About the German photographer, Wolfgang BELLWINKEL

In 1983 Wolfgang BELLWINKEL successfully completed his studies in communication design at the Folkwang University in Essen. Since 1989 he has been working as a freelance photographer, including commissioned work for SZ Magazin, Zeit Magazin, Stern, Allegra, Der Spiegel, Veba, Deutsche Börse, and since 2009 he has been a member of the photo agency 'laif'.

Photo books by Wolfgang BELLWINKEL

'Bosnia' (1994); 'Architektur der Obdachlosigkeit' (2003, together with works by Boris MIKHAILOV, Ulrike MYRZIK/Manfred JARISCH, Dayanita SINGH, Wolfgang TILLMANS and John VINK); 'No Land called Home' (2013); 'Naypyidaw' (2018).

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Out-of-print catalog 'Architektur der Obdachlosigkeit (of Homelessness) shows works by Boris MIKHAILOV, Ulrike MYRZIK/Manfred JARISCH, Dayanita SINGH, Wolfgang TILLMANS, John VINK as well as Wolfgang BELLWINKEL and their artistic positions on this topic.
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In 'No Land called Home', Wolfgang BELLWINKEL combines pictures taken in Asia meet war and post-war photographs from Afghanistan, the Middle East and the Balkans. He demonstrates a biographically oriented photography - author & global events are a unity.
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Awards
1994: Award, German Photography Prize, Stuttgart
1995: Prize winner at the BFF competition for the best exam papers
1996: DAAD scholarship 
2007: VG-BildKunst scholarship
Teaching
Muthesius University, Kiel (2006); HTW Berlin (2013); UDW Berlin (since 2020)