Biography
Volker Schrank (b. 1965) is a German photographer who lives and works in Stuttgart, Germany. He studied in Kassel, Dortmund and Limerick, Ireland with Gunter Rambow,
Floris M. Neusüss, Cindy Gates as well as Peter Morgan.
He is the initiator of the international photo festival 'Fotosommer Stuttgart'.
In his photographs, Volker Schrank abstracts concrete figures and themes from the living world by removing them from the familiar visual context. The viewer sees himself challenged to complement these motifs imaginatively, to complement them with his own perceptions, memories and stories, thus seemingly dissolving abstraction again.
He became well-known for his collection Stars of Truth, which portrayed Germany's major television newscasters in a new artistic way. In his work, Schrank devotes himself to the photographic exploration of myths.
In 1999, he won the Award of the Federation of Independent Photo Designers. In 2000, he received a scholarship from the Art Foundation Baden-Württemberg.
He is represented by bildkultur, in Stuttgart, Germany.