Emine Akbaba

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Emine Akbaba (* 1987 in Hanover ) is a freelance photographer and documentary filmmaker . It deals thematically with violence against women in the Middle East , but also shows an individual view of migrant life in Germany. Her photo series and video reports have received several awards.

Life

Emine Akbaba was born in 1987 to Turkish parents in Hanover. She studied photojournalism at the Hanover University of Applied Sciences and at the Danish School for Media and Journalism in Aarhus , where she obtained a diploma in Advanced Visual Storytelling in 2016 .

Akbaba's work - in collaboration with non-profit organizations, newspapers and magazines - is mostly designed as long-term projects. With her photo series Mikrokosmos Schrebergarten , with which she took part in the Zenith photo competition in 2013 , she documented the everyday life of people of Turkish origin in Germany. She travels regularly to Turkey and other Middle Eastern countries for her reports. In her multimedia report Precious Blossom she documents violence against women in Turkey. For the report Beyond Dreams and Hopes, which portrays a Syrian family fleeing the war , she traveled to the Turkish-Syrian border region.

Emine Akbaba lives in Hanover.

Work (selection)

  • Syria's leftover (web video documentation)
  • Beyond Dreams and Hopes (photo documentation)
  • At the wrong place? (Photo series)
  • Microcosm allotment garden
  • Mustafa , photo series 2013–2015

Exhibitions

  • 2017: Contemporary photography from Turkey, Türkiyeli, f³ - freiraum für fotografie Berlin (group exhibition)
  • 2017: On the run: women and migration, group exhibition of the Lagois photo competition

Awards (selection)

  • 2014/15: Nikon Photo Award, Category F / open theme (video): 2nd prize for Syria's leftover
  • 2015: Media Art Prize of the Evangelical Church District Halle-Saalkreis, for At the wrong place?
  • 2016: Willi-Münzenberg-Forum , film, photo and collage competitions “Photo as a weapon”: 1st prize for Beyond dreams and hopes
  • 2017: Japan Media Arts Festival, Jury Selection for Syria's leftover
  • 2017: Funding of the Kulturwerk Foundation of VG Bildkunst Precious Blossom. The dilemma of women in Turkey
  • 2019: Flash Forward, Magenta Foundation, winner

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Violence against women in Turkey: “The turning away of others”. Retrieved August 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Infoemine akbaba photography. Retrieved August 13, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Emine Ekbaba. Retrieved August 14, 2019 (American English).
  4. ↑ "Zenith" -Fotopreis 2013: Little Princes, great heroes . In: Spiegel Online . November 15, 2013 ( spiegel.de [accessed August 15, 2019]).
  5. ↑ a b microcosm allotment garden | zenith Photo Prize 2013 | Muslims in Germany (2013). April 3, 2017, accessed August 13, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Emine Akbaba. Retrieved August 14, 2019 .
  7. ↑ TURKEY key power in a crisis region (=  Die Politische opinion . No. 537 ). March 2016, p. 4th ff . ( digitalized via kas.de ).
  8. ↑ Türkiyeli. In: fhochdrei. July 25, 2017, accessed on August 14, 2019 (German).
  9. ↑ "Türkyeli" exhibition in Berlin - Critical contemporary photography from Turkey. Retrieved on August 14, 2019 (German).
  10. ↑ Here you can see our exhibition "On the run". Retrieved August 14, 2019 .
  11. ^ Nikon Photo Contest. Accessed August 13, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Emine Akbaba: Winner of the Media Art Award 2015. Accessed on August 13, 2019 .
  13. ^ Prize winners of the film, photo and collage competitions 2016. In: Internationales Willi Münzenberg Forum. Retrieved on August 13, 2019 (German).
  14. ↑ Syria's leftover | Jury Selections | Entertainment Division | 2017 [20th]. Japan Media Arts Festival Archive, accessed August 13, 2019 .
  15. ^ Occupational group II - VG Bild-Kunst. Retrieved August 13, 2019 .
  16. ↑ The Magenta Foundation: Flash Forward 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Akbaba, Emine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Photographer and documentary filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover