"I am an observer and a wanderer, who likes to explore the city and village streets, narrow lanes, and unknown paths, mostly without anything specific in mind. My aim is to find something interesting in an ordinary place. I shoot whatever catches my attention. It has less to do with how things look, but much more with the way I see them".
An award winning and published photographer, Anna Wacker is a Greek-Australian national based in Hamburg, Germany. She specializes in architecture, B&W, and fine art photography.
Seeing the world with different eyes, staging everyday things in an extraordinary way, makes her work special. The palette varies from colourful impressions to expressive black and white photographs.
Anna Wacker is represented by Influx Gallery, Notting Hill - London and bilderwerk Hamburg. A wide range of her photographs is also available as canvas and fine art prints through distinguished partners.
Awards/Distinctions
One Platinum award and two Gold awards in Germany Architecture Category, European Photo Awards (EPA) 2022
Two times Platinum winner and one Gold winner in the Architecture Category, London Photography Awards 2022
Official Selection, Honorable Mention, One Shot Color Competition 2022, IPA
Two Honorable Mentions, Architecture and Abstract Categories, Monovisions Photography Awards 2022
Silver Medal and Honorable Mention, B&W Category, Vienna International Photo Award (VIEPA) 2022
7th 35Awards 2022, main annual competition: 100 Best B&W Photographers, Top 150 B&W nomination, Top 10 Hamburg, Top 35 Germany
High Commendation, Architecture Category, Siena Creative Photo Awards 2022
Awarded Photographer 1x.com 2022
35Awards 2022 - Top 110 (2%) of best photographers in Thematic Photography Contest, "Conceptual Minimalism"
Shortlisted in the Free Subject Category, World Masters of Photography Award 2022
Finalist (x2) in the Street, and Architecture & Urban Spaces Categories, SIENA International Photo Awards 2022
Final Stage of Judging, HIPA Nature 2022, B&W category
Nomination and certificate of achievement, Architecture category, VIPA 2021 (Visions International Photo Awards), France
6th 35Awards, main annual competition: Top 35 in Urban Landscape (Architecture) category 2021, Top 20 photographers in Germany, Top 10 photographers in Hamburg
6th 35Awards - Top 2% "Street Life in Bright Colors" Photography Theme Contest 2021
Honorable Mention Monochrome Awards 2021 Photo Contest in the Amateur Architecture category
Shortlisted in the B&W Category, Vienna International Photo Award (VIEPA) 2021
Top 1000 and shortlist CEWE Photo Award 2021 (from over 606K entries)
1st Place in the Architecture Category, Xposure International Photography and Film Festival 20-21, Sharjah UAE, including 2 more entries shortlisted in the Architecture Category
3rd Place in the Architecture Category, Photo Is Light World Photography Contest 2020, Brazil
Solo Exhibitions
Alos Suites, Karpathos, Greece since 2019
Group Exhibitions
2022
Influx Gallery since May 2022
London Photography Awards Virtual Exhibition 2022
2021
"Xposure International Photography and Film Festival", Sharjah UAE, 10-13 February
"Photographer of the Year 2020" at Agora Gallery, New York City, U.S.A., 11-13 February"Powerful Lighting" at Gallery Gora, in Montreal, Canada, 30 September - 2 October
"Creative Composition" at Laurent Gallery, in Melbourne, Australia, 16 April
"Circles" Exhibition at Blindwell Gallery in Barnstaple, North Devon, England, 14 September - 18 December 2021
2020
"Your Exhibition Shot" at Stills Centre for Photography, in Edinburgh, Scotland
"Best of Black & White" at BBA Gallery, in Berlin, Germany
"Travel Photography" at Valid World Hall, in Barcelona, Spain
"Your Best Shot" in the Valid World Hall in Barcelona, Spain
"Solo-Single Subject" at ALMANAQUE fotográfica, Mexico City, Mexico
"Powerful Composition" at Fridge Gallery Washington D.C, U.S.A
"Mostly Black" exhibition at The Fridge Gallery, Washington D.C, U.S.A
"My Favorite Shot" exhibition at Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece
"The Art of Photogaphy" exhibition at Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece
"Nature Photography" exhibition at Studio Galerie B&B, Paris, France
2016
"Photo+Adventure" in Duisburg, Germany
"Photokina" in Cologne, Germany
Saoud Al-Thani Award, International Salon of Photographic Art, Doha, Qatar
Publications
1X Magazine, curated fine art prints
1X Magazine, "Photographer as Illusionist"
MVIBE Magazine, July 2021 edition, Fine Art
Edge of Humanity Magazine - Art in the Ship Graveyard
Edge of Humanity Magazine - Fleeting Beauty
Photo Is Light International Photography Contest: News
Calendar, Hamburger Ansichten 2022
Fine Eye Photo Magazine Volume #06
Fine Eye Photo Magazine Volume #09
Eye-Photo Magazine April #04-2021 Issue, May #05-2021 Issue, Volume #12, Volume #16, Volume #23, Volume #25
Photographers Magazine, #8, Jan 2022
Best of Photovogue by Vogue Italia
Photoimaginart (PiART Gallery)
Demokratiki Newspaper (Δημοκρατική της Ρόδου)
ΠΡΩΤΟ ΘΕΜΑ - Proto Thema Greek newspaper
Front cover of the book by Petros Stefaneas (in Russian)
Front cover of the book by Денисова Т.Ю. Аватары времени 2019 (Avatars of Time by Prof. T. Denisova)
Front cover of the book by Денисова Т.Ю. Одиночество: метафизика и диалектика 2019 (Loneliness: Metaphysics and Dialectics by Prof. T. Denisova)