Jennifer Markwirth

Botanical Fine Art Photographer. Digital Artist. Writer.

Inspired by the (ethno-)botanical collections entrusted to her care and supported by the botanical gardens of Frankfurt, Jennifer Markwirth has dedicated herself since 2013 to botanical object photography with the theme “Edible Plants and Fungi of the World”. She works on a repro stand with the focus stacking and stitching method to achieve consistently sharp and detailed images. Under the title “Flora obscura”, her culinary-botanical motifs always appear on a black background; from the darkness of the unknown, the colourful diversity of food plants is brought to light, mainly presented in her digital cabinet at www.flora-obscura.de. The motifs are often reminiscent of the paintings of the Old Masters. Insects and other animals and objects appear more and more frequently in the motifs, sometimes elevating them to vanitas still lifes.

Increasingly, Jennifer Markwirth is also turning her attention to cyanotype, following the example of the botanist and illustrator Anna Atkins, who created a “photographic herbarium” in the mid-19th century using this art printing technique.

Solo exhibitions

2023 Exhibition at the Seebrücke Zingst at Umweltfotofestival „Horizonte Zingst“, theme „Flora“

2023 „Flora obscura“ in the Paulinum at Friedberger Warte in Frankfurt

2021 „Cornucopia“ in the Badehaus in Alter Kurpark Bad Soden via Sodener Kunstwerkstatt e.V.

2019 „Aus dem botanischen Kabinett der essbaren Pflanzen“ in the Bürgerinstitut Frankfurt e.V.

Participation in exhibitions

2023 „Quo Vadis Natur II“ in BBK Frankfurt

2022 Artists’ Christmas Market in Frankfurt

2021 „Die Stadt und das Grün – Frankfurter Gartenlust“ in Historisches Museum Frankfurt

2019 Special exhibition “Citrus” in the Palmengarten Frankfurt

2013 Special exhibition  „Aus der Neuen Welt“ in the Palmengarten Frankfurt

Memberships

Sodener Kunstwerkstatt e.V.

FEMALE PHOTOCLUB e.V

Berufsverband Bildender Künstlerinnen & Künstler Frankfurt e.V. (BBK)