born 1988 in Nürnberg, based in Berlin
hi! my name is Ivanka, nice to have you here.
I love to express my feelings through the view of my camera.
I am a trained advertising photographer (MBS Nürnberg) with a bachelor's degree in photojournalism and documentary photography at FH Hanover.
Later on I conceptualized, directed and have been part of several art exhibitions as well as photo productions so as in fashion, still life and interior photography. My passion lies in fashion photography where I work together with a team to create artistic and abstract realisations. My work is a combination of fashion and art that compose something new- that's what particularly appeals to me.
2017 i released my own magazine "askew" with my archive work as limited edition.
In 2018, I published the book "Der weiße Fleck/The White Spot. DDR Hohenschönhausen" with the publisher Hirnkost Verlag in cooperation with the designers of ItYt. This book is dedicated to a year of interviewing and photographing ex-prisoners and Stasi officers of the GDR regime and taking part of their present life. The story continues with insighst of files from the BStU that were interesting until scary. I even found myself writing texts like the Stasi did as i was also transcripting the inerviews. I feel the need for the world to know more about political and social structures and movements.
To show my most favourite pictures i use a 35 mm and medium format camera to hold the moment to infinity. Since the world we live in is perplexing and contradictory, I try to make these paradoxes visible. This helps me to reflect on myself.
I am authentic, direct and like to think outside the box. What sets me apart in my way of working is that I hardly or almost never post-process my photographs.
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+ 49 157 30 96 81 68