THE PHOTOGRAPHER

Education
1991—1994 communication designs at a private school in Hamburg.
1995—2005 illustration at University of Applied Sciences [HAW Armgartstrasse].

ruedi.beckmann is living and working as a graphic designer in Hamburg since 1991.

He has been working for agencies like sinnerschrader, ministry of media, gvk and gvk 3rd unit as a freelance designer (mostly CI and screen and flash interface design).

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He has been seriously working as an artistic photographer since 1999.

Body of work
The main objective has been to capture a real possible emotion.
Usually, photographers deal with surfaces, but it has become more and more important to go beyond that.
Models are not forced to cooperate and function to the desires of the photographer, they work to their own rules and wishes.
Concepts and themes are not really important, the real goal is to listen to the moment and get a grip on the present mood and feeling.
The result is measured by its credibility.

Exhibitions

03/2009 4. Gestaltentreffen-Ausstellung, Düsseldorf
10/2008 Kaderschmiede, Ottensen
02/2008 Ponybar, Uni-Viertel, Hamburg
12/2007 Kaderschmiede, Ottensen
10/2007 Neue Heimat, St. Pauli
03/2007 Bambi Bar, Hamburger Berg
02/2007 Kaderschmiede, Ottensen
07/2006 LINDA Artspace Hein-Hoyer-Str.
12/2005 Wartezimmer Balduinstr.

Contributions for several online magazines (destructed, kuenstlichst, strawberries, madatoms, leftfieldseries).