Contact
gunnar knechtel
mobile phone: 0034 646868361 ( new )
link to my archive, travel, portrait and general interest at Laif agency:
www.laif.de/de/article/10610.html
Biography
24.09.1970 born in Kelkheim, Germany
1991-94 Berlin
1994-96 Hamburg
1996-2001 London
since 2001 Barcelona
Education
1991-93 studied photography in “Lette-Verein”, Berlin
Editorial clients
Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin,Stern Magazin, Next Level, Dazed and Confused, Internazionale, Greenpeace Magazin,The Observer Magazine, Colors Magazine, La Van Guardian Magazine,Das Magazin, Evoophat, Du Magazin, Guardian Weekend, El Pais Semanal , Ling Magazin, Merian,
Ojo de Pez, ON Barcelona, C Photo Internacional, Case da Abitare, La Donna, Base, Clase, Institut de Cultura de Barcelona
Advertisment clients
Philips, Singapore, Thailand, China and Hamburg
Global Weighing, China and Hong Kong
s,c,p,f... Pikolin, Spain
Camberwell college catalogue 2001-2002, London
AC-Hotels, Spain
Alphabet, Fashion Accessories, Spain
Publicis, renault, Spain
s.c.p.f., Festival Grec, Spain
Libro Banco Santander 2006, Spain
Celsa, Steal Company, 2007, Spain
Nokia, 2009
Institut de Cultura, Barcelona,2009, Spain
Awards
1999 winner of the Observer Hodge award, UK
2005 short listed FotoNoviembre,Tenerife, Spain
Projects/ Stories
1998 reportage about musician and artist
PaulCannell, Redruth, Cornwall
1998 reportage ,China.1999 winner of the Observer Hodge award, UK
1999 Prora, Germany
1999 Las Vegas
2001 Finnland
2002 Benidorm
2003 Brasilia
2003 “Chabolas de Madrid”
2004 Beirut
2005 Sao Paulo
2006 Chandigarh
2006 Benidorm 2
2008 Women in Rio
2008 Manga
2009 Living in Caves, Tenerife
Exhibitions
2003 Group show Overbeck - Gesellschaft Luebeck, Germany, with "landscapes of Benidorm".
2005 group show and short listed FotoNoviembre 2005,Tenerife, Spain.
2006 single show ¨chabolas¨, Galeria Spectrum Soto, Zaragoza, Spain
2006 represented by Galeria Spectrum Soto at Arco Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
Since 2004 participant at the group shows of Klubfoto, Germany