The team – competence meets art

When museums, archives, and private collectors talk about reliable fine art digitization, they usually mean one thing: a workflow where quality is consistent, color is controlled, and every step is handled with care—from capture to delivery. At recom art care in Berlin-Moabit, our team brings together decades of expertise across high-end scanning (including CRUSE and DOM systems), repro photography, image processing, project management, and fine art logistics. This blend matters because professional art reproduction is never “just a scan”: it’s a controlled digital process that protects the object, preserves visual information, and creates digital assets that can be used for documentation, research, publishing, exhibitions, and high-quality print.
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Below is the team that makes that work happen—every day.

Sven Schönauer – Digital Process & Innovation Lead

Sven Schönauer is an expert in digital workflows and innovation with deep roots in the print industry. He combines long-term production experience with forward-looking technologies—an approach that shaped RECOM’s fine art direction early on.

In 2002, Sven founded the RECOM ART department and helped set new benchmarks for art reproduction using advanced scanning systems such as the CRUSE scanner and the DOM scanner. In 2012, he moved operations from Stuttgart to Berlin, where he continued to push the technological evolution of digitization and inkjet print.

Since 2024, Sven has been leading recom art care in Berlin-Moabit, developing innovative solutions for fine art reproduction and the related project handling and logistics that institutions and collectors rely on.

Katrin Rother – Input Digitization Specialist (Repro Photography) and Post-Processing


Katrin Rother is a photo designer (Lette Verein Berlin) and a fine artist (HfbK Hamburg / UdK Berlin). She works as a freelance photographer with a focus on exhibition photography and repro photography—a combination that is especially valuable when objects require a sensitive, visually precise approach.
Since 2019, Katrin has been responsible for input digitization at recom art care, supporting consistent capture quality and ensuring that every project starts with a strong, accurate foundation.

David Burghardt – Fine Art Project Manager & Client Service

After training as a photo designer at Lette Verein Berlin, David Burghardt spent ten years as a picture editor for renowned publishers including Jahreszeiten Verlag, Gruner+Jahr, and teNeues Verlag. In addition, he has been working for more than 20 years as a photographer and image specialist with agencies and photographers—giving him a rare mix of editorial standards and production pragmatism.

Since 2023, David has been part of the RECOM group (formerly recom ART, now recom art care) as a project manager and client advisor in the fine art sector—helping clients translate goals (documentation, publication, exhibition, print) into clear deliverables and dependable timelines.

Anna Sophia Bauer – Project Management and Online Communication


Anna Sophia Bauer is a passionate project manager and an all-round problem solver. She brings years of project experience from other industries and pairs that with a Master’s degree in Art History and Digital Humanities (TU Berlin and EPFL Lausanne).
At recom art care, Anna Sophia connects the dots: coordinating teams, aligning requirements, and ensuring that projects run smoothly—especially when fine art digitization involves multiple stakeholders, deadlines, and output formats.

Paul Schaffitzel – Media Design and Editions


Paul Schaffitzel is a trained media designer. His work supports clear visual communication and robust production workflows—an important component when digital assets must be consistent across use cases such as documentation, publishing, and print production.

Helene Bosecker – Art History & Cultural Project Management


Helene Bosecker is an art historian (TU Berlin) and cultural manager with many years of experience in the art market as a gallery manager. She founded the Estonian association MTÜ Eesti-Saksa Kunstikoostöö in 2021 and later roam projects e. V.. Since 2024, she has served on the board of the German-Estonian Society Berlin e. V..
Helene advocates for rethinking economic structures in the art market in ways that benefit artists. Since 2022, she has been part of recom art care as a project manager, bringing a strong understanding of artworks, contexts, and stakeholder needs into complex digitization and reproduction projects.

Why the team matters in fine art digitization

High-end art digitization is a chain of decisions — handling, capture, color management, file standards, post-production, and delivery. Our strength lies in combining all necessary competences inhouse:

  • Technology (advanced scanning and controlled capture)
  • Craft (repro photography, image processing, visual standards)
  • Project reliability (coordination, documentation, timelines)
  • Art-world understanding (museum workflows, market realities, stakeholder needs)


That’s how you get digital assets that are not only beautiful — but usable, stable, and fit for purpose.

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