Ann-Christine Woehrl Witches in Exile

It is the story of women who, stigmatized as witches, narrowly escaped death. To this day, women all over the world are victims of violence based on the belief in witchcraft; in Africa alone, there are thousands. In the north of Ghana, in Gambaga and Gushiegu, Ann-Christine Woehrl met women, who suffered this fate. Abandoned by their families and forced to leave their villages, they found refuge in socalled witch camps. With her conceptual series of portraits against a black background, the photographer sensitively depicts who these women are – in all their dignity and with all their pride.
Five percent of the book proceeds and ten percent of the proceeds from the special edition will be used to support the Ghanaian aid project Witchhunt Victims Empowerment Project, which creates and raises awareness for such places of refuge.

www.witches-in-exile.art

Hardcover 24 x 32 104 pages 70 color illustrations English, German Temporarily not available ISBN 978-3-96900-053-3 2021

Artist:

Ann-Christine Woehrl

Editor:

Anja Pinter-Rawe

Texts:

Anja Pinter-Rawe, Maakor Quarmyne, Talk between Rania Odaymat and Ann-Christine Woehrl, moderated by Brigitte Woischnik

Design:

Detlev Pusch, Berlin

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Awards

African Photobook of the Year
Shortlist 2022
EIGER FOUNDATION

Deutscher Fotobuchpreis Silber
Shortlist 21 / 22, Konzeptionell-Künstlerisch

Exhibitions

Witches in Exile
Museum Fünf Kontinente, Munich
24.11.2023 – 05.05.2024

Witches in Exile
Centre Culturel Francais, Freiburg
21.04.–27.05.2023

Galerie PRAXIS, Basel
14.06.–17.09.2022

LEPI Art in cooperation with ARTCO Galerie
Spreestudios Berlin, Germany
10.09.–10.12.2021

Stadthaus Ulm, Germany
18.06.–05.09.2021

Reviews

THE GAZE MAGAZINE, 2022

BASELER ZEITUNG, 26.07.2022

SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, 27.08.2021

DEUTSCHLANDFUNK, 10.08.2021

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