Robert Voit (photographer)
Robert Voit (* 1969 in Erlangen ) is a German photographer .
Life
Voit received his training from 1993 to 1996 at the specialist academy for photo design in Munich . From 1998 to 2001 he studied photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Gerd Winner , among others , before continuing his studies with Thomas Ruff at the Düsseldorf Art Academy until 2005 . From 2011 to 2013 he was a lecturer and visiting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg .
Voit's photographic work, particularly in the field of architectural photography, has received several awards. He published several photo books, some together with other photographers.
Voit lives and works in Munich.
Prizes and awards
- Reinhart Wolf Prize .
- Sophie Smoliar Scholarship.
- European Architectural Photography Prize 2003.
- Award of the International Lake Constance Conference ,
- Artist residency in Haiti through the Institut Français d'Haiti and the German Embassy in Port-au-Prince , Haiti .
- Artist residency in La Brea, Los Angeles , California , USA.
Exhibitions
- 2014: New Trees and The Alphabet of New Plants , Campart, Manhattan, New York City, USA.
- 2014: The Alphabet of New Plants , Art Cologne , Galerie Walter Storms, Munich.
- 2013: Smile Japan 1997–2013 , Micheko Gallery, Munich.
Publications
- Exhibition catalog: Urban Spaces , European Architectural Photography Prize. Stuttgart 2003.
- Nikolaus Gelpke (Ed.): Venice . mare dreiviertel verlag, Hamburg 2005.
- Andrea Gothe (Ed.): Made in Germany . Heidelberg 2008.
- Some new trees ; Text by Ulrike Westphal. Storms, Munich 2009. ISBN 978-3-927533-47-9 .
- New Trees , with an afterword by Christoph Schaden. Steidl, Göttingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-86521-825-4 .
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Voit, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | gain |