Franziska Franke

Welcome to my Gallery and thanks for your visit!
I am a german Graphic Designer and mom living in Malaysia.

My art is completly digital. I use vintage photos, old pictures and illustrations, tare them apart to create a new image. I am inspired by surrealism, fairy tales, folklore and medieval times.

I studied illustration and graphic design at the Royal College of Art after which I established, with two other illustrators, a very successful illustration studio in London. We shared a vast warehouse studio with a photographers' agent who represented, among others, Elliot Erwitt, Lord Snowdon and Bob Carlos Clarke. I was hooked! I was drawn initially to landscape photography by the work of the great Ansel Adams whose inspirational photographs still fill me with adrenalin. If I can convey any of the awe and excitement I feel at the time of capturing my experiences I have done what I set out to do. The fact that I live in central London and have to support myself by other means precludes the opportunity to indulge my passion very often. I hope you enjoy what I offer here. Some of the images are the result of careful planning and patience while others are spontaneously captured on my adventures.
My images are © Mal Smith 2011. Please contact me if you would like to use them in any way.

Ulrike lebt und arbeitet in Berlin. Als freie Künstlerin und Designerin umfasst ihr Arbeitsfeld sowohl Malerei und Grafik, als auch Projekte für Film und Theater, Illustration und Konzept Design. Mehr zu Ulrikes Arbeiten findet ihr unter www.ulrikebeck.com.

''Willkommen in meiner Bilderwelt!'' :)


Ulrike lives and works in Berlin. Her field of work comprises graphical art work, illustrations, conceptual and costume designs as well as their practical realization.
More artwork and informations about Ulrike you can find on www.ulrikebeck.com.

''Welcome!'' :)

Making photography helps me to relax, that's like meditation for me its inspiring me to everething else i do

Born in Tbilisi, Georgia 1984/11/26

Study:
1991-2002 N.58 Gymnasium Tbilisi, Georgia
2002-2005 Georgian Academy of Arts. Architektur
2003/08/01-09/03 Somerakademie für Bildende Künste Salzburg. Gruppe
Itsuko Hasegava (Kritiker Preis)
2005- Universität der Künste Belrin. Architektur

Work:

2002-2003 Architektur practice ''Arch Idea''(Georgia Tbilisi)
2003-2005 Photoreporter in Europe for Anabechdi Magazine
(Georgia, Tbilisi)

2006-2007 Architektur practice''SEBO Architekts''(Georgia Tbilisi)

2008/05/11-07/25 Architectur practice ''United Architektur''(Berlin Germany)

2010/08-2010/12 Studio Eva Grubinger

2011/09 EllisWilliams Architekts