About German Photographer Florian BACHMEIER (b.1974, in Tegernsee)
Florian BACHMEIER studied photography at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios in Pamplona, Spain from 1996-1998. Since 2010 he is working as
independent photographer and since 2012 he is a member of N-Ost news network for Eastern Europe. Florian BACHMEIER lives and works in Munich as well as in Madrid.
Photo books by Florian BACHMEIER
- 'In Limbo. Ukraine 2013' (2021)
Awards
- 2014: 1st Prize N-East Reportage Award Photography Category for 'The White Death. Tuberculosis in Moldova'
2015: Press Photo of the Year Press Photo Bavaria; 1st prize for the best photo series Press Photo Bavaria for 'Waiting for Minsk' (Leica Award)
2016: 1st prize for the best photo series Pressefoto Bayern for 'Hope Interrupted' (Leica Award)
2017: 1st prize for the best photo series Pressefoto Bayern for 'Hope Interrupted II' (Leica Award)
2018: Nomination for the World Press Photo 6x6 Global Talent Program.
2020: Press Photo of the Year Bavaria
2022: Franz Ringseis Culture Award of the SPD Hausham
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- 2001: 'My eye, your eye,' Universidad Pública de Pamplona
2006: Gallery Bueroschmid, Munich
2009: 'A Forgotten Promise,' Free Art Workshop Munich
2010: 'A Forgotten Promise', Hospital Agatharied
2011: 'A Forgotten Promise', Galería Traficantes de Sueños, Madrid
2013: 'Living electrified. The electrification of Albania', National Museum Tirana
2016: 'Endstation Sehnsucht', Herzogsburg District Museum, Braunau am Inn; ; Hope Interrupted', Haus am Dom, Frankfurt am Main
2019: 'Verlorene Heimat' (Lost Homeland), cultural center Waitzinger Keller, Miesbach
2021: 'In Limbo', Gallery Book Art Berlin
2022: 'Behind the lines', European Art Academy Trier; 'In Limbo', Kreuzkirche Zeulenroda-Triebes
Collective exhibitions
- 2003: Galería Pincel, Pamplona
2014: 'Two on the Black Sea', Gallery of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute, Berlin
2015: Press Photo Bavaria (traveling exhibition)
2016: 'Black Sea Kaleidoscope', Gallery Kösk, Munich; Pressefoto Bayern (traveling exhibition)
2017: Press Photo Bavaria (traveling exhibition)
2018: Press Photo Bavaria (traveling exhibition)
2019: Press Photo Bavaria (touring exhibition)
2020: Press Photo Bavaria (traveling exhibition)
2021: 'Berg', Kulturherbst Schliersee; 'Fortress Europe / Stay away. Rescue excluded', Theaterschiff Potsdam, Potsdam
2022: 'Now more than ever!', Festival for Human Rights, Holzkirchen