Niklas Grapatin Photographer

contact/bio

Mobil: +49 (0) 1577 1748307

E-Mail: mail@niklasgrapatin.de

Instagram: instagram.com/niklasgrapatin/

I am photographer based in Hamburg and I work for editorial
clients like:

DER SPIEGEL, DIE ZEIT, ZEIT-Magazin, SZ-Magazin, Greenpeace, brandeins, FOCUS, Capital Magazin, SPIEGEL Wissen, Financial Times Magazine, F.A.Z., GEOlino, ZEITleo, Dein SPIEGEL, chrismon, Amnesty Journal, Dagbladet Børsen, ZEIT-Online, Stadtaspekte, 6Mois, Futurzwei, Krautreporter

I shoot commercial and corporate work for clients like:

STRAUB&STRAUB / Telekom Stiftung / Dr. Sasse AG /
Stadt Hannover

I am represented by:

laif Agentur für Photos & Reportagen

Schlosserei 4
Schanzenstraße 27
D-51063 Köln | www.laif.de

Awards

2020 - Nominated for Nannen Preis
2020 - Shortlist Georg Koppmann Preis
2018 - nominated for Greenpeace Photo Award
2017 - Shortlist - Felix Schoeller Award

My current location is:

Bio

Niklas Grapatin is a photographer based in Hamburg, Germany.
In 2011 he began his studies of photojournalism- and documentary photography in Hanover, followed by an internship as a staff photographer at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. In 2017 he
went to Bangladesh to continue his studies at Pathshala South Asian Media Institute in Dhaka, under the guidance of Munem Wasif. For him it's important to always find a visual language that matches with the subject and communicates the matter in the most intense and emotional way. His work got published in various magazines and newspapers like DIE ZEIT, Amnesty Journal, SZ-Magazin, brandeins, F.A.Z. and DER SPIEGEL. Besides working on personal projects he
is available for editorial and commercial assignments.

Vita

2019 Graduation in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography
at the University of Applied Arts and Sciences, Hanover, Germany
2018 Member of laif Agentur für Photos & Reportagen, based in Cologne, Germany
2017 Workshop with Donald Weber in Dhaka, Bangladesh
2017 Semester abroad at Pathshala South Asian Media Institute
in Dhaka, Bangladesh
2015 Six month internship at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
2011 Studies of photojournalism- and documentary photography
at University of Applied Science and Arts in Hanover

Exhibitions

2020 - "Theater des Lebens" GAF Gallery / Hanover
2019 - "Sternbrücke" GAF Gallery / Hanover
2018 - "White Noise" Visa pour l'image / Perpignan
2018 - "White Noise" Lumix Festival Review / Schwerin
2018 - "House Of Broken Dreams" Art and Cultural Center / Bangkok
2018 - "White Noise" Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism / Hanover

Art Collections

2018 - Kunstsammlung Peter Nobel / Switzerland

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