Artist Statement
"To see the complexity of life on the street is for me a kind of meditation "
Process Statement
Siegfried Hansen traces his visual compositions from graphics and colours, creating a Street/ Art- Photography whose main points are not humans and faces, but graphic connections and formal relations. It shows the aesthetics of coincidence in the public realm, which is always full of surprises.
Siegfried Hansen traces visual compositions from graphics and colours and creates „Street Photography“ which main points are not humans and faces, but graphic connections and formal relations. It shows the aesthetics of the coincidence in a public area, which is full of surprises.
He is one of 45 famous street photographers from around the world, profiled in the book "Street Photography Now" by Thames and Hudson
New since may 2015 1 st book : Hold the line -Siegfried Hansen- Kettler Verlag
Publications:
. 2014 4 pages at the german photo magazine fotoforum January/February
. 2013 14 pages at the german photo magazine fotoforum July/August
· 2012 Photographie - (March - Magazine / Germany)
· 2012 LFI - Leica Fotografie International - April - (Magazine / Germany and International)
· 2011 Professional Photographer - (Magazine / GB)
· 2010 Großartige Fotografen und Ihre Leidenschaften - (Book) by Addison & Wessley (Germany + China)
· 2010 Street Photography Now - (Book) by Thames and Hudson (GB + France)
· 2009 Publication - (Magazine) by Nick Turpin Publishing (GB)
Solo exhibitions:
. 2012 Galerie KUNST-NAH - Hamburg / Germany
· 2011 Pol. Direktion - Berlin / Germany
· 2010 Cafe Reuter - Berlin / Germany
· 2008 Elbart - Hamburg / Germany
· 2008 4.Triennale der Photographie - Hamburg / Germany
Group exhibitions:
. 2013 Group exhibition from the Miami Street Photography Festival at the Miami Art Basel
. 2013 Street Photography Now - Brugge / Belgium
. 2012 London Festival of Photography 2012 - London
· 2012 Galerie Anzensberger - Seconds2Real - Vienna / Austria
· 2012 Street Photography Now - Krakow / Poland
· 2011 Gallery Hertz Louisville - Kentucky / USA
· 2011 Seconds2Real - Liverpool & Berlin
· 2011 Street Photography Now - Stuttgart & London & Warsaw
· 2010 Street Photography Now - Cardiff (Wales) & Berlin & Cologne
· 2007 Photo Festival Recontres - Arles / France
Workshops & Presentations:
. 2013 Presentation " Street Photography" / Internationale Laupheimer Fototage
. 2012 Jury Member of "Fotomarathon Hamburg 2012"
. 2012 "2 te Ebene in der Street Photography" / Photowalk Hamburg (Presentation)
. 2012 Artist talk with Ulrich Rüter (Galerie KUNST NAH)
· 2012 "Street Photography" - Hamburg (Guest speaker at a workshop)
· 2011 "Street Photography" - Hamburg / Freelens (Presentation)
· 2011 "Die zweite Ebene in der Street Photography" - Cologne / Foto Community Convention (Presentation)
Awards:
. 2013 One of the finalist of the Miami Street Photography Festival
. 2013 One of the finalist of the Fotoura International Street Photography Award in London
. 2012 One of finalist of the International Street Photography Award in London
. 2007 Recontres des Arles - Finalist - 2 images were selected by Magnum Photographer Stuart Franklin
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