About Martin Weinhold

Photographer of humans and Canadian-by-choice. Studied at the University of the Arts in Berlin Strategic Communication and Planning. Wrote a thesis about portrait photography, examining among other things the relation of mandatory portraits (such as passport photographs) compared to artistic portrait photography. Long lasting occupation as a cameraman for television as well as for independent artistic and scientific productions. Took pictures of artists in the southeast of Berlin in a long term project, which were published in a book with the title "Künstler-Köpfe-Ateliers“. Longtime teaching experience as a lecturer and instructor, e.g. at University of the Arts Berlin, Ryerson University Toronto as well as at the Design Schule Schwerin, where he established the photography department.

exhibitions / projects

• 2002 - commissioned photography project for the German Fair Trade company "gepa" in southern Mexico, federal state Oaxaca, about indigenous coffee farmers and organic coffee
• since 2002 - established the photography department at the Grafik+Design-Schule (an advanced technical school) in the city of Schwerin (provincial capital of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania), and working as lecturer and coordinator in the photography department since then
• 2002 / 2003 - photographic portrait project with 25 Berlin grade 10 students about self-expression
• 2001 - 2004 - photographic portrait project in Berlin about painters and sculptors. Exhibition in Berlin (curator: Dorit Bearach) and publication of the book "Künstler-Köpfe-Ateliers" (Artists-Heads-Studios) by TENEA Press Berlin
• 2005 - portrait project with Canadian composers and musicians in Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver, focusing on artists in contemporary music
• 2006 - beginning of an extensive documentary portrait project about the world of work ("WorkSpace"), first in Germany, later solely in Canada
• 2006 / 2007 - one-year working stay in Canada

2007

• participation in the international photography exhibition "WORK - CULTURE - WORK" in Berlin, Germany, curator: Liz Crossley
• "WorkSpace" - exhibition at the Goethe-Institut Toronto (in conjunction with Canadian photographer Jesse Boles); Feature Exhibition at the Contact Photography Festival, curator: Doina Popescu
• guest lecture and exhibition at Ryerson University, Toronto, presenting a collection from the "WorkSpace" project

2008

• group exhibition "listesso tempo" with graphic artists from Germany and Poland, gallery "galerie bild plus" Berlin, curator: Eva Fiedrowicz
• continuation of the "WorkSpace" project in Ontario and Québec
• lecturer/instructor for the Master Program "Documentary Media" at the School of Image Arts, Ryerson University, Toronto
• Library and Archives Canada / the National Portrait Gallery acquires a series of 12 silvergelatine prints from the "WorkSpace Canada" collection

2009

• further extension of the "WorkSpace Canada" project in Newfoundland, Ontario and Québec
• exhibition showcasing landscape studies from the Canadian provinces Alberta and Saskatchewan, ARTKUNSTRAUM gallery, Berlin
• continuation of the photography lectureship at Design Schule Schwerin

• exhibition "WorkSpace Canada" at the John-F.-Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies, Berlin; publication of a comprehensive catalogue, photographs accompanied by essays by Canadian philosopher Mark Kingwell (University of Toronto) and Prof. Harald Wenzel (Free University Berlin); introduction to the exhibition through a lecture about the WorkSpace-project - "Work as a Cosmoplastic Activity" - by Oliver Bruns, Hannah Arendt-Centre, Oldenburg, Germany
• lecture and workshop on the subject-matter of Visual Studies as a Means of Art and Sociology, John-F.-Kennedy-Institute of the Free University, Berlin
• continuation of the “WorkSpace Canada” project - extensive production travel to the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario
• release of the book "People at Freudenberg", a commissioned long-term documentary for Freudenberg Sealing Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, Weinheim, Germany
• Guest of the Ryerson-Goethe Photo Residency in Toronto with "WorkSpace Canada", (Ryerson University and Goethe Institut Toronto), photo installation and exhibition “The Face of Culture”, Portraits of Culture Workers, curator: Jutta Brendemühl
• comprehensive exhibition showcasing the “WorkSpace Canada” project, I.M.A. Gallery, Toronto; curator: Don Snyder
• panelist at the public symposium in Toronto about “The Depiction of Labour”, on occasion of the “WorkSpace Canada” show; further panelists: Prof. Mark Kingwell (University of Toronto), Canadian artists Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge, panel discussion moderated by Prof. Blake Fitzpatrick (Program Director "Documentary Media", Ryerson University); joint event of the Goethe Institut Toronto and the Faculty of Communication and Design, Ryerson University
• guest lectureship at the “School of Image Arts”, Ryerson University Toronto, for the Undergraduate Program "Photography Studies" and for the Master Program "Documentary Media"
• exhibition "Cursus Rerum" (Le Projet Chartier-Weinhold) in Montréal, Québec, a commissioned photographic documentary on the subject-matter of The Preservation of Personal Memory and Urban Spaces
• guest lecture at the Cultural Studies Program, Trent University, Peterborough (Ontario, Canada), topic: Opportunities and Limits of Memory Preservation through Media - using the historic example of East-Germany’s disappearance