Jolane Schaffner

Jolane Schaffner is a German photographer based in Belfast where she completed her MFA Photography at the Belfast School of Art. 

The German language contains two words for home: Zuhause (the place where one lives - a place of comfort and peace) and Heimat (a familiar landscape, sound or smell evoked by memories and nostalgia). Jolane's work has always evolved around these twin notions of belonging; of absence and presence. She draws from personal experience as well as the experiences of others, often supporting her photographic work with oral histories to build a multi-vocal portrait of people and place.