About German photographer, Tobias ZIELONY (*1973 in Wuppertal)

Tobias ZIELONY is a German artist, photographer and filmmaker. In 2001 he completed his studies of documentary photography at the University of Wales, moved to the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Buchkunst (HGB) Leipzig, becoming there a master student of Timm RAUTERT. In his projects with young people he is interested 'less in documenting their living conditions than in depicting their appearance in public space'. In 2015 he exhibited together with Olaf NICOLAI, Hito Steyerl and Jasmina Metwaly/Philip Rizk in the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

Photo books by Tobias ZIELONY

  • 'Behind the Block' (2004); 'Monograph Tobias Zielony' (2004); 'c/o Talents 06' (2007, with Jutta von Zitzewitz); 'Trona. Armpit of America' (2008);  'No Story' (2010);  'Manitoba' (2011); 'Jenny, Jenny' (2013); 'Vele' (2014); 'Maskirovka' (2018); 'The Fall. Vol. 1-6' (2021); 'Wolfen' (2023); 


In the out-of-print volume 'Maskiovka', German photographer Tobias ZIELONY documents the gay techno scene in Kiev, Ukraine. Maskirovka' alludes to a Russian method of deceptive warfare.
0,00 € * Weight 0.6 kg
In out-of-print volume 'Trona. Armpit of America' by Tobias ZIELONY, self-staging of the protagonists plays an important role. Through the intensive contact between him and them, relationships develop that make the subjects less shy in front of the camera
0,00 € * Weight 0.3 kg
The out-of-print catalog volume 'Faraway Focus. Photographers go Travelling (1880-2015)' shows the changing perspectives in travel photography through 180 works. The works of fifteen photographers represent the most important photographic eras and styles.
9,95 € * Weight 0.8 kg
In 'Manitoba', Tobias ZIELONY documents the lives of young indigenous gang members in Winnipeg. In the tradition of classic photojournalism, he makes use of various genres: portraits of gang members, architectural shots and views of the urban landscape.
24,00 € *
The out-of-print double volume 'Talents 06' contains the photo series 'The Cast' by Tobias ZIELONY as well as the text contribution 'I love America. On the adaptation of reality in the photographs of Tobias Zielony' by Jutta von Zitzewitz.
28,00 € * Weight 0.3 kg
'Jenny, Jenny' is not documentary: ZIELONY avoids the journalistic impetus for certainty & truth. To him, the authenticity of the subject is as relevant as the question of the objectivity of the documentary image: both are never free of dramatic elements.
32,00 € * Weight 0.7 kg
'Wolfen' by Tobias ZIELONY combines several levels: images from Wolfen-Bitterfeld; their storage in archive film format and a text that oscillates between essay & science fiction. Darkness is thematized here on a biographical, physical & historical level.
32,00 € *
'Die ersten 30 Jahre - Photographie' presents the 'Schule Friedl Kubelka für künstlerische Photographie', the private school for photography in Austria, which is still influential. With photographs and an interview with the founder & the current director.
33,00 € *
'Here We Are Today. Das Bild der Welt in Foto- & Videokunst' shows moving facets of our world. Factual-documentary, emotional, highly explosive - characteristic positions of the artistic examination of the central questions of globalized society are shown
39,90 € *
The volume 'Vele' by Tobias ZIELONY is based on his animation film about the building complex 'Le Vele di Scampia', a symbol of the Camorra’s power in the Naples region and a key centre of European drug trafficking with an selection of 287 single images.
40,00 € * Weight 0.8 kg