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. He attended an exchange semester at Pathshala

South Asian Media Institute in Dhaka, Bangladesh with a DAAD scholarship in 2017. Marcus is a

visual storyteller 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

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

Awards / Grants

2019 Shortlisted, Alexia Foundation (Student Grant)

2019 Shortlisted, Felix Schoeller Photo Award (Best Work by an Emerging Photographer)

2019 3rd place, Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest (Spot News single)

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

2020 "Catharsis" - 7. Marta Hoepffner-Preis für Fotografie, Hofheim am Taunus (Group)

2020 "Sea Watch" - World Press Photo Exhibition, Oldenburg (Screening)

2019 "Sea Watch" - Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest, Moscow (Group)

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