Anna Skladmann (b. 1986, Bremen) works at the intersection of
photography and scanning technologies to examine the tension between nature and society, cultivation and the machine. Through both documentary and conceptual approaches, her practice explores psychological states and processes of self-alchemy, with a particular focus on female myths embedded in nature. By questioning the origins of photography, she reinterprets its earliest principles within the digital sphere, reconstructing scanners to record nature in a process inspired by the first cyanotype photographs. She captures flowers, leaves, buds, fruits and juxtaposes them against different natural light varying throughout the time of the day and weather conditions. Slow scans are used to create ultra-detailed high-resolution images embracing the technology's faults such as digital glitches. Stories leave microscopic traces through the life cycles of plants and people.

Skladmann received her MA from the Royal College of Art and her BA from Parsons School of Design. Her photographic projects have been shown in exhibitions and festivals, including the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, The Garden Museum, London, Fotofest International in Houston, Unseen Photo Fair in Amsterdam and the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg.