Jana Kießer
books
Von Kartoffelrosen und brennenden Baumkronen
ein fotografischer Dialog während der Corona Pandemie mit persönlichen Texten von Annemie Martin und Jana Kießer
"On potato-roses and burning treetops" - a photographic dialog with personal texts during the pandemic by Annemie Martin and Jana Kießer, 91 photographs and texts, 196 pages, 14x21 cm, softcover + 8 stickers for individual cover design, sustainably produced and vegan, published by SHIFT BOOKS, August 2021. Texts in the book are in German, containing a QR-Code leading to an English version of the texts. You can order the book here! In November 2021 our book was awarded with bronze by the German Photobook Prize!
das bleibt unter uns
2018
Die Serie "das bleibt unter uns" ist eine Aufarbeitung des sexuellen Missbrauchs in der eigenen Familie.
Jana Kießer nimmt uns mit in die Abgründe der verletzten Seele – dunkel, fragend, unkenntlich – Einblicke ins Ungewisse, mysteriöse Orte, Zerbrochenheit, Bedrohung, Entwendung der Unbekümmertheit, Unschuld und Weiblichkeit, Schockstarre, Entwurzelung, Ohnmacht, Regungslosigkeit, Gewalt und die ständige Angst, dem Täter wieder zu begegnen.
The series this stays between us is a rehabilitation from sexual abuse in one's own family. Jana Kießer takes us into the depths of the injured soul – dark, questioning, irrecognizable – Insights into the unknown, obscure scenes, brokenness, threats, extortion of being unconcerned, innocence and femininity / a state of shock, uprooting, blackout, immobility, violence and the constant fear of encountering the offender again.
"das bleibt unter uns", 18,5 x 27 cm
hardcover, thread & hand bound, 44 pages
2 insert booklets 20 & 24 pages, 10 x 14 cm
Edition of 50
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Awarded with silver by the German Photobook Prize / shortlisted by Kassel Dummy Award 2019
I talked to dienacht publishing about my book read the Interview here.
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