A man searches through the rubble of his house trying to locate his family, Port au Prince, Haiti, Jan. 27, 2010.
You can see some of my recent work from Haiti here.
Haiti
January 30th, 2010
My Personal Best in Photojournalism in 2009
December 31st, 2009So I wanted to make a list of the ten best things in photojournalism in 2009, but I thought seven is much better number – not as symmetrical, clean and boring as ten, but with a lot of tension, power and at the same time harmony. It feels like the number closest to the golden ratio so I thought that was a good number for a list related to photography. (And, well, I haven’t come up with more.) Here they are:
# 7: Platon
Photos: Platon/ The New Yorker
I could listen to Platon telling the anecdotes he has collected over the years photographing the famous and powerful for hours. Check out the series of portraits of world leaders he did for the New Yorker. Unfortunately, Angela Merkel is missing – I would have loved to see her in there, but it wouldn’t have been her style. To make a bet: Platon’s work will be awarded in the World Press Photo Contest.
# 6: New German Photojournalism
Andy Spyra's website
Photojournalism in Germany in the last years has been heavily influenced by Ostkreuz an agency from Berlin. To sum up its style: brownish, desaturated medium format photography – rather unemotional. I feel that there’s been a new trend recently, I can connect better with.
To see what I mean, check out Andy Spyra’s work. He comes from a small, boring and probably really uninspiring town in Germany – yet he produces very inspiring photography. He has devoted himself to documenting life in the Indian part of Kashmir and has been quite successful. He has been shortlisted for the Magnum Expression Award and received the Getty Images Grant. But most importantly he has photographed one of my favorite images of all time.
The eMag
December 18th, 2009Adam Ferguson on 100 Eyes
November 18th, 2009
Australian photographer Adam Ferguson photographed in Paris, France, July 2006. Photo: Daniel Etter
Three years ago I interned at VII in Paris. One of my cominterns was Adam Fergusson. He had a small portfolio back than. I can remember some nice portraits but no bigger stories. His sister called him rockstar without a band. Adam has found his band: VII. He got on the VII mentor programm this year and Photo Distict News named him one of 30 emerging photographers to watch. More impressive are the spreads he had in TIME recently, The War in AfghanistanUp Close for example. The reason I’m posting this? There’s an interesting interview with Adam over at 100eyes.org
Anthony Suau: The Historic Photo of the Wall
November 10th, 2009Here is a beautiful slideshow by Anthony Suau talking about the biggest story of his life: The Fall. (Via dvafoto.com)
Selected Writing Added
November 9th, 2009I added a selection of writing samples to the site. All in German unfortunately. See here.
New Roads in Photojournalism
November 8th, 2009
Monastery in Tblisi, Georgia. Photo: Paolo Pellegrin/ Magnum/ Georgian Spring
As magazines and newspapers cut costs for production, competition among photographers is rising and publication on the internet doesn’t generate enough income, photoagencies try to approach new ways to fund and publish projects. The most recent examples are Consequences by Noor and Georgian Spring by Magnum.
Magnum Expression Award
November 7th, 2009
One of the most asked question by starting photographers or journalists in general is: How to get access? How to earn trust? How to let people be photographed in the most intimate situations? Robert Capa always used to respond to these questions: “Like people and let them know.” The best answers are often the simplest.
Welcome to Version IV
October 25th, 2009It doesn’t look much different, but this site is completely new: layout, content and – most important – content management. The main reason behind it was that the last version was complicated to update which led to a lack of fresh content in the last months (years?). For this version I’m using Wordpress and Slideshowpro for Lightroom. Both work incredibly easy and fast, making updates a matter of seconds. So I hope there will be more updates in the future. Also there are some new features, like the ability to link directly to individual pages and full screen slideshows, which I missed. Hope you like it. Enjoy.
