Karen Knorr

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Karen Knorr HonFRPS (born 1954) [1] is a German-born American photographer who lives in London. [2] In 2018 she received an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society. Her work is held in the collection at Tate, London. [1]

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Early life and education

Knorr was born in Frankfurt and raised in the 1960s in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In the 1970s, she moved to Great Britain where she has lived ever since. [3] Knorr is a graduate of the Polytechnic of Central London (now the University of Westminster), and has an MA from the University of Derby. [4]

Photographic work

Knorr's work explores Western cultural traditions, mainly British society, with widely ranging topics, from lifestyle to animals. She is interested in conceptual art, visual culture, feminism, and animal studies, and her art maintains connections with these topics. [5]

Between 1979 and 1981 Knorr produced Belgravia, a series of black and white photographs each accompanied by a short text, typically critical to the British class system of the time. Subsequently, she produced Gentlemen (1981–1983), a series consisting of photographs of gentlemen's clubs and texts taken from parliamentary speeches and news reports. In 1986, the series Connoisseurs was made in color. The series incorporates staged events into English architectural interiors. Between 1994 and 2004, Knorr photographed fine art academies throughout Europe, which resulted in the series Academies. [5] [6]

In 2008, she traveled to Rajasthan and took a large series of photographs, predominantly showing Indian interiors, often with animals from Indian folklore inside. [2] She subsequently became a frequent traveller to India, visiting the country 15 times between 2008 and 2014. She mentioned that most of the buildings in India were never photographed, and they are not less interesting than common tourist attractions. [7] [8]

Academic career

She is Professor of Photography at the University for the Creative Arts. [4]

Publications

Publications by Knorr

Publications paired with others

Publications with contributions by Knorr

Exhibitions

Awards

Collections

Knorr's work is held in the following permanent collection:

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  2. 1 2 Green, Penelope (2 November 2011). "In Karen Knorr's Photography, an Ironic Sense of Place". New York Times . Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Karen Knorr Biography". Danziger Gallery. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Professor Karen Knorr". University for the Creative Arts. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Monogatari". Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Belgravia by Karen Knorr". AnOther. 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  7. ↑ Orr, Gillian (3 May 2015). "Photographer Karen Knorr's India Song features animals from Indian folklore in exotic settings". The Independent . Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  8. ↑ Funderburg, Lise (2014-12-31). "The palaces of Rajasthan serve as backdrop to artist Karen Knorr's remarkable "India Song" project". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  9. ↑ "From Talbot to Fox. 150 Years of British Social Photography". James Hyman. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  10. ↑ Lacoue-Labarthe, Philippe; Roegiers, Patrick; Meatyard, Christopher (1986). Theatre des Realites. Paris: Metz Pour la Photographie. pp. 28–31, 108–109. ISBN   2859490647.
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