Oliver Weber

Oliver Weber
Born	1970 Munich, Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation	Photography

Oliver Weber (born September 7, 1970 in Munich, Germany) is a German photographer. Currently he lives and works on the Canary Island of La Gomera. His specialty areas are reportage,^[1] portrait^[2] and what has come to be recognized as street photography. He has become more widely known through numerous features with reputable magazines and publishing houses (e.g. BBC, ARD, Bertelsmann, Die Zeit, Random House).

In 2009 an interview with Oliver Weber has been added to the TWO WAY LENS – project. The list of photographers already included is like a "whos who" of the contemporary fine art photography scene, like Magnum Photosphotographer Martin Parr or Alec Soth and Amy Stein. Oliver Weber is the first German Photographer who is included in Two Way Lens.^[3]

Selected exhibitions

• Fidels Kinder, Passau City, Germany (2005)
• Humans, Foto 21 Gallery, Bredevoort, Netherlands (2007)
• Contactos, Arte Novum Gallery, Göttingen, Germany (2008)

Books

• La Gomera, Havana, Moscow, Kulturbuchverlag (2007)
• Das Fotoshooting-Buch: Menschen & Porträt, Galileo Design Verlag (2009)

External links

• Oliver Weber's Official Website
• Review of La Gomera, Havana, Moscow by Hessischer Rundfunk
• Review of La Gomera, Havana, Moscow by Photographie
• Two Way Lens Interview with Oliver Weber
• The 37th Frames Feature Article about Oliver Weber
• Oliver Weber on Die Zeit Online
• Article about Oliver Weber: fotoforum Magazine

References

1. ^ Marrakech published in Die Zeit
2. ^ Tim Hart, Brinsley Forde, Marienhof (TV series)
3. ^ recommanded reading lists as a reference source for photography students at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, http://www.miad.edu

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Name	Weber, Oliver
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Date of birth	1970
Place of birth	Munich, Germany
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