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Andrea studied political science at the Free University of Berlin before becoming a freelance photographer in 1994. She took a Photography master class with Prof. Arno Fischer in Berlin and lived and worked in the Middle East and Kenya between 1994 and 1998. Andrea undertakes documentary photography projects worldwide, focusing on political, social and humanitarian themes. Her clients are distinguished magazines and newspapers, among others GEO, Time Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, Spiegel and Die Zeit, as well as NGOs. She has received several grants and prizes for her documentary work, most recently "The European Journalist Award for Excellence in Journalism" in 2010 from the World Population Foundation. Andrea has published the books: "Menschenkinder" (2000), "Visions: Palestine" (2004) and "İSTANBULUM" (2010). Andrea Kuenzig is based in Istanbul, Turkey. |
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EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2011 | Istanbulum, Artgallery together with the Goethe Institute, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 2010 | African Football: "Focus on background," Kunstleben, Hamburg, Germany |
| 2009 | Borderland/ Promised Land, Art Landing, Aschaffenburg and Römer 9, Frankfurt, Germany |
| 2009 | The Germans and their National Symbols, Haus der Geschichte, Bonn, Germany |
| 2008 | Exhibition against FGM, Terre des Femmes |
| 2007 | Promised Land, Art Landing, Aschaffenburg, Germany |
| 2007 | Il corpo imprigionato, African Images, Cross-Cultural Center, Turin, Italy |
| 2006 | Visions : Palestine, Gallery, Kingdom of Bahrain |
| 2006 | Asian Communities in Berlin, lueckeundpartner, Berlin |
| 2005 | Millennium Development Goals 2015, BICC, Bonn, Germany |
| 2004 | Promised Land, Robert Morat Gallery, Hamburg, Germany |
| 2004 | Visions : Palestine, Hamburg University, Germany |
| 2003 | Visions : Palestine, Emerson Gallery Berlin, Germany |
AWARDS AND GRANTS |
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| 2010 |
European Journalist Award for Excellence in Journalism for a photo essay about Ethiopian women suffering from fistulas (World Population Foundation, Amsterdam) |
| 2010 | Prize for an African Football essay of Dokfünf |
| 2010 | Photojournalism Prize 2009 for a story about „World Population“ of DSW |
| 2008 | Grant from the cultural foundation of VG Bild-Kunst for Turkey Project |
| 2004 | Grant from the cultural foundation of VG Bild-Kunst for Israel/Palestine |
| 2004 | Prize from the AUP for Photography Visions : Palestine |
| 2001 | Nominated by Unicef as international children photographer of the year |
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