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2010: My Year in Photos

admin — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:25:07 +0000

Photography for me is much more about the stories you witness and communicate than about the image itself. I am still amazed where a camera can take you. I’ve been to Haiti and Afghanistan and moved to India, met some of the most interesting people ever and started working for clients I’ve always wanted to work for.

Above is selection from shattered Port au Prince, Maoist infested rural India, the uprise in Kashmir and the war in Afghanistan. It sounds bleak, but if this year has taught me something about the media’s representation of reality it is that reality is far too complex to adhere to the media’s needs. It is much easier to go for the cliché than for an actual representation of all the complexities of a story. This is why the image below is one of my favorites of this year.

Kids play soccer on a the yard of a destroyed school in Port au Prince, Haiti, Jan. 28, 2010.

Post-embed Post

admin — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 06:12:40 +0000

US Army soldiers including flight medics of Task Force Shadow Charlie Company 6-101 Dustoff evacuate an American soldier, Southern Afghanistan, Nov. 28, 2010. The soldier got hit by shrapnel from an improvised explosive device. He suffered wounds at his head, chest and arms.

I’ve just returned from an embed with an US Army medical evacuation unit based near Kandahar. Less blurry photos will come soon.

Prints

admin — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:09:36 +0000

Women pray at the shrine of the sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, Delhi, India, June 10, 2010.

I am offering limited edition collectors’ prints. They come on Hahnemühle paper in 8″x12″ (edition of 20) or 16″x24″ (edition of ten) signed and numbered. You can view them here…

New Work: India

admin — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:32:16 +0000

People demonstrate after a youth was allegedly killed by Indian security forces, Sopore, Kashmir India, April 14, 2010. Sopore is a stronghold of militant resistance in the Kashmir Valley.

I’ve just added a new section to my website where I’ll gather all my stories from and about India. For now there are singles from various projects, but some stories will follow soon.

Back in India

admin — Mon, 24 May 2010 07:16:08 +0000

I am back in India and will be based in Delhi fo the next months. I can be reached on +91.97.18247897

Haiti

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:05:28 +0000

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.

Selected Writing Added

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:59:00 +0000

I added a selection of writing samples to the site. All in German unfortunately. See here.

Welcome to Version IV

admin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:30:15 +0000

It 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.