Martin U. Waltz

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Martin U. Waltz
Martin U. Waltz

Martin U. Waltz (* 1962 in Heidelberg ) is a German photographer and author living in Berlin .

life and work

Martin Ulrich Waltz studied economics at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and the Freie Universität Berlin from 1982 to 1989 and then worked in several companies as a commercial clerk.

Martin U. Waltz has been working exclusively as a photographer since 2014. Martin U. Waltz photographs with a focus on street photography and urban photography. For Martin U. Waltz, street photography is a reflection on the human condition . Berlin is at the center of his work.

Waltz's work can be seen in numerous group and individual exhibitions. To mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, he showed the exhibitions “La Reprise” in the Franco-German Cultural Center in Nice and the “Berlin without Wall” project in the Berlin Apple Store. At the exhibition "Berlin - 30 Years Later" u. a. with Rudi Meissel and Harald Hauswald , Martin U. Waltz was involved with a picture from the memories series with a picture in the exhibition catalog.

Martin U. Waltz is the co-author of several books on street photography . He is one of the editors of the German street photography website and curator of the German Street Photography Festival.

Solo exhibitions

  • 2019 “Die Mauer” Apple Store, Berlin, Germany
  • 2019 “La Reprise”, Franco-German Cultural Center Nice, France
  • 2018 "Berlin 18 meets Timisoara 21", German Consulate, Timisoara, Romania
  • 2016 “Streets of Berlin”, Ori Gallery, Berlin
  • 2014 “Street Photography Berlin”, Galerie Prünner, Mattersburg, Austria

Group exhibitions (selection)

  • 2019 "Mein Kiez", German Street Photography Festival, Hamburg, Germany
  • 2019 “Street Sans Frontières”, Galerie Joseph Turenne, Paris, France
  • 2019 “Runter von der Strasse”, Friedrichshain Photo Gallery, Berlin, Germany
  • 2018 "Street Projections", European Month of Photography Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • 2018 Art of Street Photography, Powerscourt Townhouse Center, Dublin, Ireland
  • 2018 “Street Photography”, Alghero Street Photography Awards, Alghero, Italy
  • 2018 “Staged”, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2017 "Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition", London, Great Britain
  • 2017 “A day in Berlin”, Friedrichshain photo gallery, Berlin, Germany
  • 2017 “On Spotlight”, Museum of Art, Constanta, Romania
  • 2017 “The Street Experience”, Loosenart Gallery, Rome, Italy
  • 2017 “Reclaim Photo Festival”, Dudley, Great Britain
  • 2015 “Streets of the World”, Bucharest Photo Week, Bucharest, Romania
  • 2015 "IPA Best of Show Exhibition", New York, USA
  • 2014 “World Street Photography”, Museum of Cultures, Tejada, Spain

Awards (selection)

  • 2018/2019 German Photo Book Award in bronze for "Street Photography - Made in Germany"
  • 2018 1st place, Fine Art Photography Awards
  • 2017 1st place, 35 awards
  • 2017 1st place, Moscow International Foto Awards
  • 2017 Commended Photographer, Sony World Photography Awards
  • 2017 3rd place, International Photographer of the Year
  • 2015 3rd place, International Photography Awards

Books

  • 2019 “Masters of Street Photography”, 176 pages, hardcover, Ammonite Press, ISBN 978-1-78145-360-5 , co-author.
  • 2018 "Street Photography made in Germany", 300 pages, hardback, Rheinwerk Verlag,  ISBN 978-3-8362-6117-3 , co-author and cover picture.
  • 2018 "Street Photography. The Breath of the Road ”, Andreas Pacek, 256 pages, hardback, Franzis Verlag, ISBN 978-3-645-60554-0 , interview and picture contribution.
  • 2018 “The Art of Street Photography”, Martin U. Waltz, e-book.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ La street photography è una riflessione sulla condizione umana - intervista a Martin U. Waltz , Angela Fiore, Il Mitte, May 5, 2018, accessed on August 17, 2018
  2. ↑ “Street Berlin”: Martin Waltz's project on everyday life in the German capital , On Art and Aesthetics, March 24, 2017, accessed on August 17, 2018
  3. ↑ 30 years later , report on the exhibition “A Day in Berlin”, Die Zeit, August 4, 2018, accessed from Zeit Online on September 7, 2018
  4. ^ The German street photography page , accessed on August 17, 2018
  5. ↑ German Street Photography Festival - About us. In: German Street Photography Festival. May 30, 2019, accessed November 16, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Berlin Wall Trail - Apple. Apple, November 9, 2019, accessed November 16, 2019 .
  7. ↑ 30 years of the fall of the Berlin Wall: Photo exhibition in Nice. In: Riviera Press. July 19, 2019, accessed November 16, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Unique: Photo exhibition at the German Consulate , Raluca Nelepcu, Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung, April 22, 2018, accessed on August 17, 2018
  9. ↑ The photographer Martin U. Waltz portrays a rare side of Berlin , Ilona Hartmann, With pleasure Berlin, 2016, accessed on August 18, 2018
  10. ↑ Galerie Prünner presents Martin U. Waltz , accessed on August 17, 2018
  11. ↑ Street photo exhibition “my neighborhood”. In: German Street Photography Festival. June 21, 2019, accessed November 17, 2019 .
  12. ^ Street Sans Frontières. In: Imagenation. May 17, 2019, accessed on November 17, 2019 .
  13. ↑ "Get off the street". In: fotografie-in.berlin. March 22, 2019, accessed November 17, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Street Projections , EMOP - European Month of Photography Berlin, accessed on September 7, 2018
  15. ↑ Alghero Street Photography Awards , accessed August 17, 2018
  16. ↑ Staged - a juried international photography exhibition , PH21 Gallery, accessed on September 7, 2018
  17. ↑ Sony World Photography Awards 2017 , Open Competition Commended, Street Photography, accessed August 17, 2018
  18. ↑ "A day in Berlin - 30 years later" , Friedrichshain photo gallery, accessed on September 7, 2018
  19. ↑ On SpotLight - expoziție fotografie de stradă la Constanța , accessed on September 7, 2018
  20. ↑ About Martin U. Waltz , accessed on August 17, 2018
  21. ↑ Reclaim Photo Festival , accessed August 18, 2018
  22. ↑ IPA 2015 Best of Show Curated Exhibition , accessed on August 18, 2018
  23. ↑ Fine Art Photography Awards - Architecture 1st place winner , accessed on August 18, 2018
  24. ↑ 35 Awards 2017 , accessed September 7, 2018
  25. ↑ Mifa - Moscow International Foto Awards , Gold 2017, backstage life, accessed on August 18, 2018
  26. ↑ Sony World Photography Awards 2017 , Open Competition Commended, Street Photography, accessed August 17, 2018
  27. ↑ International Photographer of the Year 2017 , Third Place Winner, Architecture: Buildings, accessed September 7, 2018
  28. ↑ Je suis Charlie - IPA Winner 3rd Place in Editorial , accessed on September 7, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Waltz, Martin U.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg