Oliver Schneider lives and works in Berlin /Germany
Dipl. Photographer
Freelance Art-Director
«I’m taking a lot of pictures spontaneously but that doesn’t mean I’m taking them unmeant. They are several phenomena I’m interested in and they’re all connected to the appearance of light (on photographs). I know it’s something obvious and basic that could be said about every photograph. But I’m just looking at things like a painter or somebody who likes to draw, I’m watching closely how the reality and the photographic picture looks like. The photographic picture is a medium that transports some links to reality but at some point it’s just a picture consisting of light and shadow caught in an apparatus and printed on paper, it has no depth and limited abilities to transport complex ideas. I’m trying to avoid obvious pictures that you can easily read on the surface. I like mistakes and experiments and I think photography has still a lot of unexplored possibilities artistically and technically and that doesn’t mean there’s a need to find something “new”, it’s more about reconnecting ideas and finding my own voice».
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Education
FH Dortmund (Foto-Design)
Hochschule für Grafik- und Buchkunst Leipzig (Dipl. Fotografie, Prof. Joachim Brohm).
Oliver Schneider | Videos
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Oliver Schneider | Art Direction Portfolio
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Contact
oschneid at randomat org
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Feature about my work on Urbanautica:
http://www.urbanautica.com/post/16406307908/oliver-schneider
Urbanautica by Steve Bisson is the web independent journal dedicated primarly to contemporary landscape photography.
Feature on Fototazo:
http://www.fototazo.com/2011/11/fototazo-43-oliver-schneider.html
Fototazo run by Tom Griggs is a blog about photography and a unique site combining social giving and photography.
Feature on Lenscratch:
http://www.lenscratch.com/2012/01/julia-vol-autumn-reykjavik-iceland.html
Lenscratch is a blogzine that explores contemporary photography and offers opportunities for exposure and community.
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Editor of
“Actual colors may vary” [ACMV]
an online magazine focusing on photography, music, art, film and great places worldwide, published together with Julia Schiller.
ACMV Magazine
www.actualcolorsmayvary.com/
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ACMV on Soundcloud
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Photo by © Julia Schiller