Michael Martin (photographer)
Michael Martin (born July 14, 1963 in Gersthofen ) is a German photographer and author .
career
Michael Martin studied geography , ethnology and political science in Munich and is a qualified geographer .
Within three decades he made over eighty trips to the deserts of Africa , published 15 illustrated books and gave over 1700 slide presentations throughout the German-speaking area. He is the director of the Gesellschaft für Bild und Vortrag eV (GBV), a professional association for slide speakers whose aim is to promote the medium of slide presentations and cooperation between speakers and organizers.
In 1999 Michael Martin made the decision to make the deserts of the earth his subject. Within five years he and his then partner Elke Wallner crossed all the deserts of the earth - on all continents and in almost fifty countries.
Highlights of his work as a desert photographer and speaker include his appearances at the Royal Geographical Society , which awarded him the Cherry Kearton Award in June 2005 , and his presentation at the UN Climate Change Conference in December 2005. He is a supporter of UN refugee aid . He has been reporting regularly in words and pictures about his travels for Spiegel Online since 2010.
His book Planet Desert was named Knowledge Book of the Year in 2016.
Michael Martin lives in Pasing and Markdorf and has two grown children.
Exhibitions
- 2010 on the occasion of World Day to Combat Desertification: Mali. Wind, sand and people in the Alexander Koenig Zoological Research Museum (Bonn)
Publications
- Sahara. Anacon-Verlag, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-928112-00-7
- with Ilija Trojanow (text): Natural wonders of East Africa. Through Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. By car, bus, train, boat, motorcycle, mountain bike, camel and on foot. Frederking & Thaler, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-89405-327-5
- Photographs of Léopold Sédar Senghor : Stars on the night of your skin. Hammer, Wuppertal 1994, ISBN 3-87294-631-5
- Images from Africa. KaJo-Verlag, Hannover 1994, ISBN 3-925544-18-6 ; Stürtz, Würzburg 1996, ISBN 3-8003-0796-0
- Namibia. Umschau, Frankfurt 1995, ISBN 3-524-67067-9
- with Daniela Schetar (text): Nil. Adventure and Myth Africa. Rosenheimer, Rosenheim 1996, ISBN 3-475-52838-X
- with Hartmut Krinitz: The perfect slide show. Augustus-Verlag, Augsburg 1997, ISBN 3-8043-5103-4
- with Daniela Schetar (text): Southern Africa. On the way in Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. Rosenheimer, Rosenheim 1997, ISBN 3-475-52881-9
- The deserts of Africa. Frederking & Thaler, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-89405-382-8 ; ibid. 2007, ISBN 3-89405-543-X
- with Andreas Altmann (text): On the way in Africa. Frederking & Thaler, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-89405-604-5
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The deserts of the earth. With a foreword by Michael Asher . Frederking & Thaler, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-89405-435-2
- Straight to the center of nowhere , review by Freddy Langer in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , October 7, 2004
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The deserts of the earth. 365 days. With a foreword by Hama Arba Diallo. Frederking & Thaler, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-89405-663-0
- The desert fox ( memento from October 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), presentation by Andrea Rolfes in the ZDF midday magazine , June 6, 2006
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30 years of adventure. Frederking & Thaler, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-89405-702-2
- Michael Martin: Passionate Adventurer , photo series in Zeit , October 29, 2009
- Planet desert . Knesebeck, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-86873-709-7
Movies
- The deserts of the earth . Film by Michael Martin and Elke Wallner, 2002.
- Michael Martin - Adventure Desert . Film by Viktor Stauder in 5 parts, ZDF / ARTE, 2012.
- Planet desert . Film by Michael Martin and Yair Magall, 2013.
Awards (selection)
- 2013: International Gregory Award in Gold
- 2015: ITB Book Award, jury prize for life's work
- 2015: International Gregory Award in silver
- 2016: ITB Book Award, special award from ITB management
- 2016: Knowledge book of the year for »Planet Desert«
- 2017: International Gregory Award in Gold
Web links
- Literature by and about Michael Martin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Michael Martin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
- Michael Martin on the GBV website
- Adventure Earth , website of the series of lectures presented by Michael Martin in the Muffathalle Munich
- Interview with Michael Martin on the Geo website
- Michael Martin: Desert photographer in conversation with Dieter Lehner in BR-alpha , August 10, 2009 (PDF; 50 kB)
- Johan Dehoust: Buenos dias in Eisenach: They still exist, the slide evenings. The world traveler Michael Martin made it a business that also works in the digital age, in: KulturSPIEGEL 11/2012 (October 29, 2012), supplement to SPIEGEL
Footnotes
- ^ UN refugee aid: Prominent supporters: Michael Martin
- ^ Spiegel Online : Michael Martin - All columns
- ↑ They tell you forever and tell you and tell you in FAZ of October 29, 2015, page R6
- ↑ Michael Martin - Adventure Desert , Spiegel Online.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martin, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |