Kai Wiedenhöfer

Kai Wiedenhöfer (born 3 March 1966 Schwenningen, died 9 January 2024) is a German photojournalist. He won a 2009 Carmignac Photojournalism Award, 2010 Brandenburg Photography Art Prize,[1] and 2016 Carl von Ossietzky Medal.

Life

He studied at Folkwang University of the Arts. He received a 2002 W. Eugene Smith Grant.

From 2003 to 2006, he covered the Israeli West Bank barrier.[2] In 2008, he covered Northern Ireland.[2]

Works

  • Wall. Steidl Verlag. Göttingen 2007 ISBN 978-3-86521-117-0
  • Perfect Peace : The Palestinians from Intifada to Intifada. Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 2003 ISBN 3-88243-814-2
  • Checkpoint Huwara. mit Karin Wenger, Neue Zürcher Zeitung Publisher, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7205-3077-4
  • The Book of Destruction. Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-86930-207-2
  • Confrontier. Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-86930-550-9

References

  1. "Preisträger 2010". Kunstpreis Fotografie (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  2. 2.0 2.1 CNN, Brett Roegiers. "Photographer Kai Wiedenhöfer documents the walls of global conflict". CNN. Retrieved 2020-07-04. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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