Born in 1975, Ann-Christine Woehrl is a German-French photographer. She studied photography in Paris, where she began working for the photojournalists David Turnley and Reza and for the Magnum photo agency. The focus of her work lies on socio-cultural and socio-political topics from all over the world, which have taken her on trips to Latin America, Africa and Asia. In her most recent projects, she has primarily been concerned with the issues of human rights as well as women’s rights violations.
Between 2012 and 2014, she developed IN/VISIBLE, an international project about female survivors of acid assaults, which was exhibited in museums, galleries and at photography festivals worldwide. From 2015-2016, she investigated the topic of the Cambodian genocide and published the series SHADED MEMORIES. Between 2017 and 2019, she completed her long-term project PEACE IS NAMED AFTER A WOMAN, documenting the reintegration of six former FARC fighters back into Colombian society. In the photographic project WITCHES IN EXILE, created between 2009 and 2013, Woehrl examines the marginalisation of Ghanaian women accused of witchcraft from their families and communities. On a journey through Ghana and Burkina Faso in 2005, the artist tackled the phenomenon of contemporary witch-hunting and presented these women in a compelling, powerful series of portraits, showing them in all their dignity and vulnerability – and with all their pride.
Ann-Christine Woehrl lives and works in Munich.
1975: Born in Munich
1981-1994: Rudolf Steiner School, Munich.
1994–1995: Assistant to David Turnley, Paris, France.
1995: Internship at Magnum Photos agency, Paris, France.
1995–1996: Mi 21 photography school, Paris.
1995–1996: Laboratory work for Reza, Paris, France.
Since 1997: Freelance photographer.
