About Rebecca Suur

Born and raised in the very south of Germany, based in Switzerland for the past six years and spent the majority of the last year in Ghana.

My chosen medium is analogue film. As a child I loved watching my mom taking photos of us as a family and our life in the village I grew up in. She bought me my very first camera when I was pretty young. As I grew older she passed her old analogue camera, she used to take all those memories with, on to me. And my love for capturing moments evolved into what it is now.

My photography is an attempt to document my life whilst living it. Simple and timeless photographs of my life today.
Some would say it´s ordinary. But for me, it´s simplicity that helps me to process the complex chaos of our lives today.
An enormous foreign plant I've never seen growing up. In the latitude I come from this is a plant you would use as a living room decoration. But here in Ghana where I take this photo we eat this plant from top to bottom. Faded color on houses that look so interesting. But the special look of this shelter is given by the tides, scorching sun, heavy rains and humidity that is slowly eating away on this house.
All intertwined. Simplicity and complexity. Nostalgia and future.

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