Bastienne Schmidt
Bastienne Schmidt (born April 3, 1961 in Munich ) is a German photographer .
Life
Bastienne Schmidt, born in Munich in 1961, lived in Athens from 1969 to 1979 , attended school there and studied ethnology in Munich from 1980 . After working in a psychiatric clinic, she began studying painting and photography at the Accademia di Belle Arti Pietro Vannucci in Perugia, Italy . In 1987 Schmidt moved to New York . Here she worked at the International Center of Photography as an assistant to Ralph Gibson .
Bastienne Schmidt has been working as a freelance photojournalist for German and American newspapers and magazines since 1989 .
Publications (selection)
- "Vivir la Muerte", Zurich, 1996
- "American Dreams", Zurich, 1997
- "Schattenheimat - ShadowHome", with essays by Andrian Kreye , Hanns Zischler , Jovis Verlag: Berlin 2004, ISBN 978-3-936314-51-9
- "Home Stills", foreword by Vicki Goldberg, Jovis Verlag: Berlin, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86859-069-2
- "Topography of Quiet", interview with Nessia Pope, JOVIS Verlag Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-86859-260-3
- "Typology of Women", with an essay by Mimi Thompson and an excerpt from "A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf", JOVIS Verlag Berlin 2015 ISBN 978-3-86859-388-4
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1986: Academy of Fine Arts, Cracow, Poland
- 1990: Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art New York, New York, USA
- 1993: Opsis Foundation, New York ("Virvir la Muerte")
- 1994: Arles, France ("German Photojournalism")
- 1995: International Center of Photography New York ("The Documentarists")
- 1996: Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg ("German Photojournalism")
- 1996: Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn, New York
- 2004: MUSEUM FOR ART AND INDUSTRY, Hamburg ("shadow home")
- 2005: Photography Forum international, Frankfurt
Awards (selection)
- 1992: World Press Photo 2nd Prize, Amsterdam
- 1994: German Photo Prize from the Landesgirokasse Stuttgart
- 1996: Kodak Photo Book Prize for the photo book "Vivir la Muerte"
- 1997: Irene Fromme Award, New York
- 2004: German photo book award for the volume "Schattenheimat - ShadowHome" (Landesgirokasse Stuttgart)
Web links
- Literature by and about Bastienne Schmidt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Pages by Bastienne Schmidt
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bastienne Schmidt in: The picture of the wife of Laura Weissmueller, Süddeutsche, February 10, 2011 (PDF; 301 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, Bastienne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |