tessa.hamburg

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Yvonne Schönherr alias tessa.hamburg was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1978.
From 1998-2001 she studied photography at the Academy of Photography Hamburg, Germany, followed by a course in documentary photography of lecturer Rolf Nobel at the Fachhochschule Hannover. From 2002-2007 she studied Political Science and Indology at the University of Hamburg. Since 2002 she works as a freelancing photographer for several german magazines and agencies.
 
Her work focuses on reportage and portraits.
In 2007 she covered an intercultural story about two french women working as professional clowns in indian hospitals. This story will be covered over several years, another visit of the women in 2008 is planned.
In 2004 she covered a social-cultural insight into the everyday life of the female working middle class in India, later published in EMMA, a womens magazine.
She also finished an essay about the Akha tribe living in the highlands of Lao with support from the GTZ/DED.
Further visits to Middle- and North-America, North-Africa and South-Asia followed.
 
tessa.hamburg lives and works in Hamburg, North-Germany. She is a member of the association of freelancing photo journalists FreeLens e.V.
 
With the photo series submitted, the author wants to focus on people, who follow an ideal approach. In this way she wants to appreciate peoples humanitarian actions and neccessary voluntary projects. People, to which profit and consumption is not from higher value than mankind. People, who add a social aspect to globalisation and privatisation.
 
Exhibitions
2005 - „Ladies Special“ – South-Asia-Day of the Asia-Africa-Institute at Hamburg University, Germany
 
2002/2003 - „Ars Attack“ – group exhibition at „Fusion“ festival, Müritz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
 
2001 - „The streets of Benares“ – Diploma project, Gallery at Vorwerkstift, Hamburg, Germany