Curriculum

• Place and date of birth: Monheim, Deutschland, March 18th, 1958.
• Citizenship: German.

EDUCATION

• University of Bielefeld, Photo Design, 1986 
• Graduation thesis: Youths' Free Time and Night Life in Italy.
• Languages: English and Italian fluent
• Member of DGPH Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Photographie and DFA Deutsche Fotografische Akademie.

WORK EXPERIENCE

1986 Moved to Florence, Italy.
1987 -1994 Manager of "Print Service" a professional black/white printing and developing laboratory.
1994–present Free-lance Photographer

.Offers workshops in photography of reportage, portrait, black and white printing and fotomontage.

.Attends regular annual lectures at University Dortmund, Germany  - Dept. of Fine Arts.

Professore di Fotografia Classica, Digitale e Fotografia Sperimentale

Tecniche di Fotografia classica, sperimentale, alternativa, stampe antiche, pinhole, composizione, reportage, foto di matrimonio, ritratto, montage e collage, camera oscura analogica e digitale. Archiviazione,produzione libri fotografici, videopresentazioni.

Guida didattica e workshop per studenti in combinazione con gite fotografiche e fotoanimazioni in scuole e asili.

Docente di „fotocollage terapeutico“:

Collaborazione come docente e tecnico fotografico con il Gruppo Fotografico “ScattOcchio”del Laboratorio di ArteTerapia Multimediale, Centro di Salute Mentale ASL 2 del Dott. Carmine Parrella.

Realizzazione di laboratori creativi per bambini e adulti.

Photography Instructor

.Lorenzo De Medici Consortium for U.S. programs in Florence.
.SACI – Studi Arts Center International Florence                               

Courses through Studio Marangoni in Florence:


.Sarah Lawrence College in Florence
.New York University
.School of Visual Arts in Florence

 

Personal Experience

1991 – 2011       Traveled in Egypt, Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Zimbabwe, New York, India, Morocco, London and Istanbul doing reportage black and white and color digital.

Working Philosophy

Today more than ever, expressive language communicates the “Zeitgeist” of our times.  In From South to North, I bring together different cultural forms in order to stimulate reflection on this subject.  Instead of employing a classical documentary method, I use a more creative approach that appeals directly to the viewer’s imagination.  Combining photographs allows me to interweave and concentrate images. These are fictions that, like poetry, rely on metaphor and simile to achieve their effects.  References, allusions, and analogies create a surreal atmosphere that leads the viewer to another reality—one that may be read only beyond the confines of the photo frame.  I feel that a body of work is strongest and most honest when it challenges both the viewer and its creator to consider equally new perspectives and ideas.

Recently I have begun to explore the possibilities of the “digital darkroom.”  To date, most work produced digitally has been commercial.  Only recently has digitally-produced photography emerged as an art form.  I am fascinated by the computer’s ability to synthesize—to weave disparate materials and into a single continuum.  This enables the artist to explore in fresh ways both surrealist and post-modern perspectives.  Although my working methods have radically altered, my interests remain the same.  The content of my previous work has flowed naturally onto the screen and into the images before you.

I enjoy teaching and sharing with students my experiences as a photographer.  Whether instructing students in traditional darkroom approaches to developing black-and-white photographs or in new digital approaches to developing color photographs, teaching is for me like a never-ending cycle of giving and taking.  When working with students, I often encounter unexpected points of view that challenge me to rethink the ways I approach the students’ work as well as my own.

 

 

 

 

SHOWS AND GRANTS

. Florence, July 1987. Show entitled: "Portraits of Men".

. Bielefeld, September 1987. Show entitled: "Florence - Youths' Culture and Contemporary Life".

. Florence, June 1988. Show and lecture given at the University of Florence, in the Dept. of Liberal Arts.

. Florence, December 1989. Show entitled: "A Second Hand Life".

. Arezzo, May 1991. Show and lecture on the "Every Day Journey".

. Florence, November 1992. Show entitled: "Lost Horizons".

. Florence, September 1993. Participation at "Photosalone Torino".

. Torino, March 1994. Show entitled: "Inside Horizons".

. Genova, November 1994. Show entitled: "Inside Horizons" in Foundation Giacomo Costa.

. Palermo, November 1994. Awarded Grant of "Gente di Fotografia".

. Salamanca, Spain, December 1994. Show entitled: "Waters of memory".

. Genova, December 1994. Awarded Grant of Foundation Giacomo Costa.

. Prato (Florence), January 1994. Awarded National Grant of Regione Toscana for Woman Photographers.

. Prato (Florence), February 1995. Show entitled "Place of life" at Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea "Luigi Pecci".

. Milan, February 1995. Collective show entitled: "Paradise".

. Florence, February 1995. “Premio Studio Marangoni”, collective show.

. Milan, March 1995. Show entitled: "Inside Horizons" in Fondation Enzo Nocera.

. Milan, March 1995. Show entitled: "Inside Horizons" in Galeria IF Immagine - Fotografia.

. Dinant, Belgien, April 1995. Partecipation at the show "L'Amour des Différences".

. Stuttgart, Germany, April 1995. Presentation at congress of "Deutsche Fotografische Akademie”.

. Berlin, Germany, September 1995. Partecipation at "Bestiario", Galerie Raab.

. Hamburg, Germany, October 1995 show entitled "A place where I have never been" in Grauwert Gallery.

.Valencia, Spain, November 1995. Grant “Finalista, Hofmann de Fotografia”.

. Biel, Suisse, Genuary 1996. Partecipation at the show: “L’avenir au feminin”, Photoforum PasqART.

  Rozzano, Milan, April 1996. Partecipation at the show. “Other cultures”.

. Berlin, Germany, Oktober 1996. Show entitled “Begrenzte Grenzenlosigkeit” in Neue Gesellschaft
  für bildende Kunst Gallery.

. Valencia, Spain, November1996. Grant “Finalista, Hofmann de Fotografia”.

. Hamburg, Germany, April 1997. Show entitled “From South to North”, Forum für Fotografie,
  Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe.

. Medellin, Colombia, July 1997. Show entitled “Nowhere Land”, Biblioteca Pilota.

. Florence, Italy, November 1997. Show entitled “From South to North”, Studio Marangoni.

. Osterfeld, Germany, December 1997. Show entitled “Nowhere Land”, Kulturhaus.

. Kecskemet, Hungary, May 1997. Partecipation at “Shadows” in Photomuseum Kecskemet.

. Los Angeles, U.S.A., January 1998, Partecipation at webside exibition from Pedro Meyer.

. Athens, U.S.A., February 1998. Partecipation at the show “Alternatives 1998” at Ohio University Art Gallery.

. New York, U.S.A., March 1998. Show entitled “Nowhere Land”, NYU, Tisch School of Fine Arts.

. Chiasso, Suisse, October 1998. Show entitled” From south To North “, Cons Arc Gallery.

. Kecskemet, Hungary, March 1999. Partecipation at  “ Picture And Text “ in Photomuseum   Kecsemet.

. Mannheim, Germany, October 2000. Show entitled “Sottosopra”,  Gallery Alte Feuerwache

. Lucca, Italy, March 2001, “ From South to North”, Gallery Officina Per L’Arte

.New York, September 2001. Partecipation at “Focus on Italy”, NYU, Gulf and Western Gallery.

. Leinfelden, Germany, May 2002. Show: “Drunter und Drueber”, Deutsche Fotografische Akademie.

. Florence, Italy, June 2002.  Partecipation at ” Le Murate”, Prison of Florence.

. Treviso, Italy, November 2002. Show: “ Sotto Sopra Fotomontaggi”, Spazio Antonino Paraggi.

. Dortmund, Germany, Dicember 2002. Show.”From South to North”, Faculty for Photography.

. Pavullo, Italy, May 2003. Partcecipation at” Il Terzo, Che Ti Cammina Accanto”,
  Gallery Sotteranei di Palazzo Ducale.

. Phototrends.net – Circle 24, Den Haag, Netherlands 2003. Price for digital montage photography.
. Matera, Italy, May 2004. Selected at Premio regione Basilicata" with show " Viaggio in Lucania" at Palazzo Lanfranco.

.Orvieto, Italy; November 2004. SACI (Studio Art Centers International in Florence)  Faculty Exhibit at Galleria Zerotre.

.Potenza,Italy, March 2009. Participation at show “Viaggio In Basilicata”, Museo Archeologico Provinciale

.Rome, Italy, October 2007. Show. “Confini – Lost Horizons”, Massenzio Arte Gallery.

.Florence, Italy, May 2006. Show. “Confini – Lost Horizons”, Palazzo Medici Riccardi.Contemporary Online Show at www.photogallery.it

.San Vincenzo Ottobre 2010 “Badiamo alle nostre Badanti” La Torre – Palazzo del Comune

.Piombino, Italy Aprile 2011, “CON-VIVENZE”, Palazzo Appaini, Comune

Bibliography

monographies

“Aguas della memoria”, with a critique by Cristina Zelich (Universidad de Salamanca, Spain).

“From South to North” 96 pages, with a text by Marlene Schnelle-Schneyder and Roberta Valtorta, (Art&, Udine, Italy 1996) Idea Books.

catalogues

“I luoghi della vita”, text by Roberta Valtorta, Morgana, Florence 1994.
“Il Paradiso”, text by Roberto Mutti, Centro San Fedele, Milan 1995.
“Lebensraum Ruhrgebiet”, text by Uwe Prieser, Das Bildforum, Herten 1995.
“Premios Hofmann de Fotografia”, text by Juan Manuel Bonet e Josep Vicent Monzo, Ivam Centre Julio Gonzales, Valencia, Spain 1995.
“Begrenzte Grenzenlosigkeit-Bilderreise”, Neue Gesellschaft fuer Bildende Kunst, Berlin 1996.
“Punto de Vista”, Biblioteca Piloto, Medellin, Colombia 1997.
“Outono Fotografico”,Conselleria De Cultura e Communicacion Social, Ourense, Spain  1997.
“Sud-Nord”,Autunno Fotografico, Chiasso, Suisse 1998
“Photo Review, Langhorne, PA, USA 1998
“Picture and Text”, Museum of Photography, Keskemesk, Hungary, April 1999
“ Le Murate” , City of Florence, June 2002
“ Il terzo, che ti cammina accanto” , Pavullo, Italy June 2003
"Viaggio in Basilicata" ,Matera,Italy 2004, catalogue

Articolo:

Free Transform. Le potenzialità del collage digitale nella foto-terapia. In: Autofocus-L'autoritratto Fotografico tra Arte e Psicologia. A cura di Stefano Ferrari e Chiara Tartarini- Clueb 2010

magazines

“Camera Austria” n. 49, Graz, 1994.
“Photographies Magazine” edizione italiana, Turin, december 1994.
“Private” n. 5, Imola 1994.
“L’Unità”, Rome, 10 genuary 1995.
“Numero 10”, Bogotà september 1996.
“Spiegel-Special”, Hamburg, february 1997.
“Bulletin” Deutsche Fotografische Akademie, may 1997
“Vis a vis International” n. 18, Paris, may 1997.
“Bulletin” Deutsche Fotografische Akademie, may 1998
“Photographie”no.10, germany, october 1999
“Flash Art”, Italy, genuary 2000
“Weltbild”,Germany,november 2000
“Photo”,Italy, dicember 2000
“Bulletin”,Germany, german photographers association, may 2001
“Internazionale”, Italy, dicember 2002
“Cult Frame”, Italy, Rome, january 2003

monography

"Sehen und Photographieren" 

Marlene Schnelle-Schneyder, Spring 2003

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