About
I live in New York City and work for international magazines, film studios and corporate clients. I am the author of two books: “MOKO JUMBIES: The Dancing Spirits of Trinidad”, a photo essay about a stilt walking school in Trinidad, and “LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US – Mexican Border”, the result of an ongoing project for which I photographed over 200 artists who live and work on both sides of the 2000 miles long US-Mexico border.
My work has been shown in international galleries, photo festivals and museums:
Visa Pour l'Image, Perpignan (France), Photoville, Brooklyn, New York (USA), Triennale der Photographie Hamburg (Germany), Festival Tijuana Interzona (Mexico), IMAS - International Museum for Art and Science, McAllen, Texas (USA), The Cervantes Institute, Cultural Institute of Spain, Frankfurt (Germany), Galeria 409, Brownsville, Texas, (USA), The Mexican Cultural Institute of Washington, D.C. (USA), CEART Mexicali, (Mexico), Deutsches Haus at NYU, New York City (USA) ... just to name a few (see list below).
I became a member of the prestigious German photo agency "laif / agentur fuer photos und reportagen" in 1999 (Laif is represented by Redux in the US).
Print:
The New York Times, New York Magazine, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, Focus, Geo Spain, Geo Korea, PHOTO, FotoMagazin, Photographie, Cicero, TAZ, Cinema, GQ Germany, ADAC Reisemagazin, Architectural Digest, ELLE, Capital, SonntagsBlick, Cash, SportMagazin, Caribbean Travel & Life, Caribbean Beat, Booklet, La Repubblica Del Donne, Credit Suisse Bulletin, Financial Times Germany, Reader's Digest (USA) ... and many others
Featured online:
The New York Times, BBC, NBC, The Huffington Post, Wired, aCurator, The FORWARD THINKING MUSEUM ...
Corporate clients:
Saks Fifth Avenue, Fitch Ratings, DHL, Siemens, Union Investments
Film Studios:
Warner Brothers (Germany), Bavaria Film, Constantin Film, NFP Berlin, Josefine Film, UFA, WDR
Grant:
Stiftung Kulturwerk der VG BILD-KUNST granted support for my project "LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border" in 2012
Award:
2013 - David Chow Humanitarian Award for "LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border"
Books:
"MOKO JUMBIES: The Dancing Spirits of Trinidad" Published 2004 by Pointed Leaf Press, New York "LA FRONTERA: Künstler an der US-Mexikanischen Grenze"
"LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border" ("LA FRONTERA: Künstler an der US-Mexikanischen Grenze") published 2014 by Edition Faust, Frankfurt/Germany
Panel Invitations:
2018 - Deutsches Haus at NYU, New York: "Art and Migration"
2016 - Phillips Museum, Washington DC: "Migration/Immigration"
Solo Exhibitions:
2018 - American Space Leipzig, Germany:
"LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border"
2018 - Steppling Art Gallery at SDSU Imperial Valley in Calexico, California:
"LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border"
2018 - German-American Center Stuttgart/Germany:
"LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border"
2018 - Deutsches Haus at NYU, New York City:
"MOKO JUMBIES: The Dancing Spirits of Trinidad"
2017 - d.a.i. Tübingen, Germany (Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut / German-American Institute Tübingen:
"LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border"
2017 - Deutsches Haus at NYU, New York City:
"The Wall(s)"
2017 - CEART Mexicali, Mexico :
"LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border"
2017 - Galeria 409, Brownsville, Texas:
"LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border"
2016 - Festival Tijuana Interzona, Mexico, outdoor exhibition on the order fence :
"LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border"
2016 - Goethe Institut Washington DC :
"2,000 MILES: DIVIDED LAND, COMMON HUMANITY"
2016 - Deutsches Haus at NYU, New York:
"LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border"
2015 - Triennale der Photographie Hamburg :
"LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border"
2014 - Photoville, Brooklyn, New York :
"LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border"
2014 - The Cervantes Institute, Cultural Institute of Spain, Frankfurt, Germany :
"LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border"
2014 - Mexican Consulate in Frankfurt, Germany:
"LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border"
2014 - International Museum for Art and Science (IMAS), McAllen, Texas :
"LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border"
2013 - The Mexican Cultural Institute of Washington, D.C., :
"LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border"
2013 - La Casa Familiar, San Ysidro, USA:
"LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border"
2013 - La Tentacion Gallery, Tijuana, Mexico, :
"New York Fake Polaroids II"
2012 - La Casa Del Tunel, Tijuana, Mexico:
"LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border"
2012 - La Tentacion Gallery, Tijuana, Mexico:
"New York Fake Polaroids"
2011 - Visa Pour l'Image / Perpignan - evening screening:
"Machine Gun Show in Kentucky"
2010 - Visa Pour l'Image screening:
"Camp Hope"
2004 - Visa Pour l'Image / Perpignan - official festival selection:
"MOKO JUMBIES: The Dancing Spirits of Trinidad"
2003 - Visa Pour l'Image / Perpignan - evening screening
"MOKO JUMBIES: The Dancing Spirits of Trinidad"
Group Shows:
2017 - SDSU Downtown Gallery San Diego, USA:
"We Are Here/Somos Aqui"
Photo: Neil Beckermann