Marcus Wiechmann

About

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Marcus Wiechmann studies photojournalism and documentary photography at Hochschule

Hanover, Germany. In 2015 he spent two semesters abroad as an Erasmus+ scholar at

Bilgi University in Istanbul, Turkey. In 2017 he attended an exchange semester at Pathshala

South Asian Media Institute in Dhaka, Bangladesh with a DAAD scholarship. Marcus is a

freelance photojournalist who likes to work with different visual approaches and mediums.

His long-term projects focus on social, humanitarian and environmental topics with a special

interest for issues in Europe and the Middle East.

Marcus is always interested to collaborate with writing journalists and is available for

editorial and corporate photo- or videography assignments.

Publications

Uni SPIEGEL, Sea-Watch e.V., Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, evangelisch.de

Awards / Grants

2019 Shortlisted, Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest

2019 Shortlisted, Kolga Award (Documentary series)

2018 Award of Excellence (Intern. Picture Story, Interpretive Eye & Spot News), 73rd College Photographer of the Year

2018 Shortlisted, World.Report Award / Festival of Ethical Photography (Student category)

2017 Gold medal (Portrait), 72nd College Photographer of the Year

2017 Nominee , 2017 Edition of Photogrvphy Grant

Exhibitions / Screenings

2019 "The Yazidis" - Kolga Tbilisi Photo, Tbilisi (group)

2018 "Human Rights" - KREIS Galerie, Nuremberg & Federal Foreign Office, Berlin (Group)

2017 "The Yazidis" - International Yazidi Women Conference, Ratssaal Bielefeld

2015 "D33" - Café Allerlei, Hannover

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