Oliver Weber

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Installation of Oliver Weber's Magical Forest series at Photokina 2012
Oliver Weber, September 2012

Oliver Weber (born September 7, 1970 in Munich ) is a German photographer who lives on Gomera , Canary Islands , Spain .

Life

Weber is known for his photo reports for magazines and publishers, e.g. B. Die Zeit , Merian , Der Spiegel , El País , Bertelsmann , Stern (magazine) and Random House , as well as for TV channels of the BBC or ARD .

In recent years he has participated in various group and solo exhibitions at home and abroad, including the Photokina 2012 in Cologne , which is considered the leading trade fair for the photo and imaging industry, at the dOCUMENTA (13) 2012 in Kassel and of the Biennale di Venezia 2017.

In 2015 Oliver Weber received the title of Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2005: Fidels Kinder , Passau, Germany
  • 2007: Humans , Photo 21 Gallery, Breedevoort, Netherlands as well
  • 2012: Humans , GP Kelly Foundation , Gammertingen-Harthausen, Germany
  • 2012: Magical Forest , A Smith Gallery, Johnson City , Texas , USA
  • 2012: Instant People , Westport Arts Festival, Westport , Ireland
  • 2012: Polaroid Self-Portraits // A Collection , Fridericianum , dOCUMENTA (13) , Kassel, Germany, (group exhibition)
  • 2012: Magical Forest , Photokina , Cologne, Germany
  • 2012: Social Life at Beach , Affordable Art Fair, Hamburg, Germany
  • 2013: Social Life at Beach , Galerie Lichtkreuzung, Munich, Germany
  • 2015: Social Life at Beach , 8th International Media Festival, Munich, Germany
  • 2017: Anima Mundi , Biennale di Venezia , Palazzo Ca 'Zanardi, Venice, Italy (group exhibition)
  • 2017: Captain Flint , The Art of Living Photography Show, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, USA

Publications

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