Aleksandra Weber, Info

Aleksandra Weber takes photographs of people. It starts with the view (after the approach, of course). Then it comes to the usual strange moment when photographers raise the camera like a protective shield in front of their faces and gaze from the future of the picture to the present and thus make it the past. A – again usually – brutal process. But this moment is clearly different when Aleksandra Weber realizes it. For her, the camera is not a weapon, beware a platitude! it is more a means to an end. A tool. But everything seems to be very easy at that moment. Aleksandra’s movements, the big camera, the gaze being held by those portrayed.
Aleksandra Weber is a modern flaneur, as she strolls down or up the streets of Sarajevo, Minsk and Belfast and invites her hitherto stranger to a short dance. She doesn’t steal souls, doesn’t ask for gifts – she gets both. When the pictures have become pictures and hang in large format on the wall, they look back. The people who just danced with Aleksandra are looking at us. They are really calm. Almost peaceful, almost: the gate from which the present was just handed is still slightly open. The people that Aleksandra Weber photographed are looking at us from the present. And make us aware of our own presence. It’s a charm. An almost fair magic. – Markus Čolić, Bremen 2021

Biography

2018

Continuous work on free projects
Master’s Degree: Master of Fine Arts

2015

Bachelor’s Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts
Master Studies in Integrated Design/Photography, University of the Arts Bremen

2012

Studies in Photography, Zurich University of the Arts

2011

Bachelor Studies in Integrated Design/Photography, University of the Arts Bremen

1989

Migration to Ostfriesland, Germany

1984

Born in Zabrze, Poland

Works

2020

Liegnitz Platz Portraits

2019

Sarajevo Portraits

2018

Madonna
Minsk Portraits

2017

Belfast Portraits

2016

Belgrad Portraits
Olpe Portraits

2015

Tottenham Portraits

2014

Ligota Zabrska

2013

Friday I'm in Love, Short Film
Zürich Portraits

2012

Des Kaisers Neue Kleider

Exhibitions

2020

Minsk, Group exhibition, Viliniaus Fotografie Galerie Litauen
Portraits Liegnitz Platz, Solo exhibition, Gröpelingen Bremen
Sarajevo, Group exhibition, Galerie Mitte Bremen

2019

Minsk, Group exhibition, Galerie Mitte Bremen

2018

Between The Lines, Gruppenausstelung, Galerie Mitte Bremen
Die Andere Sicht, Group exhibition, Osthaus Museum Hagen
Madonna, Group exhibition, Galerie der Hochschule für Künste Bremen
Portraits Hellerau Photography Award, Group exhibition, Dresden Hellerau

2017

Portrait of Britian, Group exhibition, British Journal Of Photography London

2016

Daegu Photo Biennale, Group exhibition, Daegu Photo Festival Korea
Portraits Hellerau Photography Award, Group exhibition, Dresden Hellerau

2015

Ligota Zabrska, Solo exhibition, Güterbahnhof Bremen

2013

Old Dog New Tricks, Group exhibition, Zhdk Gallerie, Zürich

Publications

2019

Different States – Photography and Graphics in Sarajevo
Elternmagazin Gruner + Jahr GmbH
Spiegel Online

2018

Madonna
Minsk Photography and Investigations in Belarus

2017

British Journal Of Photography – Portrait Of Britain catalogue
Minsk Portraits
Schön Hässlich – Modemagazin

2016

Belfast Portraits
Beograd – White City
Between The Lines Photography and reflections
Die Andere Sicht Fotografien aus Südwestfalen
Portraits Hellerau Photography Award catalogue

2015

Aus – Das Magazin
Daegu Photo Bienale catalogue
Olpe Portraits
Zeitschrift der Strasse – Ausgabe Ziegenmarkt

2013

Belgrad Portraits
Untragbar – Das Modemagazin

2012

Portraits Hellerau Photography Award catalogue
Tottenham Portraits
Zeitschrift der Strasse – Ausgabe Schlachte
Zürich Portraits