Bio & Achievements
Annie's photography is an attempt to reveal what most fail to see – thoughts, feelings and destinies. Rather than merely photographing pretty faces, her pictures are an art of profundity and storytelling. Depending on the theme they're either taken in her photo studio, in extraordinary, often morbid locations or in mystical nature settings.
Annie was the In Focus recipient for theCore in January 2009. Read Interview The illustrated book "Die Farbe der Träume" ("The Colour of Dreams") which was published in Spring 2004 by Edition 42 marked the highlight of her career. The opus addresses on 84 pages the subject "dreams" and shows, just how fascinating and crazy our nightly fantasies can be. Annie illuminates the whole spectrum of dreams – from erotic daydreams over scurrile experiences during a light sleep to angst-ridden nightmares – with stunning, sometimes disturbing photographs. Various wellknown figures from the scene have written about dream phantasies as have talented writers in Annie's circle of friends. These texts accompany the haunting pictures of the artist born in Leipzig, Germany. Among others, Constance Rudert and Chris Pohl (Blutengel), Der Graf (Unheilig), Anke Hachfeld (Mila Mar) and the writer Christian von Aster let us in on their most intimate dreams. The beautifully illustrated book achieved enthusiastic critic and spurs one's curiosity about Annie Bertram's future visual delicacies. |
