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About Cornelia Weber
Biography
Photography—capturing moments, sensing moods, and preserving them—is as essential to me as eating, drinking, or sleeping; it is woven into my DNA. My work connects me with the beautiful and harmonious, the disturbing and remarkable, the unusual and ordinary, the weird and atmospheric, the solitary, the joyful, and the sad. For me, looking through the viewfinder inspires wonder and a deeper connection with the world—beyond mere observation.
I first encountered photography as a child in an improvised darkroom, watching my father develop black-and-white prints and experimenting alongside him. Over time, I returned to this early passion, integrating my background in theater studies and magazine writing with photographic practice. For many years, I created photo spreads for magazines, highlighting the decorative qualities of flowers. Gradually, my focus evolved into multiple series that use floral imagery to explore personal narratives.
These series address themes such as the tension between nature’s beauty and humanity’s exploitation, and the shifting values of society. They also explore the growing sense of being unable to respond fully to an increasingly fast and aggressive world.
Biography
Photography—capturing moments, sensing moods, and preserving them—is as essential to me as eating, drinking, or sleeping; it is woven into my DNA. My work connects me with the beautiful and harmonious, the disturbing and remarkable, the unusual and ordinary, the weird and atmospheric, the solitary, the joyful, and the sad. For me, looking through the viewfinder inspires wonder and a deeper connection with the world—beyond mere observation.
I first encountered photography as a child in an improvised darkroom, watching my father develop black-and-white prints and experimenting alongside him. Over time, I returned to this early passion, integrating my background in theater studies and magazine writing with photographic practice. For many years, I created photo spreads for magazines, highlighting the decorative qualities of flowers. Gradually, my focus evolved into multiple series that use floral imagery to explore personal narratives.
These series address themes such as the tension between nature’s beauty and humanity’s exploitation, and the shifting values of society. They also explore the growing sense of being unable to respond fully to an increasingly fast and aggressive world.
Upcoming events
- Event:
- Toward the Light
- Dates:
- 5 Sep 2026 - 8 Oct 2026
- Venue:
- Botanical Garden Munich, Munich
- Young sunflowers follow the sun across the sky. In the evening, they slowly turn eastward, toward the place where the sun will rise again. This phenomenon, known as heliotropism, is more than a poetic gesture: it expresses a fundamental necessity. Light, the source of plant life, guides their movement and enables photosynthesis, transforming light into chemical energy. Photography, too, cannot exist without light. Only when light reaches a photosensitive surface can an image be recorded. Colours, forms and contrasts become traces of a moment held in time. Yet photography goes beyond the representation of reality. In a metaphorical sense, it casts the light from which it originates back upon us, illuminating our capacity for perception. It invites us to look beyond what is immediately visible and explore the subtle, hidden and enigmatic.
Events
Upcoming events
- Event:
- Toward the Light
- Dates:
- 5 Sep 2026 - 8 Oct 2026
- Venue:
- Botanical Garden Munich, Munich
- Young sunflowers follow the sun across the sky. In the evening, they slowly turn eastward, toward the place where the sun will rise again. This phenomenon, known as heliotropism, is more than a poetic gesture: it expresses a fundamental necessity. Light, the source of plant life, guides their movement and enables photosynthesis, transforming light into chemical energy. Photography, too, cannot exist without light. Only when light reaches a photosensitive surface can an image be recorded. Colours, forms and contrasts become traces of a moment held in time. Yet photography goes beyond the representation of reality. In a metaphorical sense, it casts the light from which it originates back upon us, illuminating our capacity for perception. It invites us to look beyond what is immediately visible and explore the subtle, hidden and enigmatic.
