1977 born in Lich, Hesse // 1996-1998 Apprenticeship as a draftsman // 1998-2004 Study of Photography and Film Design at University of Applied Sciences in Bielefeld // Since 2004 Member of OSTKREUZ – The photographers‘ agency
Dawin lives with his familiy in a rather small town north of Frankfurt am Main but works almost everywhere.
clients
editorial ADAC Reisen // AD Magazin // Air Magazine // Amnesty International Journal // art // BILANZ // brand eins // brand eins Wissen // Capital // Condé Nast // Das Magazin (Swiss) // D-Magazine // Dummy // Effilee // Free Men’s World // Guardian // Haufe-Personalmagazin // Himmelblau // Le Monde // Les Echos Weekend // L’Express // Free Men’s World // GEO // Gesund Leben // Greenpeace Magazin // KulturSpiegel // Menschen // Migros (Swiss) // Mobil // NEON // NZZ // Stern // SPEX // Spiegel // Time Magazine // Tribune de Genève // UniSpiegel // Weltkunst // ZEIT // ZEIT Studienführer // ZEIT Wissen
agencies AS Corporate Solutions // Berichtmanufaktur // Berlinerblau // BP Content // C3 // design hoch drei // Dorten // EINSATEAM // Gras und Sterne // Gruner und Jahr Corporate Editors // Kleiner und Bold // mapmovingstory // Meta Design // Migros-Medien // muehlhausmoers // Neverest // Pentagram Berlin // Publicis Schweiz // planet C // Römer-Wildberger // Seltmann + Söhne // Serviceplan Group // Vaterblut // We Do Communication // YSSO // Zeichen und Wunder // zmyk
companies AFF-Architekten // Allianz // Ärztekammer Berlin // Bayer // Berliner Sparkasse // Bosch // Daimler // Deutsche Bank // DGZfP // DMSW-Architekten // GESOBAU // Goethe-Institute // Helmholtz Zentrum // Herrenknecht // Humboldt Universität // KfW-Bank // Kemper // Körber AG // LEADEC // Lubberger Lehment // Maikowski & Ninnenmann // NOMOS Glashütte // Radtke-Architekten // R+V Versicherungen // SaarGummi // Schüssler-Plan // STAHLO // Soundcloud // UBS // Vivantes // Voith // Wairify // ZOOMARCHITEKTEN
group exhibitions
2022 CONTINENT – In Search of Europe — OSTKREUZ exhibition, Deutsche Börse, Eschborn
2021 CONTINENT – In Search of Europe — OSTKREUZ exhibition, Kunstmuseum Erfurt
2020 CONTINENT – In Search of Europe — OSTKREUZ exhibition, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
2017 Keep your eyes peeled — aff Galerie, Berlin
2016 BERLIN RAUM RADAR — neue Architekturfotografie – Neue West, Berlin //
Berlin-Wedding, a district – 16 photographic positions, Galerie Wedding – Raum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin, Germany
2015 25 years of OSTKREUZ — Galerie Passage du Désir, Paris
2013 To the West — OSTKREUZ exhibition, C/O Berlin //
On Borders — OSTKREUZ exhibition, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden
2012 Malawi in Transition — Fotodoks Festival, Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich //
On Borders — OSTKREUZ exhibition, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2011 Malawi in Transition — Pasinger Fabrik, Munich
2010 The City. Becoming and Decaying — OSTKREUZ exhibition, C/O Berlin
2009 Malawi in Transition — Goethe Institute, Malawi
2008 Swakopmund – A town in Namibia — Alte Feuerwache, Berlin //
Same, same but different — V8 Gallery, Cologne
2007 Swakopmund – A town in Namibia — group exhibition „Home Sweet Home“, TeMBi Gallery, Yogyakarta/Indonesia
2006 Neueinstellung – Images of Germany — OSTKREUZ exhibition, 6th Photo Biennale, Central House of Artists, Moscow
2005 Neueinstellung – Images of Germany — OSTKREUZ exhibition, Pfefferberg, Berlin //
Swakopmund – A town in Namibia — Lead Awards, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg //
How do old people live? — Körber-Photo-Award, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg //
Swakopmund – A town in Namibia — 7. Internationale Fototage, Mannheim/Ludwigshafen
2004 How do old people live? — Körber-Photo-Award, Schloss Agathenburg
2002 Straight Talk – Voices from the new South Africa — Photokina Student Gallery, Cologne
Awards
2013 Konrad Wolf Prize of the Academy of Arts as member of OSTKREUZ – Agentur der Fotografen
2011 Second winner of the European Architecture Photography Prize with „DownTown Detroit“
2005 Honorable mention at the Lead Awards, Category: Best photography feature in German magazines //
Honorable mention at the Körber-Photo-Award on the issue „How do old people live?“
2004 Nomination for the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass