“It’s about the moment you rarely recognize.” Janine Graubaum is a directress and photographer whose work is mainly focused on the areas of transportation, people, lifestyle and documentary. She lives and works in Berlin. Born in 1984 in the GDR and raised in a car-loving family with a Trabant garage and car dealerships, automotive has always been a household word for her from an early age.
As a child, she was fascinated by the heavy tools and vehicles – the roughness, metallic and atmospheric nature of the East. These environments have left a lasting impression on her well into adulthood. As a photographer, she has travelled across Eastern Europe again and again, and dedicated her first photo book KOSMOS TRAIN to old Eastern European trains and their passengers, for which she has received multiple awards.
Professionally, Janine navigates between two poles: On the one hand, her personal documentary photos with an unvarnished view of reality. On the other, the extent of staging seen in her commercial work. Two separate approaches, from which she synergistically draws inspiration.
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