Jennifer Vahlbruch was born in Laupheim, Germany, and moved to Kempten, Germany for her husband’s love. Since 2007, she has combined the longing for the mountains with her passion for photography. She wanted to capture her impressions, but the small picture format could not live up to her claim.
The self-taught photographer finally found her signature feature: large-format panoramic images, which she composes with a love for detail from single photos. These impressive images are a key element of her work. With them, the photographer wants to look beyond the edge and show the viewer more than a section of reality.
Besides mountain photography, the award-winning and juried artist has discovered her interest in other motifs and also works with the themes of landscapes, nature, and urban worlds. In her projects, she experiments with different formats and media to achieve a harmonious representation of the subjects.
Jennifer Vahlbruch is both, a photographer and an artist – it is thus important for her to distinguish between realistic photography and deliberate artistic treatment. Her pictures show either the genuine and unchanged but accentuated reality, or a deliberate artistic statement, which unfolds while editing the image. In both cases, she only uses her original photographs without mixing or exchanging image parts.
In 2013 the district of Biberach, Germany selected a concept from her for an art project which was realized through a grant from the Hilde Frey Foundation. Many of her photographs have been shown in several successful exhibitions. Her debutante exhibition took place at Kunsthalle Kempten, Germany in 2014 and was a huge success with more than 800 visitors. It was followed by other exhibitions, among others a solo show in winter 2014/2015 at the summit station of a mountain at 6683 ft. altitude.
Jennifer Vahlbruch came back from trips to the USA (Hawaii, Florida, California, New York), Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Sicily, Madeira, and the Canaries with many unique photos, many of them becoming new masterpieces. At the end of 2017, she moved with her husband to Texas, USA, where she is discovering her new home country with her photography.