German-born Katrin Koenning is a Melbourne-based photographer. In 2010, she was selected to be part of the Magnum Workshops at Fotofreo, Fremantle. Her work continues to be exhibited internationally and has been shown at festivals such as Voies Off Photo Festival in Arles, France, the City of Gijon International Photojournalism Festival in Gijon, Spain, and the Ballarat International Foto Biennale. She has won awards such as the Troika Editions Format Exposure Prize, the APA Award for Best Documentary Photography and the Godfrey Rivers Medal for Outstanding Photographic Achievement, amongst others. Koenning is the current Editor of the Australian Photojournalist Magazine, a non-profit publication dedicated to promote the finest of international visual storytelling. She is also a photographer for Amnesty International Australia. Katrin Koenning is represented by Obscura Photos. www.obscuraphotos.com

Much of my work is inspired by my inexhaustible curiosity in that which we brush aside as banal or ordinary. I obsess over the intricacies of the human condition I see in the transitional nature of the everyday. The ongoing projects I work on tell stories from my backyard, and often imply an almost personal narrative. My work investigates the importance of the local while seeking to find quiet and unnoticed gaps in the otherwise rushed and hectic urban chaos of our existence. To me, the smallest and seemingly most insignificant moments can be the keepers and revealers of this mystery that is life.