About B. Hiller - Photography & Journalism
Agency: Corbis (search my photos here) and Polaris Images (search my photos here)
Languages: English, German
Current Location: Berlin / Germany
Clients/Publications: warscapes magazine, The Guardian (UK), TIME US (Online), FAZ & FAZ am Sonntag (Germany), Handelszeitung Schweiz (Switzerland), Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DK), Dagbladet Information Newspaper (DK), ScanPix Denmark, Inter Press Service, GoYa Markenagentur (Germany), Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar (Germany), Transnational Institute (NGO), Wileys (Frommer`s Travel Guide, USA), Etesian Capital (UK), PHOTOGRAPHIE Magazine (Germany), Yeni Harman (Turkey), Korea Forum (Germany) etc.
Vita:
Benjamin Hiller is a photographer and journalist living in Berlin, Germany. He was born in 1982 into a German-American family.
After studying ethnology (i.e. social anthropology with majors in ritual and dynamics, as well as visual anthropology) for several semesters at the Heidelberg university he moved to Nuremberg to absolve a professional trade school for photography.
He has been living in Berlin since 2010 and works as a freelance photographer and journalist.
A list of exhibits, book publications and additional qualifications:
- Book "Die Pfalz: Am Vortag der Energiewende." for the Green Party Rhineland Palatinate December 2011
- Single Exhibition at the international Photo-Festival "Browse Festival" in Berlin/Germany in June 2011
- International Group photo-exhibition "Meet the Photographers" at the Phototeke in Berlin/Germany in February-March 2011
- Self-published book "Six Chapters" about the cultural "clash" in South Korea November 2010
- Single Exhibition "backstreet blues - The Southwest of the USA" at the Cozmic Galerie in Berlin/Germany in October 2010
- Group exhibition „History of the 1st of May in Turkey“ at several public places in Istanbul and Ankara/Turkey in 2009
- Single Exhibition at the Karsi Sanat Art Galery, Istanbul/Turkey in 2009
- Single Exhibition "City Line" during the "Cultural Summer” in Ludwigshafen/Germany in 2007
- Group photo-exhibition to the topic "00:05" at the "Schloss Alomoshof in Nuremberg/Germany in 2004/05
- Attendee of the 8. Academy for Journalism, Citizens Media, Public relations & Media Competence (LIMA) in Berlin/Germany March 2011
- Graduate of the Lecture Series "Human Rights in a Globalized World" from Human Rights Watch at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin 2010/2011
- Graduate of the first a.d.f. (“Arbeitskreis digitale Fotografie”) Summer Academy, sponsored by MAGNUM, Nikon, Adobe, Hewlett-Packard and Profifoto 2007