Michael Nischke

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Michael Nischke (* 1956 in Berlin ) is a German photographer .

Life

Nischke was born in Berlin-Schmargendorf , today Wilmersdorf, his father was an architect. He came to photography from 1972–73 during his boarding school in Oslo (Norway). Back in Germany, he made the general university entrance qualification and in 1978 worked as an assistant for an advertising photographer. He then studied photo engineering in Cologne . There he worked until his graduation as a Dipl.-Ing. (1982) with theater photography.

From 1983 to 1986 he assisted Heinrich Riebesehl . He then worked as an advertising photographer and editor-in-chief, wrote more than 600 specialist articles on the subject of photography, published specialist books and conceived the first German photo magazine for digital photography. He is an appointed member of the German Society for Photography (DGPh).  

Since 2004 he has mainly devoted himself to art photography and opened a photo gallery in Munich with a focus on panorama photography. Michael Nischke's large-format photographs are part of many private collections.

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Michael Nischke became known for his unusual photographs of people and urban landscapes. He finds his motifs in the confines of the metropolises. He is particularly fascinated by well-known places such as Hong Kong , Bangkok , Tokyo or special destinations such as North Korea or Eritrea . He consistently accompanies the long-term, global photo projects with his special panoramic view. While searching for a different kind of visual language, Nischke came across this special technology in the early 1980s and still uses classic film as a storage medium. Nischke is looking for the “unfamiliar” way of looking at things. The peculiarity lies in the fanned out perspective: it captures many places in one panorama picture. He calls this "slow photography", which for him means conscious reduction and concentration. He usually takes his subjects from a tripod with longer exposure times. He can satisfy his concept of “unplugged photography” through individual laboratory work, because the inviolable negative or positive serves as the origin of his limited photo series.

Awards

  • International KODAK Photo Calendar Award
  • German Designer Club Award
  • IF Communications Design Award
  • red dot design award winner
  • Kodak Photo Book Award
  • 1st prize for the German printing industry's innovation prize

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1994: Photokina, Cologne
  • 1999: Allianz, Munich
  • 2003: Wittenbrink Gallery, Munich
  • 2005: Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim
  • 2007: Authors Gallery 1, Munich
  • 2007: FOTOBILD, Berlin
  • 2011: Art at the Isartor, Munich
  • 2011: Sofitel Munich Bayerpost, Munich
  • 2013: Sofitel Munich Bayerpost, Munich
  • 2016: ARTMUC, Munich
  • 2017: Gallery TOSEI, Tokyo Japan

Books (selection)

  • 2004: La Habana, Cuba
  • 2005: Venezia
  • 2005: Munich
  • 2006: Dubai
  • 2007: Cuba
  • 2007: Roma
  • 2012: Munich / Munich

Publications (selection)

  • 2013: PHOTO international North Korea - A country under supervision
  • 2014: ELLE City Munich on Air
  • 2016: Black and White North Korea
  • 2017: PHOTO international Tokyo Times

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sofitel Munich Bayerpost
  2. ↑ ARTMUC, Munich (PDF file)
  3. ↑ Galerie TOSEI, Tokyo (English)
personal data
SURNAME Nischke, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin