Missing Katrice
Schloss Neuhaus, Germany, November 2024
Missing Katrice reflects expansively through word and image on the disappearance of toddler Katrice Lee from a military supermarket in Schloss Neuhaus in 1981, and on the pain and hope of her family through the years.
The exhibition brought together photographer Stu McKenzie's images of the Lee family, of the place and symbols from the natural world. These were combined with poetic texts and with documentary elements setting out the facts of the case, to offer a contemplative exploration of absence, pain, resilience and the enduring thread of hope.
At the heart of the exhibition is a little girl, Katrice, who is lost. The project seeks above all to make her absence present, to keep her in our hearts and minds, and to sustain hope.
Missing Katrice, Introduction. Photo: Phomax Dietmar Flach
Missing Katrice, Lee Family photographs. Photo: Kathleen Palmer
Missing Katrice. Back Left, The Path of Life. Photo: Kathleen Palmer
Missing Katrice, Left Centre area. Photo: Kathleen Palmer
Missing Katrice. Left Centre with portrait of Sharon Lee. Photo: Kathleen Palmer
Missing Katrice. Left Centre with portrait of Natasha. Photo: Kathleen Palmer
Missing Katrice. Right Centre with portrait of Richard Lee. Photo: Kathleen Palmer
Missing Katrice, Back Right area. Photo: Kathleen Palmer
Missing Katrice. Back Right, The Building. Photo: Kathleen Palmer
Missing Katrice. Back Right, The Swings. Photo: Kathleen Palmer
Missing Katrice. Right, Frozen Moments. Photo: Kathleen Palmer
Missing Katrice. Right, The Investigation. Photo: Kathleen Palmer
Missing Katrice, Call to Action. Photo: Kathleen Palmer
End of opening night. Photo: Kathleen Palmer
Exterior at night. Photo: Phomax Dietmar Flach