German-born artist Angelika Rinnhofer began her residency at Light Work ready to print her newest work as large-format color prints. Angelika describes her series Menschenkunde as portraits that combine facts, beauty, and irony in a Renaissance-style. Her newest series, Felsenfest, continues the same aesthetics in its re-interpretations of catholic martyrs within a modern context. Angelika remembers being frightened as a child when viewing the horrific images of tortured saints commonly found in churches in her hometown Nürnberg, Germany. She now casts a critical eye, juxtaposing religious figures with modern-looking scientists. Since arriving, she has printed many of her striking photographs and has also continued photographing for the Felsenfest series.

Angelika lives and has her artist studio in Beacon, New York. She is a commercial photographer and artist. She is the recipient of a Kodak European Gold Award and recently received a fellowship in photography from the Dutchess County Arts Council.


Canadian artist Michael Schreier arrived in Syracuse with his digital camera and ready to photograph new work, which he describes as "portraits of anonymous people." He approaches strangers in busy downtown areas and asks to take their photograph. The encounter lasts only a moment and is documented by the date and time printed below each photograph. He is interested in the sense of integrity and overcoming of vulnerability that are established even in these brief, chance encounters. The emotional sub-context for this work is Michael's experience of moving from his native Vienna, Austria to Canada as a child. The Syracuse portraits along with interior/exterior architectural photographs will be incorporated in an ongoing book project Tears for an Empty Desert. He has been working on this project for the past two years.

Michael lives in Ottawa, Canada. Recent exhibition venues include Peak Gallery in Toronto. He recently completed a residency at Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York.

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