Human Negotiations - 2008

Katharina Hesse (b. 1972, Germany) is a Beijing-based photographer who has worked throughout Asia for nearly two decades. Her work primarily focuses on China’s social concerns among them youth and urban culture, religion and North Korean refugees. She is fluent in Chinese, English, French and German.

Katharina began her work in Asia as an assistant for German television (ZDF). In 1996, she started working in Newsweek’s Beijing bureau and subsequently participated in numerous cover projects. In 2003 she moved to Getty Images. She has been freelancing for the past 6 years and currently is represented by Laif. Her book Human Negotiations (Three Shadows Press) was published in 2011.

Shows:

• "Human Negotiations", Three Shadows photography Art Centre, Beijing, China - 2011
• "Arles in Beijing " (Caochangdi Photo spring), April 17-21, 2010, China - 2010
• "LAND - country life in the urban age", Noorderlicht Fotofestival, The Netherlands - 2010
• "One Step forward, two steps back", SKUK Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia - 2010
• 8th Art Festival, Aleppo, Syria - 2010
• Chobi Mela V, Bangladesh - 2009
• Noorderlicht Fotogalerie “Summer of Love”, July-August 2009
• Noorderlicht Fotofestival; “Pursuit of Happiness”, The Netherlands - 2009
• “Road Trips” David Alan Harvey at LOOK3, USA - 2008
• Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography - 2007
• the Angkor Photo Festival, Cambodia - 2006
• Visa Pour l’Image, Perpignan, France - 2002

Awards:

• 1st place, NPPA Magazine and Personality - 2009
• 1st place, NPPA Magazine and Personality - 2003

http://www.katharinahesse.com/

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