 cm
Ill. 28: Benjamin
From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 29: Tabea - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 29: Tabea
Ill. 29: Tabea - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 30: Antoni - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 30: Antoni
Ill. 30: Antoni - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 31: Fabian - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 31: Fabian
Ill. 31: Fabian - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 32: Georg - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 32: Georg
Ill. 32: Georg - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 29: Tabea
From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 30: Antoni
From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 31: Fabian
From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 32: Georg
From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 33: Sascha - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 33: Sascha
Ill. 33: Sascha - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 34: Moritz - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 34: Moritz
Ill. 34: Moritz - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 35: Patricia - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 35: Patricia
Ill. 35: Patricia - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 36: Miriam - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 36: Miriam
Ill. 36: Miriam - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 33: Sascha
From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 34: Moritz
From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 35: Patricia
From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 36: Miriam
From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 37: Kamil - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 37: Kamil
Ill. 37: Kamil - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 38: Leander - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 38: Leander
Ill. 38: Leander - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 39: Kim - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45x33 cm
Ill. 39: Kim
Ill. 39: Kim - From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45x33 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 40: Yasmin - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
Ill. 40: Yasmin
Ill. 40: Yasmin - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 37: Kamil
From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 38: Leander
From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45 x 33 cm
Ill. 39: Kim
From the Scouts and Guides series, C-Print, 45x33 cm
Ill. 40: Yasmin
From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
Ill. 41: Tom - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
Ill. 41: Tom
Ill. 41: Tom - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 42: Linus - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
Ill. 42: Linus
Ill. 42: Linus - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 43: Sophie - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
Ill. 43: Sophie
Ill. 43: Sophie - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 44: Paul - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
Ill. 44: Paul
Ill. 44: Paul - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 41: Tom
From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
Ill. 42: Linus
From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
Ill. 43: Sophie
From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
Ill. 44: Paul
From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
Ill. 45: Lea - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
Ill. 45: Lea
Ill. 45: Lea - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 46: Erik - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
Ill. 46: Erik
Ill. 46: Erik - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Ill. 47: Maja - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
Ill. 47: Maja
Ill. 47: Maja - From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm © Monika Czosnowska
Portrait of Monika Czosnowska - null
Portrait of Monika Czosnowska
Portrait of Monika Czosnowska - null © Klara Münchow
Ill. 45: Lea
From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
Ill. 46: Erik
From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
Ill. 47: Maja
From the Elites series, C-Print, 59 x 48 cm
Portrait of Monika Czosnowska
Portrait of Monika Czosnowska
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Larissa, from the Novices series, 2004.
Larissa, from the Novices series, 2004. C-Print, 79 x 66 cm, print run 5 + 2 a.p.

After the war, photo journalists like Will McBride (1931-2015) and René Burri (1933-2014) in his photo essay “The Germans”, documented the lifestyle of the generations in the years of “reconstruction”, and the newly arising youth culture. From the 1960s to the 1980s photographers like Diane Arbus (1923-71), Larry Clark (*1943) and Nan Goldin (*1953) portrayed people in their social surroundings and on the edge of society. In the Street Photography pictures by Garry Winogrand (1928-1984) and Beat Streuli (*1957) the street was turned into a stage. Thomas Ruff (*1958) threw a spotlight onto “soulscapes” with his monumental, highly detailed portraits in passport photo style. Since the start of the new millennium Lukas Einsele (*1963) has been dedicating himself to “catastrophe journalism” with portraits of landmine victims in all four corners of the world, in which he is trying to restore self-confidence and optimism to his subjects.

Over against the sheer inexhaustible variety of historical and contemporary categories in portrait photography, Monika Czosnowska has been developing a unique language of images since the start of the new millennium. She was born in Szczecin in 1977, came to Germany as a child and went to school in Braunschweig. In 1997 she began a course of study in graphic design and photography at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. After basic studies in painting, graphics and drawing she decided to specialise in artistic photography. She studied under Bernhard Prinz, a professor for artistic photography, and Herta Wolf, a professor for the history and theory of photography. In the year 2000 she lived for a few months in Kraków and was inscribed as a guest student in the department of art history at the Jagiellonen University. Here she made an intensive study of portrait painting in previous centuries. In 2002 she was awarded an Erasmus grant to study at the College of Design in Zurich. In 2004 she completed her diploma studies in Essen with a series of photographs entitled “Novices” (Ills. 9-17), taken in Polish monasteries. In the same year this series made her one of the 10 prizewinners in a new competition for university students entitled gute aussichten – junge deutsche fotografie[4]: the jury consisted of the founder, Josefine Raab, the internationally famous photographer Andreas Gursky, and Mario Lombardo, the art director of the music and pop culture magazine, Spex. Since then Czosnowska has been regularly exhibited in the annual worldwide exhibitions presented by this promotional project for young talent. The most recent exhibition, held in the Museo de la Cancilleria in Mexico City from April to June 2017, was entitled gute aussichten deluxe – junge deutsche Fotografie nach der Düsseldorfer Schule. The exhibition will also be shown in the Haus der Photographie in the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg from January to May 2018. During her studies Czosnowska lived in Cologne: she is married to the actor, Jens Münchow, has two children and now lives in Berlin.

 

[4] http://www.guteaussichten.org/index.php (called up on 9.10.2017)