Steffi Atze - Soulfood for the eyes.
I was born in 1969 in Wuppertal, Germany. I started to photograph very early but it just became a passion much later. The trigger to follow this passion was the birth of my 4th child. Primarily I tried to capture those very precious moments of growing up.
It changed my life irrevocably. Now I photograph every day nonstop!
I like motives with funny situations, with emotions, with conclusion, with fancy and unusal ideas. My favorite photographers are Doris Schwingenheuer , Ruth Kumpernatz, Kerstin Kuntze and many more.
Photography is a gift and an exciting journey to see through the different souls.
My favourite quote is from Charles Baudelaire:
"Photography is the deadly enemy of painting. It is the solution of all collapsed painter, the ungifted and the lazy ones."
All photos © Steffi Atze When I first saw Steffis pictures I was pretty sure, that she must be a wonderful person - her photos show so much love for her "motives", wrapped in strong ideas, polished with professional treatment of each pixel.
Her portraits have got deep feelings inside mixed with a great sense of humour - soulfood for the eyes. In the meantime I get to know her a bit .... and yesssss! .... she is as wonderful as her pictures. Hope you like her work as much as I do.
Kerstin Kuntze
Comments
it is a treat to watch these pictures
humour is not easy in photographs
Elliott Erwitt knew how to do it in some of his unforgettable snaps http://www.elliotterwitt.com/lang/index.html
"'The hallmarks of an Erwitt classic: the ability to spot an absurd juxtaposition and to record it with childlike delight." NY Post
and Steffi, you are on the right track, I think
wie Wolfi gesagt hat,denk ich auch..ganz besondere !und vier Kinder? ...toll!:)
Oh, ich freue mich gerade!
Liebe Kerstin, Du bist wundervoll!
Ich bin so gerührt, dass mir die Worte ausgegangen sind....
DANKE!!!
Vielen Dank auch für die vielen lieben Kommentare!
:-)))
Herzliche Grüße
Steffi
Die Fotos ziehen den Betrachter vom ersten Augenblick an in den Bann, denn jedes einzelne erzählt eine Geschichte und lässt ihn im Foto verweilen.
Eine großartige und bescheidene Fotografin, deren Bilder man nur empfehlen kann und die mit großer Sicherheit ihren fotografischen Weg gehen wird.
Soulfood for the eyes - vortrefflicher hätte man es nicht benennen können!
:-)
Lieben Gruß, Andreas