Alexander Gehring

Alexander Gehring (born 1981 in Bielefeld/Germany) is a photographer and artist based in Berlin. He studied at the University of Applied Sciences in Bielefeld and the London College of Communication and graduated in 2011. He works on his own projects and for editorial clients.

His commissioned work focuses on portraiture and still life photography. His personal work, primarily analogue, centres around relations between magic and the photographic image. His work has been exhibited in museums and galleries, including the Aperture Gallery, New York and the Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen. In 2016, he was awarded the Merck Prize at Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie.
https://www.alexandergehring.com

Suggestion, 2011, C-Print framed, 50x54cm

‚A worm crossed the street / Weggefährten’ 8.3.-5.4.

FR. 8.3. 18:00 Eröffnung Künstlerinnengespräch zwischen Nadja Bournonville, Yana Wernicke und dem Bielefelder Biologen Dr. Philip-Sebastian Gehring. Seit dem Beginn der Fotografie sind Tiere gern gesehene Motive vor unseren Kameras. Doch zwischen witzigen Katzenvideos und bildgewaltigen Naturdokumentationen bleibt dieser Blick stets selektiv. Unliebsame Bilder, die das Tier etwa im Kontext unserer Lebensmittelindustrie zeigen, werden zumeist […]

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