About me

since 1999

Freelance photographer for Republica, DER SPIEGEL, Welt am Sonntag, Time Magazine, El Pais, IO Donna, Frankfurter Rundschau, STERN, Der Focus, Sunday Times, Deutsche Photographische Gesellschaft (DGPh), Deutsche Fotografische Akademie (DFA), Unicef, among others

2003 - 2009

Member photoagency VISUM, Hamburg

since 2010

Member photoagency laif, Cologne

since 2007

university teacher for photojournalism at the university of applied sciences Dortmund

Awards and Grants:

2000 	Kodak young photographer (Germany)
2001	AGFA  award for young photojournalism (hm)
2002	Dr.-Otto-Steinert-Award for the project „Third Society“ from the German 
     Photographic Society.
	Nominated for UNICEF Photo of the Year with the project „Rio-Santos 9 Places“
	Nominated for Joop-Swart Master Class
	Studentgrant from AGFA 
2003 	Nominated for Körber-Photo-Award 
2004 	Schömberger Fotoherbst mit „D-Day – 60.Jahrestag“ (hm)
2004 	Nominated for UNICEF Photo of the Year with the project  „Park of Desires“
2005 	Welde Art Award - Photography - „Park of Desires“,
	Grant from VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn for the project „Age of Kali-Aid for Aids in India“ 
2006 	Nominated for Fringe Festival Award during the Reencontre in Arles,  „Age of Kali“.
	Nominated for  „Descubrimientos“ Award with “Age of Kali” during PhotoEspana06
2009 Nominated for UNICEF Photo of the Year with the project  „Orphans in Ruanda“
2010 Grant from VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn for the project „Waiting for Rain - A Seca in Brasil" 

Expositions (Selection):

1999 	"Gipfeltreffen“, Schaden.com, Cologne
2001	„Rio-Santos 9Places“ at
	PhotoLucida Portland, Oregon, USA, 
	Gallerie Lichtblick, Cologne, 
	Photofestival Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2002 	„Brasilianische Rhapsodie“, photokina Cologne, 
	Otto-Steinert-Award, Visual Galery, photokina, Cologne, 
2003 	...und was bist du?, Imhoff-Stollwerk museum, Cologne, 
	„Lebensarten“ Körber Foto-Award, Kunst und Gewerbe museum, Hamburg (G)
2004 	„Fotobild04“, Berlin, Otto-Steinert-Preis
2005	„Park of Desires“ Welde-Art-Award, Mannheim
2006 	„Age of Kali - Aid for Aids in India“, Fotofestival Reencontre Arles, France,
	„Age of Kali - Aid for Aids in India“, PhotoEspanha06 Madrid, Spain.
2007	„Don´t mention the war“, Noorderlicht Fotofestival Grooningen, Netherlands.

Books:

2001  „5. Internationale Fototage Herten“, exhibition catalog, Hrsg. BildForum, Herten 
      „Rio-Santos 9Places“, interactive CD-Rom, Schaden.com, Cologne
2002  „Cologne Kulturherbst“, exhibitin catalog, SK-Stifftung, Cologne 
2003  „...und was bist du? - Photographs from Dirk Gebhardt, exhibition catalog, Unicef 
      „Lebensarten“ KulturImpulse – Fotografie, edition Körber-Stiftung, Hamburg 
      „6. Internationale Fototage Herten“, exhibition catalog, Das BildForum, Herten 
2005  “Das Brückenprojekt 24 Stunden - 24 Fotografen”, exhibition catalog, EditionPa.
      “7. Internationale Fototage Mannheim/Ludwigshafen”, exhibition catalog, EditionPa.
2010  „Into the West “, KIWI, Cologne