HEIRLOOMS
After my grandparents passed away, their former home became just an empty shell of their former life, filled with their possessions. The process of clearing it out has dragged on for over ten years due to indecision about what to do with the property. I grew up right next door, so I was able to watch it deteriorate. When a house is left to its own devices for so long, with no human intervention, it develops its own narratives. The objects that have lasted generations rearrange themselves, and the materials begin to become one again. The series was created shortly before the demolition. Today, the property is no longer owned by my family.
Location
Aumühle
Year
2018
HEIRLOOMS
After my grandparents passed away, their former home became just an empty shell of their former life, filled with their possessions. The process of clearing it out has dragged on for over ten years due to indecision about what to do with the property. I grew up right next door, so I was able to watch it deteriorate. When a house is left to its own devices for so long, with no human intervention, it develops its own narratives. The objects that have lasted generations rearrange themselves, and the materials begin to become one again. The series was created shortly before the demolition. Today, the property is no longer owned by my family.
Location
Aumühle
Year
2018
HEIRLOOMS
After my grandparents passed away, their former home became just an empty shell of their former life, filled with their possessions. The process of clearing it out has dragged on for over ten years due to indecision about what to do with the property. I grew up right next door, so I was able to watch it deteriorate. When a house is left to its own devices for so long, with no human intervention, it develops its own narratives. The objects that have lasted generations rearrange themselves, and the materials begin to become one again. The series was created shortly before the demolition. Today, the property is no longer owned by my family.
Location
Aumühle
Year
2018
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Sarah Grethe (b. 1997 in Hamburg)
Based in Hamburg, Germany
The focus of her work is on the dependence of the past versus the present in the context of her personal environment.
since 2022
2018 – 2021
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2022
Education
Communication Design M.A., Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Hamburg
Photography B.A., University of Europe for Applied Sciences, Hamburg
Nominations
Format Festival, Longlist
Emergentes Portfolio Review, Encontros da Imagem
GUP Magazine Fresh Eyes Talents
Futures Portfolio Review, Freundeskreis der Photographie Deichtorhallen
Athens Photo Festival, Shortlist
Deutscher Jugendfotopreis, Preisträgerin
Belfast Photo Festival, Highly Commended
Sony World Photography Awards, Professional Creative, 3rd Place
Urbanautica Institute Awards, Special Mention
Vonovia Award für Fotografie, Beste Nachwuchsarbeit
Exhibitions
Young Format, QUAD, Derby
Motiva - the ambiguity of belonging, Stadtbierhalle, Biberach an der Riß
Professional Dreaming, Frappant Galerie, Hamburg
Sony World Photography Awards, Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin
Sony World Photography Awards, Fondazione Stelline, Milan
Fresh Eyes Talents, Haute Photographie, Amsterdam
Sony World Photography Awards, Fotofestival Lenzburg
Zuhause No. 5, Sprengel Museum, Hannover
WE_LOVE, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Cologne
The Human Blueprint, Rotterdam Photo Festival
Sony World Photography Awards, Somerset House, London
Zuhause No. 5, Landesvertretung Niedersachsen, Berlin
Pola Pola, Kunstraum Oberfett, Hamburg
Graduate Exhibition, University of Europe for Applied Sciences, Hamburg
Connecting Worlds, Virtual Bachelor Exhibition
Rich & Richer?!, Altonale, Platz der Republik, Hamburg
Ferðaþjónusta - Ísland: Human Traces in Landscapes, Altonaer Museum, Hamburg
Tabula Rasa, Kunstraum Oberfett, Hamburg
Forms of Being Human, Kunstraum Oberfett, Hamburg
Publications
rûm Issue V, Magazine
GUP Magazine Fresh Eyes Talents, Publication
WE_LOVE, Exhibition Catalogue
Sony World Photography Awards, Exhibition Catalogue
Ferðaþjónusta - Ísland: Human Traces in Landscapes, Exhibition Catalogue
Press
Instagram Residency, Belfast Photo Festival, March
Story of the Week, PhMuseum, September
Interview, CHIP Foto Video, August
Article, Vaihinger Kreiszeitung, January
Article, Stuttgarter Zeitung, January
Vonovia Award Special, ZEIT Weltkunst, December
Article, Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung, October
Talks
Fotografie im Kontext: Preisträgerinnen des Vonovia Award, Kunstmuseum Bochum