Anke Schofield was born 1972 in Ithaca, New York and was apprenticed as a professional photographer assistant when she was still in the 8th grade. During high school Anke apprenticed with a number of artists in the New York area and eventually won a scholarship to the Savannah College of Art and Design, where she earned a bachelors degree in fine art. Throughout this period she pursued her studies of color theory and painting, continuing to find in these endeavors greater creative stimulus and inspiration than she had known in her photographic work. "My work is inspired photographically", says Anke "but I take it beyond the ordinary representation to create a harmonious blend of texture with composition."