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BIO
Gerd Ludwig was born in Alsfeld, Germany, in 1947. Initially he studied German literature, political science, and physical education at the University of Marburg, but interrupted his studies to travel in Scandinavia and North America while supporting himself with jobs as a bricklayer, sailor, gardener, and dishwasher. Gerd later returned to Germany and studied photography for five years with Professor Otto Steinert at the Folkwangschule in Essen, graduating in 1972 with a degree in Photo Design from the University of Essen. He co-founded VISUM, Germany’s first photographer-owned photo agency, the following year. In 1975, he moved to Hamburg and began working for Geo, Stern, Spiegel, Zeit-Magazin, Time, and Life, as well as photographing advertising campaigns.
Gerd re-located to New York 1984 and continued to photograph for major international publications. In the early 1990s, he signed on as a contract photographer for National Geographic Magazine, focusing on the social changes in Germany and Eastern Europe. This work resulted in the publication of his book, Broken Empire: After the Fall of the USSR, a ten-year retrospective published by National Geographic. Gerd is a veteran of the renowned A Day in the Life book series; he exhibits his work in galleries and festivals, such as the Perpignan Visa pour L’Image; occasionally shoots advertising; and has won numerous photographic awards, including the IPA’s 2006 Lucie Award for International Photographer of the Year.
Now based in Los Angeles, Gerd has photographed in over 70 countries across the globe. He continues to lecture at universities and photographic workshops throughout the world and, when not photographing for National Geographic, shoots advertising.
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SIGNED COPIES OF GERD LUDWIG’S BOOK, BROKEN EMPIRE
$50 (plus shipping and handling)
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PRIVATE PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
Upon request. $200/hr (students $150/hr.)
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2007 |
"Russia - A World Power In
Change"
Volkshochschule Chemnitz: Chemnitz, Germany |
| 2007 |
"International Photography
Awards 2006 Lucie Awards Winners"
Farmani Gallery: Beverly Hills, California USA |
| 2006 |
"Chernobyl – Living with
Disaster" Festival Internazionale della Fotografia
Digitale: Lucca, Italy |
| 2006 |
"The Long Shadow of Chernobyl" Visa
pour l'Image: Perpignan, France |
| 2005 |
"National Geographic: Russland-
Eine Weltmacht im Wandel." Volksbank: Lahr, Germany |
| 2005 |
"Se la Terra diventa l'Inferno
- When Earth becomes Hell" Obiettivo Uomo Ambiente/International
Biennial of photojournalism, Viterbo, Italy |
| 2004 |
"National Geographic: Russland.
Eine Weltmacht im Wandel." Museum Haus Löwenberg:
Gengenbach, Germany |
| 2003 |
"Russland. Eine Weltmacht
im Wandel." VHS photogalerie: Stuttgart, Germany |
| 2003 |
"Russland. Eine Weltmacht im Wandel."
Lichthof im Landeshaus des Landschaftsverbandes Westfalen-Lippe:
Münster, Germany |
| 2003 |
"Russland. Eine Weltmacht im Wandel."
Museum der Stadt Berleburg: Berleburg, Germany |
| 2002 |
"Broken Empire: After the Fall of
the Former Soviet Union" Visa pour lÕImage, Perpignan, France |
| 2002 |
"Broken Empire: After the Fall of
the Former Soviet Union" Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles,
California, USA |
| 2002 |
"Russland. Eine Weltmacht im Wandel"
Haus der Presse, Dresden, Germany |
| 2001 |
"Russland. Eine Weltmacht im Wandel"
Willy-Brandt-Haus: Berlin, and Gruner+Jahr Pressehaus: Hamburg,
Germany |
| 2001 |
"Fotografien: Russland - Nach dem
Ende der Sowjetunion/ Auf den Spuren der Brüder Grimm"
Hohaus Museum, Lauterbach, Germany |
| 2000 |
"Tödliche Erblast - Zerstörte
Umwelt in der ehemligen Sowjetunion," and "Auf den Spuren der
Brüder Grimm" Albert-Schweitzer Gymnasium, Alsfeld, Germany |
| 1999 |
"Soviet Pollution" NIKON Galerie,
Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 1999 |
"Soviet Pollution" Galerie in der
Musikschule/Kunststiftung Poll, Berlin-Mitte, Germany |
| 1998 |
"Soviet Pollution" Washington Center
for Photography, Washington, D.C., USA |
| 1996 |
"Gerd Ludwig: Toronto- A National
Geographic View" Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada |
| 1996 |
"Lethal Legacy: Pollution in the
Former U.S.S.R 1992-1994" RAPIC (Russian American Press and
Information Center), Moscow, Russia |
| 1996 |
"Lethal Legacy: Pollution in the
Former U.S.S.R 1992-1994" Goethe Institut Moskau, Moscow, Russia |
| 1996 |
"Lethal Legacy: Pollution in the
Former U.S.S.R 1992-1994" FotoCenter Moscow, Moscow, Russia |
| 1995 |
"Lethal Legacy: Pollution in
the Former Soviet Union" Visa pour l'Image: Perpignan,
France |
| 1971 |
"Ludde Ludwig Fotografien" Buch
2000, Alsfeld, Germany |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2008 |
"The Nuclear Dilemma Exhibit"
The International Red Cross and Crescent Museum: Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2007 |
"Best In Show - 2006 International
Photography Awards"
Farmani Gallery: Beverly Hills, California USA |
| 2006 |
"Tchernobyl 1986 – 2006
- Leben mit einer Tragödie" Galerie des
Landratsamtes der Stadt Homburg: Homburg, Germany |
| 2006 |
"Tschernobyl – Eine Katastrophe
und ihre Konsequenzen " Willy-Brandt-Haus: Berlin, Germany |
| 2006 |
"Land In Translation"
The Riverside Art Museum: Riverside, California, USA |
| 2004 |
"Dietro I'immagine.
Ritratti di poverta rurale" (What Meets the Eye: Images of Rural
Poverty) Mercati di Traiano, FotoGrafia Festival, Rome, Italy. |
| 2004 |
"Focus on Nature"/"People-Forests-Development"
(The government of Germany, UNDP and the Equator initiative)
United Nations, New York, NY. |
| 2003 |
"What Meets the Eye:
Images of Rural Poverty" United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2003 |
"Vertigo: Exhibition and Silent
Auction" The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco,
USA |
| 2003 |
"A Day in the Life of Africa" Metropolitan
Museum of Photography: Tokyo, Japan |
| 2003 |
"A Day in the Life of Africa" Fnac
Forum des Halles: Paris, France |
| 2002 |
"A Day in the Life of Africa" Grand
Central Station: New York, New York, USA |
| 2002 |
"Brennpunkt Natur" Presse- und Informationsamt
der Bundesregierung: Berlin, Germany, and Durban, South Africa |
| 2002 |
"Brennpunkt Natur" G+J Pressehaus:
Hamburg, Germany |
| 2001 |
"Images Beyond the Naked Eye" A
WWF Exhibition with 26 international photographic artists concerning
climate change. Museum Mensch und Natur Schlo§ Nymphenburg:
Munich, and Fotografie Forum international: Frankfurt, Germany. |
| 2000 |
"Images Beyond the Naked Eye" A
WWF Exhibition with 26 international photographic artists concerning
climate change. Sanoma House: Helsinki, Finland and Museon:
Den Haag, Netherlands |
| 2000 |
"Photo Expo West: The World is Round
2000" Los Angeles Convention Center and The Perfect Exposure
Gallery: Los Angeles, USA |
| 2000 |
"The Photographs" National GeographicÕs
Photography: 111 Years of Adventure and Discovery Hamburg, Munich,
Bonn and Berlin, Germany |
| 1998 |
"Das Bild vom Menschen: Die besten
Fotos aus 50 Jahren Stern" Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe
Hamburg: Hamburg, and Photokina Õ98: K?ln, Germany |
| 1995 |
"It's US: A Celebration of Who We
Are in America Today" Washington D.C., USA and 74 public libraries
across the United States |
| 1991 |
"Otto Steinert und Schüler"
Galerie der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst: Leipzig,
Germany |
| 1990 |
"Otto Steinert und Schüler"
Folkwangmuseum: Essen, Germany |
| 1986 |
"Art- A Dialogue on Peace" Ohkurayama
Memorial Hall: Yokohama, Japan |
| 1983 |
"FRIEDEN, ein Wort und ... Bilder
und ..."Schloss/Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany |
| 1980 |
"Exploration of a Medium: Die Sofortbildfotografie"
Rheinisches Landesmuseum: Bonn, Germany |
| 1978 |
"Reflexions- Young West-German Photographers"
Canon Photo Gallery: Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 1977 |
"VISUM" Galerie im Riek: Essen-Kettwig,
Germany |
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COLLECTIONS
Spencer Museum of Art
The University of Kansas: Lawrence, Kansas, USA
F.N.A.C. Funds National dÕArt Contemporain
Permanent Collection, French Ministry of Culture: Paris, France
U.S. Sprint Collection
Overland Park, Kansas, USA
FOTOGRAFISCHE SAMMLUNG
Museum Folkwang: Essen, Germany
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BOOKS & CATALOGS
Broken Empire: After the Fall of the U.S.S.R.
Seoul, Korea: National Geographic Society/YBM Si-sa, 2002. Text by Fen Montainge
Broken Empire: After the Fall of the U.S.S.R.
Washington D.C: National Geographic Society, 2001. Text by Fen Montainge
Russland: Eine Weltmacht im Wandel.
Verlag, Germany: RBA, 2001. Text von Fen Montainge.
Soviet Pollution Exhibition Catalog.
Washington Center for Photography, Washington D.C., USA.
Galerie in der Musikschule/Kunststiftung Poll (Poll Art Foundation), Berlin, Germany. 1998
Lethal Legacy: Pollution in the Former U.S.S.R Exhibition Catalog.
RAPIC (Russian American Press and Information Center), Goethe Institut Moskau, and FotoCenter Moscow, Moscow, Russia. 1996
AO TEA ROA: Island of Lost Desire. Hundertwasser in New Zealand
Hamburg, Germany: Albrecht Knaus Verlag, 1979.
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HONORS & DISTINCTIONS
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh)
Member of The German Society for Photography.
ADC - Art Directors Club of Germany
Member since 1982.
Canon Explorer of Light
Selected as one of sixty photographers worldwide to be
sponsored by Canon. Kingston Icon of Photography
Member of a selected group of photographers to be sponsored by Kingston Technology.
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AWARDS
The Lucie Award
International Photographer of the Year
2006
International Photography Award
Book Photographer of the Year
2006
Picture of the Year International
Picture Reporting Award of Excellence
2005, 2001, 1998, 1994
Photo District News
Photography Annual
2003, 2002
National Press Photographer's Association
The Best of Photojournalism Award of Merit
2002
Communication Arts
Award of Excellence
2002, 1994, 2007
Art Directors Club of Metropolitan
Gold Award of Excellence
1999
Overseas Press Club
Citation for Excellence
1994
World Press Photo
Award of Excellence
1990
Art Directors Club
2nd International Exhibition
Award of Merit
1988
Golden Plume Award of Malta
Journalism Award
1983/84
Art Directors Club, Deutschland
Award of Excellence
1981
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
“The Constant Visitor” SOMA/The Travel
Issue: May/June 2008
"Nejsem svatebni fotograf" by Jan Skrivánek, Cook
& Design, Czech Republic, Fall 2007
"Gerd Ludwig/Farmani Gallery Review" by Steve Weinstein, Focus Fine Art Photography Magazine, New York, May 2007
"Gerd Ludwig" by Jaroslav Major, FotoVideo,
March 2007, Prague, Czechoslovakia
"I'm a photographer, not a cook" Visuell
Magazine, Hamburg, Germany, October/November 2006.
"At The Heart Of The Matter" by Maura C. Lanahan, Digital Photo Pro, November/December 2005, Los Angeles, California
"Wer schrieb was? Alsfelder Autorinnen und Autoren vom 16. Jahrhundert bis Ende 2002" Brochure compiled by Karl Brodh?cker. Verlag F. Ehrenklau: Alsfeld, Germany 2003.
"Gerd Ludwig" American Photo on Campus, September 2002
"Gerd Ludwig" PHOTO, Paris, France, September 2002.
"In Focus: Photojournalist Gerd Ludwig Frames a Complex Portrait of Modern Russia" American Photo, New York, New York, May/June 2002.
"Gerd Ludwig" Art Scene Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, February 2002.
"Genauso ist es - Russlandbilder von Gerd Ludwig im Willy Brandt-Haus", Frankfurter Allgenmeine Zeitung/Berliner Seiten, Berlin, Germany, November 1, 2001.
"Im Schutz der Kamera: Fotografen über ihre Lieblingsbilder," Interview MediumMagazine, April 2001, Hamburg, Germany.
"Radioactive Russia" by Joel Newman, Photo District News, October 2000, New York, NY.
"Gerd Ludwig" Poliester Vol. 8, #27, Summer 2000, Mexico.
"Die Kloake einer grossen Utopie," by Stefan Schmitt, TAZ, April 1999, Berlin, Germany.
"Landschaften im Untergang: Fotos von Gerd Ludwig" Der Tagesspiegel, August 3, 1999, Berlin, Germany.
"Beklemmende Zeugnisse eines Zerst?rungsprozesses" Die Welt, February 24, 1999, Berlin, Germany.
"Gerd Ludwig: Soviet Pollution" ART PAPERS magazine, Vol. 23.2. March/April 1999.
"107 Jahre und eine dreissigstel Sekunde," Ein Interview mit Gerd Ludwig und Tom Kennedy, Freelance Magazine, 1996, Hamburg, Germany.
"Gerd Ludwig: Hundertwasser Ao Tea Roa" Professional Camera, 1979, Düsseldorf, Germany.
"Fotogalerie: RRR...Zack! Polaroids von Gerd Ludwig" by Peter Sager ZEIT Magazine, 1979, Hamburg, Germany.
"Das Paradies ist nicht weit. Ein Bildband über den Maler Friedensreich Hundertwasser," Rhein-Zeitung, December 15, 1979, Duesseldorf, Germany.
"Vier M?nner sehen die Welt mit Kamera-Augen" WAZ-Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, October, 1978, Essen, Germany.
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TELEVISION AND RADIO
"Gerd Ludwig: Journey of Discovery"
- Commercial length film created for Pilsner Urquell in association
with the 2006 Lucie Award for International Photographer of
the Year.
Radio interview with Françoise Lesage/Radio
Lodeve - French regional radio - Perpignan France
"WIDE ANGLE: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC GREATEST PLACES" - Interviews
during national book tour to promote Wide Angle: CNN Headline News
(New York, NY); CNN International (Atlanta/Los Angeles, CA); "The
Influentials" ABC News Now (New York,NY); Northwest Cable News,
Fox News/KCPQ-TV (Seattle, WA); KPRI-FM “Morning Show”,
KNTV-TV (NBC 11), KPIX-TV/CBS 5 (San Francisco, CA); "Fox In
The Morning" XETA FOX6, KSCO-AM/(Santa Cruz) “Good Morning
Monterey Bay” (San Diego, CA); NBC Satellite TV Tour (Los
Angeles, CA); Bulgarian TV (Sofia).
"Broken Empire: Gerd Ludwig's Photographs of the Soviet Union" 6 minutes. A documentary/interview by Carolyn Weaver for Voice of America. August 2003.
"Touching the Soul - The Photographer Gerd Ludwig" 27 minutes, English. A documentary shot in Los Angeles, Paris and Bourkina Faso by Irene Langemann for International distribution by Deutsche Welle, 2002.
"Die Seele berühren - Der Fotograf Gerd Ludwig" 27 Minuten, deutsch. Ein Dokumentarfilm von Irene Langemann, produziert für die Deutsche Welle. Aufgenommen in Los Angeles, Paris und Burkina Faso, 2002.
"Life and Times" National Public Television, (KCET, Los Angeles)
Interview with Gerd Ludwig about the release of Broken Empire
19 February 2002 and re-aired July 2002
"Voice of Santa Barbara" KEYT RADIO, Santa Barbara Interview with Jerry Cornfield regarding the release of Broken Empire, 17 January 2002.
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ARTICLES
"Send Me to Siberia” National Geographic
Magazine: June 2008
“Vitus Bering” National Geographic Scandinavia: October
2007
"Vitus Bering" National Geographic Germany:
February 2007.
"Marktl" National Geographic Germany: May 2006. "The Long Shadow Of Chernobyl" National Geographic: April 2006.
"Napoleon In Germany" National Geographic Germany: November 2005.
"The Salton Sea" National Geographic: February 2005.
"Nibelungen" National Geographic Germany: December 2004.
"Russia Rising" National Geographic: November 2001.
"Russlands Seele" National Geographic Germany: November 2001. "The Brothers Grimm - Guardians of the Fairy Tale" National Geographic: December 1999.
"A Comeback for the Cossacks" National Geographic: November 1998.
"Russia's Iron Road (Trans-Siberian Railroad)" National Geographic: June 1998.
"Moscow. The New Revolution" National Geographic: April 1997.
"Reinventing Berlin" National Geographic: December 1996.
"Toronto" National Geographic: June 1996.
"Soviet Pollution," National Geographic: August 1994
-- "Lethal Legacy: Pollution in the Former U.S.S.R."
-- "Chornobyl: Living With the Monster"
"A Broken Empire" National Geographic: March 1993
-- "Russia: Playing by New Rules"
-- "Kazakhstan: Facing the Nightmare"
-- "Ukraine: Running on Empty"
"Main-Danube Canal Links Europe's Waterways," National Geographic: August 1992.
"The Morning After: Germany Reunited" National Geographic: September 1991.
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WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, ETC.
LOOK3 The Festival of the Photograph
Master Talk Presentation
Charlottesville, NC
June 2008
Pacific New Media/University of Hawaii at Manoa
Lecture/Presentation
Waikiki, HI
March 2008
Eddie Adams Workshop
Lecture and Team Leader
Jeffersonville, NY
October 2007
Toscana Photographic Workshop
Workshop
Toscana, Italy
July 2007
Wisconsin Professional Photographers Association
Lecture/Presentation
Madison, Wisconsin
February 2007
Brooks Institute
of Photography
Lecture/Presentation
Santa Barbara, CA
February 2007
APA/Canon Explorers
of Light
Lecture/Presentation
Culver City, CA
February 2007
Distinguished
Speakers Lecture Series
Newport Beach Public Library
Lecture/Presentation
Newport Beach, CA
January 2007
Julia Dean Photo Workshop
Workshop
Marina Del Rey, CA
February 2007
Canon Explorers of Light
Presentation/Lecture
Los Angeles, CA
February 2007
Design Center Hannover
Lecture
Hannover, Germany
December 2006
George Eastman House
Presentation/Lecture
Rochester, NY
November 2006
Julia Dean Photo Workshop
Workshop
Marina Del Rey, CA
February 2006
Wisconsin News Photographers Association
WPNA Annual Convention
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
February 2005
PhotoPlus Expo
Canon Seminar
New York, NY
October 2004
Brooks Institute of Photography
Lecture and workshop
Santa Barbara, CA
March 2004
FotoFusion
Lecture and panel discussions
Del Ray Beach, FL
December 2003
Julia Dean Photo Workshop
Workshop
Marina Del Rey, CA
July 2003
PhotoEast
Canon, Guest Speaker
New York, NY
November 2002
Clickers and Flickers Photo Network
Lecture
Los Angeles, CA
June 2002
Ohio University, School of Visual Communication
Graduation keynote speaker, post-graduate thesis review
Athens, OH
April 2002
Photo LA
Lecture
Santa Monica, CA
January 2002
FotoFusion
Lecture and panel discussions
Del Ray Beach, FL
January 2002
Brooks Institute of Photography
Lecture and workshop
Santa Barbara, CA. USA
January 2002
Photo East
Seminar
New York, NY
November 2001
National Geographic Explorer's Hall
Lecture, Masters of Photography Series
Washington, D.C.
October 2001
University of Hobart
Lecture
Tasmania, Australia
November 2001
Photo Night
Lecture
Orange County, CA
November 2001
Hohhaus Museum
Lecture
Lauterbach, Germany
August 2001
Akademie für Photographie
One-week workshop
Hamburg, Germany
October 2000
Regional Museum
Lecture
Alsfeld, Germany
2000
Julia Dean Photo Workshops
Workshop and lecture
Los Angeles, CA
October, November 1999
Photo West
Lecture
Los Angeles, Ca
June 1999
InterPhoto
Lecture
Moscow, Russia
April 1996
National Geographic Society
"111 Jahre Abenteuer und Entdeckung"
Opening Speech
Cap San Diego
Hamburg, Germany
April 1997
Eddie Adams Workshop
Lecture and Team Leader
Liberty, NY
October 1988
October 1991
Focus
Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte
Lecture
Dortmund, Germany
November 1988
A Day in the Life of America
Lecture
Denver, Co
April 1986
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