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About the German photographer, Jörn VANHÖFEN (*1961 in Dinslaken)
After graduating from high school in 1981, Jörn VANHÖFEN completed an apprenticeship as a photographer at Thyssen Stahl AG. He then studied communication design with a focus on photography at the Folkwangschule in Essen. In October 1989, he transferred to the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig, which he then left in 1993 as a master student. He worked for German and international magazines for many years before he stopped his journalistic-photographic work in 2001. Since then he has worked exclusively in artistic photography. Jörn VANHÖFEN is a member of the German Photographic Academy and lives in Berlin.
Photo books by and with works by VANHÖFEN
'Duisburg, Leipzig, Liverpool' (1989); 'Zwischenzeit' (1990); 'Havanna' (1993); 'Östlich von Eden. Von der DDR nach Deutschland' (1999); 'Die Elbe' (2000); 'Südafrikas Küste' (2009); 'Aftermath' (2011); 'Heimat Front' (2013); ,Herta Müller: Herzwort und Kopfwort' (2016); 'Loop' (2016)
Teaching
Together with other photographers and with Prof. Arno FISCHER and Prof. Manfred Schmalriede, he founded the forum 'Fotografie am Schiffbauerdamm - fas' in 2000. This forum included a private training school for photography as well as a gallery. He was a lecturer at the school and directed both institutions in 2000-2007. From 2007 he took on guest lectureships at various universities in Europe and Africa.
Awards
Alstom Journalism Award (2006)