Verena Jaekel

German
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Verena Jaekel Aamer Anwar with his Family, Glasgow 29 August 2010. From A Scottish Family Portrait series 2010 - 2011 © Verena Jaekel

Biography

Born 1980
Nationality German

German photographer, Verena Jaekel, studied at the Lette-Verein, Berlin, and gradutated in 2004. Jaekel is a classic documentary photographer, observing scenes with great technical precision and like many of her generation, she is influenced by the Dusseldorf School of Photography. Since graduating her career has flourished, winning the prestigious Wüstenrot Foundation prize for documentary photography in 2005-06 and her portraits have been exhibited globally. Jaekel favours working with a large format film camera with her main subject interests including migration, religion and gender.

Artworks

Aamer Anwar with his Family, Glasgow 29 August 2010. From A Scottish Family Portrait series 2010 - 2011
Shaheen Unis with her Husband and Grandchildren, Edinburgh, 19 June 2011. From A Scottish Family Portrait series 2011
Nosheena Mobarik OBE and Iqbal Mobarik, Glasgow, 29 May 2011. From A Scottish Family Portrait series 2011
Muhammed Tufail Shaheen MBE with his Grandson, Glasgow, 29 May 2011. From A Scottish Family Portrait series 2011
Sana Bilgrami with her Family, Edinburgh, 2 July 2011. From A Scottish Family Portrait series 2011
Amar Latif (standing in white shirt) with his Family, Glasgow, 18 June 2011. From A Scottish Family Portrait series 2011
Atta Yaqub (right) with his Brother, London, 19 May 2011. From A Scottish Family Portraits series 2011
Faroque Hussain with his Parents, Clydebank, 24 June 2011. From A Scottish Family Portrait Series 2011
Mohammad and Anas Sarwar with their Family, Glasgow, 9 July 2011. From A Scottish Family Portrait series 2011
Alina Mirza and Suhayl Saadi with their daughter, Glasgow, 14 May 2011. From A Scottish Family Portraits series 2011
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