Artist Blog: Edith Lechtape

Edith Lechtape was born in 1921 in Herne, Germany, and started out her career as an actress under Heinz Moog. She then went to work for a few different theater houses around in Germany, for a number of years. She did this for almost twenty years, until she came into contact with Antoine Weber, who had been immersed in Photography for about twenty yeard by then. He encouraged Edith to explore the photographic realm as method for expression. She mainly focused on pieces involving photographs, painting, and drawing in pieces.This idea of layering goes with my main focus in my own work. My work has recently delved into issues about layering, and this type of work was what immediately attracted me to any thoughts that i had for my pieces. A mixture of resources and materials layered onto surfaces ontop of my photographs is my main focus for the rest of the year. I will continue to search for artists with this type of style, hoping to find some more techniques and thoughts of how to layer.

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