Annagret Soltau is a visual artist born in Luneberg, Germany, 1946. Majority of her work features photographic montages of herself and other people, cut up, and sewn with black thread. Although these works are collages, with threaded holes sewn throughout, they give off a pristine feeling.

Her photography and work focuses a lot on the female form and bodily processes, but it is also her way of searching for her identity. The work almost gives off a dark energy but I think it is just because peoples faces are being cut and sewn, which reminds me of the idea of mutilation. These are not as gory as that concept though, maybe she is symbolizing the mutilation of herself and what it can feel like when you are questioning your identity.

“I am using myself as a model because I can go the farthest with me” – Soltau