GREAT PHOTOJOURNALISM
GREAT PHOTOJOURNALISM
GREAT PHOTOJOURNALISM
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Photojournalist
Gordon Welters

Living on wheels - the Wagenburg story (24)
2004
[Reportage]

From: Germany
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
2009, International Aperture Awards, Silver Award for a picture of  my feature  "Uprising" in the category: Photojournalism
2009, 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, Nominated for the 2008 edition of the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass
2007, 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, IG-Metall, International Herald Tribune, KPMG, Last Exit Magazine, Le Monde Magazine, Newsweek, Stern.de, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Tageszeitung (taz), 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, Financial Times Deutschland, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, GEO, Manager Magazin, Money Week, NZZ am Sonntag, Stern and Wirtschaftswoche.



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