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Biography Eric Klemm is a member of the prestigious Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Photographie. He first studied graphic design and turned seriously to photography in 1968, living in Heidelberg and Duesseldorf at the time. Affiliated with the legendary German magazine Twen, Klemm contributed to most of Germany's top magazines for more than a decade. Klemm now lives and works in British Columbia, Canada. Eric Klemm won numerous awards, he became best known for his portraits of North American Indians. His break through came in 2009 at the Frankfurt International Book Fair, when Steidl Publishers launched his new book Silent Warriors, highly acclaimed by the German press. Other projects are; Metamorphosis, Fireworks, Memories, Shavings, The incidental Landscape, The Chocolate Box project, and his latest book project; Italian Journey - inspired by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Eric Klemm contributed with a solo show of his Metamorphosis project at FotoFest 2006, The Eleventh International Biennial of Photography and Photo-Related Art, Houston, Texas, and at the Photo Festival in Milan, Italy. He also participated with a feature exhibition of Silent Warriors to the CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival 2008. Klemm's work is found in numerous national and international private and corporate collections and museums.
Recent Awards ERIC KLEMM - SILENT WARRIORS / Steidl 2010 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS
International Photography Awards, Los Angeles 2009
PX3, Prix de la Photographie, Paris, July 2009 International Photography Awards/Lucie Awards, Los Angeles, 2008 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, 2008 Nominee at the Photography MASTERS CUP 2007 Photolucida / Critical Mass, 2007 International Photography Awards/Lucie Awards, Los Angeles, 2007 |
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