Anne-Katrin Purkiss

I grew up in an industrial town in Saxony (Germany) and studied Photojournalism at Leipzig University, graduating in 1983. After a year in advertising,
I moved to London in 1984 and returned to photojournalism, working for the London Bureau of Associated Press and later for the COI Overseas Press Service. Most of my clients today are cultural and environmental organisations.

I am particularly interested in portrait and documentary photography, showing people in the context of their occupations and their environment. Photographs from my archive are held in public collections such as the National Portrait Gallery and the archives of The Royal Academy of Arts and
The Royal Society in London.

Reversing the idea of the environmental portrait for landscape photography, I enjoy portraying our natural environment in relation to people.
I am intrigued by objects and traces in a landscape that tell stories or hold secrets about someone who was there before me.

Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions:

FACES OF THE SOUTH DOWNS,
Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, South Downs National Park, August 2015.

ARTISTS – at Home and at Work,
Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, Suffolk, February-May 2014.

STUDIO SITTINGS,
Leighton House Museum, London, March-June 2013.

ATHENIAN PORTRAITS,
The Athenaeum Club, London July-October 2012.

SCIENTISTS,
The Royal Society, London, April-June 2010.

SCULPTORS,
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, October 2007.


Joint Exhibitions:

ARTISTS – Portraits britischer Künstler,
Photobastei, Zürich, Switzerland, August 2014.

SCIENCE IN FOCUS,
The National Portrait Gallery, London, August 2009-January 2010.

IL MURO DI BERLINO 1989-2009,
Palazzo Incontro, Rome, Italy, November 2009.