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
wins Award at PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris, 2010
2010 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS
Eric Klemm - Silent Warriors published by Steidl
has been honored as a Finalist in the
"Photography: People" category.
International Photography Awards, Los Angeles 2009
Honorable Mention, category Fine Art/Abstract, for the Memories series
PX3, Prix de la Photographie, Paris, July 2009
Honorable mention for Eric Klemm's new series Fire Works
International Photography Awards/Lucie Awards, Los Angeles, 2008
Eric Klemm's new book Florabundance was awarded 2 Honorable Mentions
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, 2008
Honorable Mention:
Portrait, (series) category: Fine Art / People
Walking Man, (single image) category: Fine Art / Landscape
Iris, (single image) category: Fine Art / Nudes
Black Christ, (single image) category: Portraiture / Personality
Nominee at the Photography MASTERS CUP 2007
International Color Awards, London, UK, September 16, 2007
Photolucida / Critical Mass, 2007
Eric Klemm one of the Critical Mass top 50 photographers
International Color Awards, London GB, 2007
2nd Annual Photography Masters Cup
Nominee in the category of Portrait / People
PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris, 2007
1st prize sub category Culture for "Silent Warriors" Portraits of North American Indians
and 3rd prize sub category Abstract for the "Shavings" project
International Photography Awards/Lucie Awards, Los Angeles, 2007
2nd prize for "Portraits of North American Indians", Fine Art Professional, sub category Portrait
Honorable Mention for People in Professional, sub category Culture
Honorable Mention for People in Professional, sub category Portrait
Honorable Mention for Fine Art in Professional, sub category, Portrait
Honorable Mention for "Shavings", Fine Art in Professional, Collage
Honorable Mention for "Shavings", Fine Art in Professional, Abstract
International Photography Awards/Lucie Awards, Los Angeles, 2006
Honorable Mention for the "Metamorphosis" project