Claudius Schulze
Claudius Schulzen | |
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Born |
1984 (age 33–34) Munich |
Nationality | (Germany) |
Education | University of the Arts London |
Known for | Photography |
Notable work | Socotra, die Dinge Europas, State of Nature |
Movement | Contemporary art |
Claudius Schulze (born 1984) is a German artist and researcher. He is known for his large format landscape photography of social and political topics..[1]
Career
Claudius Schulze initially studied mechanical engineering and then Political and Islamic studies in Hamburg. He holds a master degree in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from Sabanci University, Istanbul[2] and graduated with distincton from the MA program "Photojournalism and Documentary photography" at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London.[2] While studying photography, he regularly contributed to various magazines e.g. Der Spiegel, Stern, and GEO[3]
He is currently pursueing a PhD on AI and artistic research at the University of the Arts London.[2]
Claudius Schulze is a regular university lecturer e.g. at Leuphana University Lüneburg, National Institute of Design, India, or University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover.[2]
Artistic work
In his first monograph "Socotra" (2011), Schulze takes on the character of the conqueror to explore a remote island. The work critizes the dealing with the colonial heritage in cultural and particularly literary history.[4]
His second photo book "State of Nature" documents the extent of climate change and natural disaster protection measures in the European landscape.[5]
Claudius Schulze traveled with a self-built boat from Hamburg to Amsterdam and Paris to artistically explore the relationship between nature and urbanity. The results will be shown at the Triennial of Photography 2018.[6]
Awards and grants
- 2017: Paris Photo Aperture Award Shortlist for "State of Nature"[7]
- 2016: Prix Pictet nomination for "State of Nature"
- 2016: Luma Rencontres d'Arles Dummy Award Shortlist for "State of Nature"[8]
- 2014: Hansel Mieth Preis for the GEO story "Killer als Retter"[9]
- 2013: „Vocer Medialab" grant for "Die Dinge Europas", in collaboration with journalist Oskar Piegsa[10]
- 2012: VG Bild Kunst, Stiftung Kulturwerk grant to work on "State of Nature"[11]
- 2012: As first photographer, Claudius Schulze was included in the list of best German young journalists „30 unter 30“ by Medium Magazin.[12]
Monographs and books
References
- ↑ http://www.photographie.de/cgi-bin/adframe/bilder_und_geschichten/article.html?ADFRAME_MCMS_ID=1290
- 1 2 3 4 "Biography". Claudius Schulze. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
- ↑ "Fotografie: Bollwerke gegen den Klimawandel". geo (in German). Retrieved 2018-01-12.
- ↑ Oskar Piegsa (2017), "Mistraut dem Malerischen" (in German), State of Nature (Stuttgart: Hartmann books)
- ↑ LensCulture, Claudius Schulze |. "State of Nature – Photographs by Claudius Schulze | LensCulture". LensCulture. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
- ↑ TRIENNALE DER PHOTOGRAPHIE HAMBURG. "TRIENNALE DER PHOTOGRAPHIE HAMBURG" (in German). Retrieved 2018-01-10.
- ↑ "The 2017 Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards Shortlist – Aperture Foundation NY" (in German), Aperture Foundation NY, https://aperture.org/exhibition/2017-paris-photo-aperture-foundation-photobook-awards-shortlist/. Retrieved 2018-01-10
- ↑ "Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award 2016" (in German). Retrieved 2018-01-10.
- ↑ http://zeitenspiegel.de/de/aktuell/mieth-preis-und-gruener-stipendium-vergeben-2/
- ↑ http://www.vocer.org/author/claudius-schulze/
- ↑ http://www.bildkunst.de/vg-bild-kunst/stiftung-kulturwerk/gefoerderte-projekte-berufsgruppe-ii.html
- ↑ http://www.mediummagazin.de/mm-special/die-top-30-bis-30-2012/