Jörn Vanhöfen

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Jörn Vanhöfen (* 1961 in Dinslaken ) is a German photographer. He lives in Berlin .

Life and education

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 Folkwang School in Essen. In October 1989 he moved to the Academy of Graphics and Book Art in Leipzig , which he then left in 1993 as a master class student . He worked for German and international magazines for many years before finishing his journalistic and photographic work in 2001. Since then he has worked exclusively in artistic photography. Jörn Vanhöfen is a member of the German Photographic Academy .

Teaching

Together with other photographers as well as with Prof. Arno Fischer and Prof. Manfred Schmalriede he founded the forum “ Photography on Schiffbauerdamm - fas” in 2000 . This forum included a private training center for photography and a gallery. He was a lecturer at the school and headed both institutions from 2000–2007. From 2007 he took on visiting lectureships at various universities in Europe and Africa.

Awards

Publications

  • The Elbe - river through time , you issue May 1998
  • East of Eden. From the GDR to Germany , Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-85498-004-3
  • The Elbe , Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, Leipzig 2000, ISBN 3-378-01047-9
  • South Africa's coast , mareverlag, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-936543-94-0
  • Aftermath , Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7757-2975-8
  • Home front. Charles Simic (blogs) and Jörn Vanhöfen (photographs), Verlag Thomas Reche, Neumarkt 2013, ISBN 978-3-929566-59-8 .
  • Herta Müller : heart word and head word . With photographs by Jörn Vanhöfen. Verlag Thomas Reche, Neumarkt 2016, ISBN 978-3-929566-70-3 .
  • Loop. With an essay by Christiane Stahl. Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation Berlin, Art and Culture Foundation Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, Museum Haus Ludwig, Saarlouis, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-00-047796-6 .

Work as a curator

  • 1999: East of Eden, Postfuhramt Berlin
  • 2000: Yva, Sibylle Bergemann , Sabina McGrew, Postfuhramt Berlin
  • 2000: Chris Killip, Ken Grant, Donovan Wylie, Postfuhramt Berlin
  • 2000: Robert Doisneau , Bruce Davidson , Antoine d'Agata, Postfuhramt Berlin
  • 2003: Chris Verene, fas.galerie Berlin
  • 2004: Erwin Fieger, fas.galerie Berlin
  • 2005: Manfred Schmalriede, fas.galerie Berlin
  • 2006: Michael Ackerman, Half Life , fas.galerie Berlin

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personal data
SURNAME Vanhöfen, Jörn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Dinslaken