Gordon Welters
2004
[Reportage]
Born: 1974
Address: Sonntagsstr. 29
Town/City: Berlin
Zip Code: 10245
Cellphone: +49(0)170-8346683
Profile:
Gordon Welters
Photo-Journalism/ Portraits/ Current Affairs
Website: www.gordonwelters.com
Blog: www.blog.gordonwelters.com
Gordon is a photojournalist currently based in Berlin, Germany. Gordon was born in East Germany in 1974. Since 1998 he has been working as a freelance editorial and reportage photographer. He has been published in national and international magazines and newspapers. Picture stories have taken him to Russia, Kazachstan, Indonesia, Cuba and around Europe. He worked for Non Government Organisations (NGOs) like Greenpeace, Christian Aid and Attac as well as for corporate clients like KPMG, Deutsche Post and Tchibo. Gordon organized photo workshops and was a jury member of various photo awards in Germany and the United States. From 2000-03 he was a member of Journalistenbüro Spot. In 2003/04 Gordon studied photojournalism at the London College of Communication. Since 2006 he is represented by laif.
Awards
2010, FreeLens Award for Young Photojournalism, as one of 60 photographers from around the world, I´m nominated for the Award with my story "Geh, meine Schöne"
2010, Renaissance Photography Prize, shortlisted in the category Movement with a picture of my feature "Uprising"
2009, International Aperture Awards, Silver Award for a picture of my feature "Uprising" in the category: Photojournalism2009, The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards (WPGA), Honourable Mention for a picture of my feature "Uprising" in the category: Documentary
2009, International Photography Awards (IPA), Honourable Mention for "Uprising" in the category Editorial - General News professional
2009, International Photography Awards (IPA), Honourable Mention for Woodstock Festival picture in the category People - Lifestyle professional
2009, Sony World Photography Awards, 2nd place for "Loveparade" and "Woodstock Festival" in the professional category Music
2009, G+J Photo Award, shortlisted in the category National Geographic Deutschland
2008, UNICEF Photo of the Year, Honourable Mention for "Living on wheels"
2008, BILLBOARD/ PDN Summer Music Moment, Woodstock Festival picture won in the category: Crowd
2008, Nonfiktionale . Foto Doks Preis, Honourable Mention for "Living on wheels"
2008, FreeLens Award for Young Photojournalism, as one of 60 photographers from around the world, I´m nominated for the Award with my story "Living on wheels"
2008, Nominated for the 2008 edition of the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass2007, PDN Photography Annual, www.gordonwelters.com received award for web sites
2004, Ian Parry Memorial Scholarship, Special Mention
2004, Tom Webster Award for Photojournalism, Shortlisted
Assignments
Among others for: Attac, Brigitte, Bundesjugendring, Christian Aid, Dagens Næringsliv, de Volkskrant, Der Spiegel, Deutsche Post, Die Zeit, Focus, Greenpeace, Handelsblatt/ Perspektiven/ Junge Karriere, Heinz-Westphal-Preis, IG-Metall, International Herald Tribune, KPMG, Last Exit Magazine, Le Monde Magazine, Newsweek, Publik Forum, SPD, Stern.de, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Tageszeitung, taz.de, Tchibo, The Fader Magazine, The New York Times, The Sunday Telegraph, The Times, The Times 2 and ver.di-Publik.
Publications
Among others for: Chrismon plus, DGB, Eine Welt Magazin, Financial Times Deutschland, Fluter, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, GEO, Manager Magazin, Money Week, NZZ am Sonntag, Reisemagazin, Stern, Unicef News, Wirtschaftswoche and XXP-TV.
