KERSTGENS, Michael

About the German photographer, Michael KERSTGENS (*1960 in Llanelli, South Wales)

The documentary photographer Michael KERSTGENS studied photography at the Folkwang University Essen with Prof. Angela Neuke and Prof. Inge Osswald. Since 2002 he has been working as a lecturer, first as a guest lecturer (until 2004 at the OOWH), then in Anhalt and since 2007 as Professor for Documentary Photography at the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt.

Photo books by Michael KERSTGENS

'Neues Leben. Russen - Juden - Deutsche' (2012); 'Cole not Dole. The Miner's Strike 1984/85' (2014); 'Aufruhrgebiet' (2016); 'The Final Winter. Winter 1990/91' (2018); ; 'ZwischenZeiten. Mühlhausen 1990' (2019); '1986. Zurück in die Gegenwart / Back to the Present' (2021)

KERSTGENS, Michael - Coal not dole. The Miners´ Strike 1984/1985
KERSTGENS, Michael - Coal not dole. The Miners´ Strike 1984/1985
The photo volume 'Coal not Dole' by Michael KERSTGENS documents the miners' strike of 1984/85, the last major industrial action in Great Britain and how this process - the end of an industrial era - intervened in the biographies of many people.
0,00 € *
More information
KERSTGENS, Michael - The Final Winter. 1990/91
KERSTGENS, Michael - The Final Winter. 1990/91
A state and its institutions are disintegrating. Mikhail Gorbachev loses control of the state. This was the last winter of the USSR. In the photo book 'Final Winter. 1990/91' Michael KERSTGENS describes everyday life in this difficult time in Moscow.
19,80 € Weight 0.7 kg
More information
KERSTGENS, Michael - ZwischenZeiten. Mühlhausen 1990
KERSTGENS, Michael - ZwischenZeiten. Mühlhausen 1990
This out-of-print photo volume 'ZwischenZeiten' by Michael KERSTGENS is an empathetic documentation of the town and its inhabitants in Mühlhausen (Thuringia) in March 1990. The b/w title is historical, but unspectacular and therefore all the more poignant
0,00 € * Weight 0.8 kg
More information
KERSTGENS, Michael - Hartes Leben auf der Höh'
KERSTGENS, Michael - Hartes Leben auf der Höh'
'Hartes Leben auf der Höh' by Michael KERSTGENS tells the story of an unusual person, about his work, his life and his loneliness. The journalist Gabriel Grüner and photographer had made a report about the Ahrntal mountain farmers for the magazine 'Stern'
from 29,90 €
More information
KERSTGENS, Michael - Neues Leben. Russen - Juden - Deutsche
KERSTGENS, Michael - Neues Leben. Russen - Juden - Deutsche
The photo book 'New Life. Russen - Juden - Deutsche' by documentary photographer Michael KERSTGENS is the printed version of his long-term project on Jewish life in Germany. It contains reports on Jewish families that were photographed in the early 1990s.
29,90 € *
More information
KERSTGENS, Michael - Aufruhrgebiet / Uproar Area
KERSTGENS, Michael - Aufruhrgebiet / Uproar Area
In 1987, a long labor dispute began over the announcement of the closure of the steel and ironworks in Rheinhausen. The b/w photographs in the photo book 'Aufruhrgebiet' Michael KERSTGENS shows the strong cohesion and solidarity of various social groups.
19,80 € *
More information
OXID Online Shop - All about watersports, sportswear and fashion