Summary
Patrick Bienert (born 1980) is a German photographer[1] who works on long-term projects of portrait, landscape and documentary photography. He predominantly documents youth culture and transformation on the borders of Eastern Europe.[2] In January 2020, he published the book East End of Europe, about a pro-European generation in Georgia.[3][4] In 2017, Bienert published the book Wake Up Nights, about young nightlife culture in Ukraine.[3]
His projects are grounded in cultures and identity in relation to the history and its traces between the land and its inhabitants.[2]
Life and work edit
Bienert grew up in Munich, Germany, where he studied photography at the Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Photographie and the Munich University of Applied Sciences until 2006.[3]
His photography project East End of Europe about a pro-European generation in Georgia was published in 2020 as a book by Kahl Editions.[1][n 1] Another Magazine included the monograph in its list of must-have photo books in 2020.[5] Brad Feuerhelm wrote, "This is a lovely book full of promise and suffers little from the exceptional portraits that Patrick Bienert produces."[6]
Other bodies of Bienert's work include Asmara (2013),[n 2] in which he photographed both the modernist architecture of Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, from the period of the Italian colonisation, and the city's current inhabitants; Clothing Trade,[n 3] a project about the second-hand clothing industry in Tunisia (2018); and Banks of Dnister (2019),[n 4] for which he followed the Dnister river along its route through Moldova, the breakaway state Transnistria and Ukraine, portraying the youth culture and the landscapes in the post-Soviet states.[citation needed]
Bienert's work has been published in magazines including The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic,[7] Double Magazine[8] and Zeit Magazin.[9]
In 2018 he received a grant from the Goethe-Institut to work on his project about the second-hand clothing industry in Tunisia.[10]
His personal projects have been exhibited at OFR Galerie in Paris;[11] Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany;[12] Amphithéâtre de Carthage, Tunisia;[13] and Store Studios, London.[14]
Commissioned by the fashion brand Jil Sander, Bienert photographed at the Italian island of Ponza for the brand's pre-fall 2020 advertisements.[15]
Publications edit
- Wake Up Nights. Self-published, 2017. Edition of 500 copies.
- East End of Europe. With an essay by Florian Illies. Kahl, 2020. ISBN 978-0995761162. Edition of 500 copies.[1][n 1]
Exhibitions edit
- Asmara, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany, 2013[12]
- Wake up Nights, Store Studios London, 2018[14]
- Post Soviet Visions, Wake up Nights, Calvert 22 Foundation, London, 2018[16]
- Wake up Nights, Capitis Studios, Berlin, 2018[17]
- Wake up Nights, Ngorongoro, Berlin, 2018[18]
- Clothing Trade, Tbilisi Photo Festival, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2019[19]
- Conversations, Webber Gallery, London, 2018[20]
- East End of Europe, Republic Square, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2019[21]
- Clothing Trade, Amphithéâtre de Carthage, Tunisia, 2019[13]
- East End of Europe, OFR Galerie, Paris, 2020[11][n 5]
Films edit
- Kiev (2018) – short film[22]
Awards edit
- Rovinj Photodays Award, Clothing Trade, Grand Prix, 2020[23]
Notes edit
- ^ a b Publisher's description of East End of Europe, Kahl Editions, 25 February 2020. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ For a portfolio, see "Asmara", Lensculture. Accessed 17 January 2022.
- ^ For a portfolio, see "Clothing Trade", Lensculture. Accessed 17 January 2022.
- ^ For a portfolio, see "Banks of Dnister", Lensculture. Accessed 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Press – East End of Europe – Patrick Bienert", Kahl Editions. Accessed 2 March 2021.
References edit
- ^ a b c Jacob Charles Wilson, "Photographer Patrick Bienert's Powerful Portrait of a Changing Georgia", Another Man, 25 February 2020. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ a b Hanna Torseke, "East End of Europe", Are We Europe, 11 April 2020. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "East End of Europe", Paper Journal, 4 March 2020. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ Coline Olsina, "Georgia is a special place", Blind Magazine 2 Jul 2020. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ Belle Hutton, "Beautiful New Photography Books You’ll Want to Buy", Another Magazine, 9 March 2020. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ Brad Feuerhelm, "East End of Europe", Ordinary Light, 25 February 2020. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ Rachel Monroe, "Ultra-fast Fashion Is Eating the World", The Atlantic, 6 February 2021. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ "Curators", Models-dot, Double Magazine. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ Christoph Amend, "Am Ende der Nacht", Zeit Magazin, 25 September 2019. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ "Vernissage Patrick Bienert", Goethe Institut. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Vernissage East End of Europe", Lives Magazine, 7 January 2020. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Visual leader Exhibition", Deichtorhallen. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Exposition Amphithéâtre de Carthage", Goethe Institute. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Wake up Nights", Store Studios. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ "The Ponza project documented by Patrick Bienert", Jil Sander, 7 September 2020. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ "Post Soviet Visions", Calvert 22 Foundation. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ "Patrick Bienert-Wake up Nights", Photography-now. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ "Ngorongoro 2 Artists", Ngorongoro Artist weekend. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ "Tbilisi Night of Photography 2019", Tbilisi Photo Festival. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ "Paper Journal 01 exhibition Webber Gallery", Paper Journal. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ "Faces of Tbilisi", Zeit Magazin. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ "Patrick Bienert – Kiev", Vimeo. Accessed 2 March 2021.
- ^ "Rovinj Photodays 2020 Grand Prix", Rovinj Photodays. Accessed 17 January 2022.
External links edit
- Official website
- Am östlichen Ende Europas – interview with Carmen Maiwald