Susanne Kriemann traces the branching legacies of the
atomic age. In her work, radiation is not a distant or abstract
phenomenon but part of our immediate surroundings—in the
landscapes, for example, where uranium was once mined and
processed.
She is equally drawn to the residues of heavy industry
that have quietly seeped into everyday life, such as the slag used
as fi ll beneath the fl oors of Berlin Gründerzeit buildings, her
own studio among them. Through photographic processes and
attentive material observation, Kriemann renders these hidden
presences visible, exposing how permeable the boundaries are
between an industrial past, the landscape and the spaces we
inhabit today.
The After Nature. Ulrike Crespo Photography Prize is a joint
project of the C/O Berlin Foundation and the Crespo Foundation,
Frankfurt. In 2026 it will be awarded for the third time. The
prize honours artists who explore new concepts of nature in
photography and other visual media through their work.
