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From the artist: "The German re-unification
was a unique historical event. Having grown up in
former East Germany I feel extremely privileged to
have witnessed first hand the peaceful revolution,
which brought down the Iron Curtain. Recently, I have
become interested in the drastic changes that this
area of the now unified Germany has undergone. For
the last three years I have been traveling back there
to photograph different areas of change: infrastructure,
industry and the political geography and architecture
(i.e. the former border areas and parliament building,
the Stasi Archives, factories, roads and trainlines
etc). I've tried to remain distant from the subject
wherever possible. I leave plenty of room for the
viewer’s imagination to explore what East Germany
might have been like, is like now, and how it would
feel to have lived there before and after the fall
of the wall. I was particularly interested in how
a very specific political situation and a sudden radical
process of political and social change had left visible
traces, some of which have already deliberately been
eradicated. But even the very process of eradication
has left discernable traces. While some images are
personally relevant to me others have greater historical
relevance."
Information
Age: 31
Born: Mecklenburg, Germany
Location: London
Inspiration: Simon Norfolk, Simon Roberts, Joel Sternfeld,
Edward Burtynsky, Peter Bialobrzeski
Exhibitions
Salon09 - Joint Exhibition, Four Corners, London,
Dec 2009
Salon08 - Joint Exhibition, VINEspace, Vyner Street,
London, Dec 2008
Foto8 Summershow - Joint Exhibition, HOST Gallery,
London, July - Aug 2008
Open Range - Joint Exhibition, Independent Photographers
Gallery, Battle, East Sussex May 2007
Zones of Transit - East Germany Project, The Tricycle
Gallery, London, March/April 2007
MA Photojournalism & Documentary Photography 2006
- East Germany Project, The Atrium Gallery, LCC, London,
Dec 2006
Battle of Cable Street Group Exhibition - East London
Project, Open Air outside St George’s Town Hall, Tower
Hamlets, London and Art Pavilion, Mile End, London,
Sep 2006
Awards
The Independent and UNESCO world press freedom award
2007
Winner: Public Choice Deeper Perspective
(UK) - International Photography Awards 2007
Shortlisted: Shots Young Photographers Competition
2007
Merit: Fujifilm Distinctions Awards 2007
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