Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Uta Beyer ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://utabeyer.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Look :)](https://utabeyer.com/look-2/) - Found this one while strolling around Singapore. - [Dear Planet Earth](https://utabeyer.com/dear-planet-earth-2/) - I'm sorry that I sometimes forget how beautiful and amazing you are. If I really think about it, I could be amazed by you all day long. I want to make a promise to myself, to appreciate you more and everything to give to me. I love you, planet earth, I really do. Thank you - [Dear Planet Earth](https://utabeyer.com/dear-planet-earth/) - I'm sorry that I sometimes forget how beautiful and amazing you are. If I really think about it, I could be amazed by you all day long. I want to make a promise to myself, to appreciate you more and everything to give to me. I love you, planet earth, I really do. Thank you - [Look :)](https://utabeyer.com/look/) - [The True Story-teller](https://utabeyer.com/the-true-story-teller/) - “To see the madness and yet walk a perfect silver line. ... That's what the true story-teller should be: a great guide, a clear mind, who can walk a silver line in hell or madness.” Ben Okri, Birds of Heaven - [At The Deck](https://utabeyer.com/at-the-deck/) - Some pictures from our visit to this years International Photography Festival at the art space "The Deck" in Singapore. The new art space is made out of old shipping container, which is really cool. You can find the pretty small art space in the Bugis area right in the middle of Singapore. - [Timelines A on Vimeo](https://utabeyer.com/timelines-a-on-vimeo-2/) - And another amazing video from on of Juan Fontanive's art installations. You can see more of his creative and fun video work Vimeo. - [Deep Wells](https://utabeyer.com/deep-wells-2/) - “She waited for the train to pass. Then she said, "I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what’s at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while.” Haruki Murakami (Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman) - [Deep Wells](https://utabeyer.com/deep-wells/) - “She waited for the train to pass. Then she said, "I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what’s at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while.” Haruki Murakami (Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman) - [Updates on Recent Work](https://utabeyer.com/update-on-recent-work/) - I just wanted to let you all now what I'm working on at the moment. I finished some freelancing projects that I will write more about here shortly. I also traveled to Berlin recently to visit my sister and also to take some photographs there. Unfortunately the weather was pretty ugly though and we had - [Dance With Me](https://utabeyer.com/dance-with-me/) - Dream your life, dream every day, this is magic. What is real? Jump up the world. Dance, Dance, Dance. - [Timelines A on Vimeo](https://utabeyer.com/timelines-a-on-vimeo/) - And another amazing video from one of Juan Fontanive's art installations. You can see more of his creative video and installation work on Vimeo. - [What is enough?](https://utabeyer.com/what-is-enough/) - “...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?” Vincent van Gogh - [Simplicity](https://utabeyer.com/simplicity/) - “The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.” Walt Whitman - [Dance](https://utabeyer.com/dance-dance-dance/) - Dream your life, dream every day, this is magic. What is real? Jump up the world. Dance, Dance, Dance. - [Painting Day](https://utabeyer.com/painting-day/) - While studying at the art university I used to be creative and draw and paint all the time. Now working on the computer all day I miss those creative, offline experiences. So I recently grabbed all my art supplies and started painting a bit. It’s so much fun and a very relaxing and calming task, - [Updates on Recent Work](https://utabeyer.com/updates-on-recent-work/) - I just wanted to let you all now what I’m working on at the moment. I finished some freelancing projects that I will write more about here shortly. I also traveled to Berlin recently to visit my sister and also to take some photographs there. Unfortunately the weather was pretty ugly though and we had - [Birds on Vimeo](https://utabeyer.com/birds-on-vimeo/) - This is sooo cool, I wish I would have a “bird box” like this, such a creative video! You can watch even more of the artist Juan Fontanive videos on vimeo, some even have a 3D effect like the video “Violetear”. The artists website is www.juanfontanive.com. - [Birds on Vimeo](https://utabeyer.com/birds-on-vimeo-2/) - This is sooo cool, I wish I would have a “bird box” like this, such a creative video! You can watch even more of the artist Juan Fontanive videos on vimeo, some even have a 3D effect like the video “Violetear”. The artists website is www.juanfontanive.com. - [Lost and Found](https://utabeyer.com/lost-and-found/) - “The pen will never be able to move fast enough to write down every word discovered in the space of memory. Some things have been lost forever, other things will perhaps be remembered again, and still other things have been lost and found and lost again. There is no way to be sure of any - [A Little Weird](https://utabeyer.com/a-little-weird/) - “We’re all a little weird and life’s a little weird. And when we find someone who’s weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” Dr. Seuss ## Pages - [Projects](https://utabeyer.com/) - [About](https://utabeyer.com/about/) - Hi, I'm Uta, a social documentary and fine art photographer based in Germany. In my work I explore people, animals, plants, objects - their colours, shapes, forms, and embodiments. My particular interest is the female body and its presentation as object. Education MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography University of the Arts London, London College of - [Contact](https://utabeyer.com/contact/) - For exhibitions, projects, books, commissions, and other enquiries please contact me at: uta@utabeyer.com ## Document Embedder - [Full Metall Jacket Essay](https://utabeyer.com/ppt_viewer/full-metall-jacket-essay/) ## Projects - [The Beauty Of a Woman Is Her Hair](https://utabeyer.com/portfolio/the-beauty-of-a-woman-is-her-hair/) - The Beauty Of a Woman Is Her Hair (Nigerian Proverb) https://utabeyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Ncumisa-Mcitwa-Uta-Beyer-The-Beauty-of-a-Woman-is-Her-Hair.mp4 The film "The Beauty Of a Woman Is Her Hair" is a visual comment on wig culture amongst African women, by Uta Beyer and Ncumisa Mcitwa. The film is part of the performative photographic work "The Beauty of a Man Is His Cows". - [Heimlich](https://utabeyer.com/portfolio/heimlich/) - This is This. That is That. This is not That. This is not This. What's left is either this, or not this. (Daniiel Kharms, Notnow) In Heimlich the viewer encounters twenty elderly impoverished people in their homes in Tbilisi, Georgia. These photographs are atmospheric snap-shots oscillating between showing and not-showing, hence, demanding a new form - [The Beauty of a Man is His Cows](https://utabeyer.com/portfolio/the-beauty-of-a-man-is-his-cows/) - The Beauty Of a Man Is His Cows (South African Proverb) What all women on this planet share, is the experience of living in and moving around as female bodies. What's it like, this experience? The female body can be categorized as a specific kind of public good, permanently under observation, fueling expectations, triggering reactions. - [Fernography](https://utabeyer.com/portfolio/fernography/) - A little study on fern in my local forest. - [Mommy Makeover](https://utabeyer.com/portfolio/mommy-makeover/) - Schedule your consult and... Get Your Body Back ('Mommy Makeover' advertising) Voluntary plastic surgery would not be marketable easily without the technique of Before and After Pictures. They build a connection to the surgeon, elevate the bloody craftsmanship to a hurtless level, and create a must-have feeling: We only know how good something is, when - [Korpus 18](https://utabeyer.com/portfolio/korpus-18/) - KORPUS 18 is a Soviet era apartment block built in 1981 in Tbilisi. The building was the first of several dozens to be finished in the area in the early 1980s. Korpus 18 is a 9-floor concrete housing complex with 7 staircases, each leading to 18 apartments, it is home to 126 families. In 2011, - [It was like that](https://utabeyer.com/portfolio/face-masks/) - Le Noema de la photographie est simple, banal, n'a pas de profondeur: Il a été ainsi. Roland Barthes, La chambre claire While selfies and self-presentation are essential ingredients and neccessities of social media usage, many people feel uneasy or inhibited showing their faces online. Yet, in particular as most social media are visual media, our - [Dogs](https://utabeyer.com/portfolio/dogs/) - Some items from my last century dog postcards collection. - [Ethylene Blossom II](https://utabeyer.com/portfolio/ethylene-blossom-ii/) - Ethylene Blossom II turns away from the documentary, towards staging, mise-en-scène. My objects of study here are plastic flowers, everyday plastic objects, and the genre of still life. - [Forest Fever](https://utabeyer.com/portfolio/forest-fever/) - Some experiments with photos from the local forest: Climate change intervention vs. photoshop intervention. Work in progress. - [74 Happenings in Parts](https://utabeyer.com/portfolio/74-happenings-in-parts/) - Particle man, particle man Doing the things a particle can What's he like? It's not important (They Might Be Giants, Particle Man) 74 Happenings in Parts is a little collection of collections. Taken on flea markets in Georgia, these photographs depict – much more than just assortments of curiosities - the beauty of the numerous - [Water](https://utabeyer.com/portfolio/water/) - The Middle East ran out of water around the 1970s. The region today largely depends on water imports from other countries, while most of its own freshwater is allocated to agriculture. Water scarcity leads to desertification, salinization, and land vulnerability, and can lead to political conflicts around water. The rise of Daesh (the so-called 'Islamic - [MusCat & Fish](https://utabeyer.com/portfolio/muscat-fish/) - A little series of photos I took while visiting the loveable, embracing, wonderfully mellow city of Muscat - including weddings, cats, and fish amongst others. - [Kurban](https://utabeyer.com/portfolio/kurban/) - In meat production and consumption, Western cultures are often criticized for their alienation from the subject. In the First World, meat comes from supermarkets and restaurants, and an animal is something that exists only in zoos and on television. Critics of the Western de-familiarization with meat often cherish a romantic concept of slaughtering in other - [Yeah, It's That Awesome](https://utabeyer.com/portfolio/yeah-its-that-awesome/) - Loading Viewer... - [57 Chairs](https://utabeyer.com/portfolio/57-chairs/) - Chair: A piece of furniture for one person to sit on, with a back, a seat and four legs. (Oxford Learners Dictionary) Is a tree stump a chair? Yes, if you can sit on it. (Jordan B Peterson, Maps of Meaning) 57 Chairs is a tribute to an often overlooked category of objects: The street - [Ethylene Blossom](https://utabeyer.com/portfolio/ethylene-blossom/) - If you are mixed up with trees, how do you know they are not using you to achieve their dark designs? (Bruno Latour, Pasteurization of France) Plastic bags: People make them, use them, condemn them. Regarded as the plague of our times, they are everywhere, uncontrollable, disturbing, obscuring the scenery like tumbleweed, one trillion new - [Still Life With Pig](https://utabeyer.com/portfolio/flesh/) - Green frog, Is your body also freshly painted? Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) In the tradition of animal still lifes, this photo essay explores the sphere between beauty and death. The intention is to create a modern, photographic interpretation of animal still lifes. All photos were taken in places, where animals are slaughtered for consumption, where meat - [Istanbul](https://utabeyer.com/portfolio/istanbul/) - This is a random selection of photos I took on the streets of Istanbul in 2008 and 2009. There is no purpose or meaning in the selection, it's just what I saw there then. The photos are also an account of my first experiences with a camera; having had lived in Istanbul for quite a - [Hog Life](https://utabeyer.com/portfolio/hog-life/) ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://utabeyer.com/category/uncategorized/) - [Artists](https://utabeyer.com/category/artists/) - [Daily Life](https://utabeyer.com/category/daily-life/) - [Inspiration](https://utabeyer.com/category/inspiration-3/) - [Personal](https://utabeyer.com/category/personal/) - [Poetry](https://utabeyer.com/category/poetry/) - [Quotes](https://utabeyer.com/category/quotes/) - [Random](https://utabeyer.com/category/random-2/) - [Videos](https://utabeyer.com/category/videos-2/) - [Daily Life](https://utabeyer.com/category/daily-life-2/) - [Exhibitions](https://utabeyer.com/category/exhibitions/) - [Freelancing](https://utabeyer.com/category/freelancing/) - [Inspiration](https://utabeyer.com/category/inspiration/) - [Photography](https://utabeyer.com/category/photography/) - [Random](https://utabeyer.com/category/random-3/) - [Videos](https://utabeyer.com/category/videos/) - [Work](https://utabeyer.com/category/work/) ## Tags - [2014](https://utabeyer.com/tag/2014/) - [Authors](https://utabeyer.com/tag/authors/) - [Books](https://utabeyer.com/tag/books/) - [colors](https://utabeyer.com/tag/colors-3/) - [creative](https://utabeyer.com/tag/creative/) - [Japanese](https://utabeyer.com/tag/japanese/) - [JustThinking](https://utabeyer.com/tag/justthinking/) - [Notes](https://utabeyer.com/tag/notes/) - [painting](https://utabeyer.com/tag/painting/) - [photography](https://utabeyer.com/tag/photography-2/) - [Random](https://utabeyer.com/tag/random-3/) - [Reading](https://utabeyer.com/tag/reading/) - [Singapore](https://utabeyer.com/tag/singapore/) - [street](https://utabeyer.com/tag/street/) - [videos](https://utabeyer.com/tag/videos/) - [vimeo](https://utabeyer.com/tag/vimeo/) - [art](https://utabeyer.com/tag/art/) - [festival](https://utabeyer.com/tag/festival/) - [Literature](https://utabeyer.com/tag/literature/) - [moving](https://utabeyer.com/tag/moving/) - [random](https://utabeyer.com/tag/random/) - [thoughts](https://utabeyer.com/tag/thoughts/) - [Wisdom](https://utabeyer.com/tag/wisdom/) ## File Type - [pdf](https://utabeyer.com/ppv_document_tags/pdf/) ## Project Tags - [Uta Beyer Dogs](https://utabeyer.com/project-tag/uta-beyer-dogs/)