HERZAU, Andreas

About German photographer, Andreas HERZAU (1962-2024)

Andreas HERZAU was a photographer and lecturer in photography. From 1979 to 1982 he trained as a typesetter. After his traineeship at the magazine 'konkret', he became an editor there in 1987. From 1988 to 1990, he was an editor at the Hamburger Rundschau and from 1990 he worked as a freelance author. From 1992, he devoted himself exclusively to photography. He was co-founder of the photo agency Signum (1991), co-founder of the professional association 'Freelens' (1991), member of the photo agency 'laif' since 1999 and founding and board member of the laif cooperative founded in 2023.

Photo books by and with works by Andreas HERZAU

  • 'Exodus. 50 million people on the run' (1997); 'Abril. Mes International de la Fotografia' (2000); 'Me, Myself + I' (2002); 'New York' (2003); 'Calcutta-Bombay' (2005); 'Deutsch Land. A Journey to the Germans,' (2006); 'Nachbarschaft' (2009); 'Istanbul' (2010); 'Moskau Moscow Mockba Street' (2012); 'Bamberg Symphony' (2016); '#francke' (2016); 'Helvetica' (2017); 'AM. eine fotografische Untersuchung der Person Angela Merkel' (2018);

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HERZAU, Andreas - Istanbul
HERZAU, Andreas - Istanbul
In out-of-print street-photography book 'Istanbul', Andreas HERZAU captures facets of the city on the border between Europe and Asia: Workers on the ferry from one continent to the other as well as Muslims at prayer and people in front of fashion posters.
39,95 € * Weight 1.3 kg
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40 Jahre laif
40 Jahre laif
Published in newspaper format, '40 Jahre laif. 40 Positionen dokumentarischer Fotografie' is both an exhibit and a catalog of the exhibition of the same name, which celebrates the anniversary of the German photographers agency from Cologne.
40,00 € * Weight 1.8 kg
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Awards (a selection)
  • 1997: Euro Press Photo Award for the reportage 'Expulsion from paradise - a photo reportage about life in a deportation prison in Hamburg';
    1999: Hansel-Mieth-Prize for the reportage 'Human remains, 110 kilograms - a reportage about the suicide of an Indian refugee in Germany';
    2001: Hansel-Mieth-Prize;
    2002: Euro Press Photo Award for the photo series 'The other city - New York after September 11th';
    2004: PDN Award for the photo book 'New York';
    2013: German Photo Book Award for 'Moscow Moscow Mockba Street';
    2018: 'Flashback 2017', for the best political photography of the year
Solo exhibitions (a selection)
  • 2001: 'ME Inc.', Goethe Institute, Rotterdam;
    2002: 'Me, Myself & I', Museum der Arbeit in Hamburg and 'NY 00/02', laif-Galerie Cologne;
    2003: 'NY 00/02' Goethe-Institut, Dhaka, Bangladesh;
    2005: 'Calcutta-Bombay. Eight days by cab', Galerie Robert Morat, Hamburg;
    2005: 'Deutschland.Deutschland', International Photography Days, Mannheim/Ludwigshafen;
    2008: 'Deutsch Land', Kunstverein Pforzheim;
    2009: 'Pieces', State Museum of the Arts, Goethe Institute Novosibirsk;
    2010: 'Neighborhood', Neues Museum, Nuremberg and 'Normal', SoviArt Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine;
    2012: 'Sputnik', Robert Morat Gallery;
    2016: '#francke', Francke Foundations Halle;;
    2017: 'Helvetica', Soiz Gallery, Passau;
    2018: 'AM', f³ - freiraum für fotografie, Berlin;
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