Anne Michaux was born in Luxembourg in 1974, currently lives and works in Berlin. "I build models with different materials and objects, predominantly toys, cut out photography, combined with wood, plastics, sand and whatever materials that I find. The models I build I then use for photography. The resulting picture is the actual work. I destroy the model after I have made a picture I am satisfied with. I create worlds that reflect upon an theme that is preoccupying me or is in the news or that I find interesting for whatever reason. A lot of my work depicts a not always very optimistic visions of a near future. I try to depict a world that has shifted out of the comfort zone into a zone where our old beliefs and securities don´t count for much anymore. A reality that lies lurking beneath the crackling veneer of our societies. The building of these miniature worlds allows me to model my reality exactly the way I wish it to be seen." (Anne Michaux)