Box

Dynamics, toughness, drama, nostalgia, sweat, stories of heroes and defeats as well as a touch of wickedness - the world of boxing attracts many photographers, writers and the supposedly better society. Women have long since asserted themselves in this male domain and are adding their own feminine touch to boxing. The photographer Anja Schori boxes herself and takes part in competitions. It made sense to approach your own sport with a camera.

At first she wanted to photograph male trainers, but “it doesn’t work out so well with the men”. So she pointed the camera at her peers and training partners. She self-confidently emphasizes the feminine in her photographs, mixing documentary boxing scenes with fashionable productions, reality with fiction, black and white with color, sharpness with blurriness in her magazine “Box”. It's about boxing, yes, but we can also encounter the black eye here in the form of an eye patch, worn by an attractive woman with brunette hair.

Anja Schori is the winner of the GEtPublished Award 2010, PHOTO BOOK DAYS 2010. With images from the series, Anja Schori also won the BFF sponsorship award 2009