about

(*1997 in Erlangen, Germany; living and working in The Hague, Netherlands)

My work deals with the relationship between place and people while I use the camera as a tool to explore and to understand my environments. Reoccurring themes are architecture, domestic space, infrastructure, nature, and the human made environment. The urge to take images comes from a strong curiosity about my surroundings and their qualities. Why are things the way they are? What is there to discover and to learn? Photography allows an investigation and a documentation of my personal perception of a place. This investigative methodology includes research-based observation, field work and the focus on how people and place influence one another. I aim to make people think about their environment, to trigger a dialog about the spaces we inhabit or navigate through daily. The presentation is of equal importance as the work itself. I find it necessary to create a fitting platform that acts as a materialisation of the concept and steps into conversation with the work. This results in spatial installations and artist books. The process of presenting becomes a continuation of the exploration offering another perspective on my work.

contact

mail: hannahschleifer(at)posteo.de
instagram: @hannah_schleifer

since 2024 I am running the publishing project ringelpress:
www.ringelpress.com
instagram: @ringelpress

education

(09-11/2024)
Internship at Outerspace Press,
Berlin, Germany

(2020-current)
BA Photography at Royal Academy of Art,
The Hague, The Netherlands

(02/2023-05/2023)
Internship at KULT Books,
Stockholm, Sweden

(2016-2019)
Apprenticeship Product Photography,
Nürnberg, Germany

exhibitions

(08/2024)
Mapaway, Institute of Cartopology
Vaals, Netherlands

(08/2024)
The Hague Independent Publishing Event,
The Hague, Netherlands

(07/2024)
KABK Graduation Show,
Group exhibition
The Hague, Netherlands

(05/2023)
, the pigeons took the house,
Group exhibition,
The Hague, Netherlands 

(01/2023)
As Above, So Below, 
Group exhibition,
The Hague, Netherlands

(06/2022)
The World, The Now, The End,
Group exhibition by council+
Berlin, Germany

(10/2022)
We do/are Photography,
group exhibition, Photoszene Köln:
Cologne, Germany

residencies

(11/2023, 4 days)
residency at the Institute of Cartopology
Vaals, The Netherlands