The Exes

• Photographer
  Kristin Schnell
• Agency / Studio
  Kristin Schnell Photography
• Technical Info
  Canon Eos 5D Mark 3
• Photo Date
  26.08.1968
• Website
  http://www.kristin-schnell.de

The series shows the children of my ex partners, from my perspective as a stepmother. I am the mother of a daughter and after 28 years it still feels like a miracle to have led someone safely through life. With changing partnerships, other children came into my life, the children of my partners from past relationships. These children have also enriched my life and still do it today, although the partnerships with their fathers are long gone. What I have learned from this is that when you give young children love, respect and appreciation, the friendship that results is my greatest achievement.

• Biography
  I have been a freelense photographer for over 25 years. Photography has given me a good life, valuable encounters with people and places that I would never have known without this profession.
• Awards
  -Participant from Lensculture Masterclass 2019/2020 -IPA honourable mention 2019 -Promotion of culture from state Mecklenburg Vorpommern 2020 -MIFA Bronze medal 2020 for my series "unfree as a bird" -Solo exhibition "Kunst offen/unfree as a bird" may 2020 -Artist grant from state Mecklenburg Vorpommern 2020 -PX3 prix de la photographie Paris 2020 Gold and Bronze -IPA honourable mention 2020