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    Olaf Otto Becker was born in Lübeck-Travemünde, Germany in Becker is a regular contributor to the New York Times Magazine. His first publication Under the Nordic Light () was nominated for the Rencontres D’Arles Book award. He has been nominated twice for the Prix Pictet award in both and


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Olaf Otto Becker, born in Travemünde, Northern Germany, studied communication design focusing on photography in Augsburg and philosophy and religious studies in Munich. After his studies he worked as a freelance designer and photographer.
  • olaf otto becker biography4 Olaf Otto Becker was born in Lübeck-Travemünde, Germany in 1959. Becker is a regular contributor to the New York Times Magazine. His first publication Under the Nordic Light (2005) was nominated for the Rencontres D’Arles Book award. He has been nominated twice for the Prix Pictet award in both 2008 and 2012.
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    Olaf Otto Becker: Under the Nordic Light. A Journey through Time. Iceland –, nominated for best book at Rencon­tres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles; Grant for Olaf Otto Becker: Broken Line from the Kulturwerk VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Civilization. Photography. Now., exh. cat.


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    Olaf Otto Becker (born ) follows in the tradition of Herbert Ponting and William Bradford, early photographers who travelled to the Polar Regions to photograph these dramatic and unexplored landscapes.


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    Olaf Otto Becker: Under the Nordic Light: A Journey Through Time: Iceland
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  • For more than 30 years now, landscape photography constitutes the main topic of my photographic work. I am especially interested in documenting the visible traces of human overpopulation left behind in nature. It’s these traces that make clear how exactly we treat our planet.
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  • Olaf Otto Becker, born 1959 in Travemünde, by the Baltic Sea, Germany.
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  • Olaf Otto Becker, born 1959 in Travemünde.
  • Olaf Otto Becker (born 1959) follows in the tradition of Herbert Ponting and William Bradford, early photographers who travelled to the Polar Regions to photograph these dramatic and unexplored landscapes. Like his predecessors, Becker aims to find a balance between both the artistic and the scientific in his photography.
  • 1981–1986 Studied communication design in Augsburg, specializing in photography.
  • Germany 2007 Geo, Feb.2007 (Portfolio) 2006 Lynne Warren, Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, New York 2006 The New Yorker, November 20 2005 Olaf Otto Becker, Under The Nordic Light, Schaden.com, Cologne 2005 Stuttgarter Fotosommer 2005, Stuttgart (exh. cat) 2005 Süddeutsche Zeitung Wissen, 4, (Portfolio) 2004 Wasser in der Kunst.
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    Olaf Otto Becker was born in Lübeck-Travemünde, Germany, in Initially exploring German landscapes, Becker soon began travelling further afield to develop his photographic practice. In particular, the artist was drawn to Iceland and Greenland due to the spectacular quality of light and vast wild landscapes.