This is an unpublished project premiered today on C41 Magazine.
Josephine Jatzlau was born in 1997 in Berlin, Germany. She went to school, graduated from high school and got her bachelors degree in media studies at Bauhaus Universität Weimar (2015-2018). After Josephine bachelors degree she began her diploma in photography at Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig. She’s studying there since 2018 and recently got her ‘pre-diploma’ with the series she’s presenting to you. She primarily shots 35mm and medium format color film.
About ‘I Climbed a Mountain Once’ – words by Josephine Jatzlau:
The ongoing series is about mountains as motif and symbol of romanticism. During that period, achievements of individualists and artists were highly valued and a central part of this movement. Being alone and surrounded by nature was a widespread interest. Therefore the climb of a mountain was rather an actual act than a metaphor quoted in paintings. This series is a photographic approach a continuous interest in mountains as a place of physical accomplishments, self-discovery – As a sanctuary. Where architectural interventions dominate natural landscapes and play a big part in the current perception of ‘the mountain’.
