Karsten Thielker (* 12. November 1965 in Bensberg; † 3. Oktober 2020 in Berlin)[1] war ein ein deutscher Fotograf und Fotojournalist. Thielker war Pulitzer-Preisträger im Jahr 1995.[2]
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BearbeitenSchwerpunkte seiner Tätigkeiten waren Ausstellungsdesign, Fotografie und Fotojournalismus.
Karsten Thielker erlag im Alter von 54 Jahren einem Krebsleiden.[1]
- Zum Tod von Karsten Thielker
- taz.die tageszeitung vom 06.10.2020
- https://www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/pulitzer-preistraeger-fotograf-karsten-thielker-gestorben-1.5060074
- https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karsten_Thielker
- taz vom Samstag, 10.10. (Seite 24): Dieser ungeheure Alltag: von Petra Schrott
- Der Fotograf Karsten Thielker ist mit nur 54 Jahren verstorben. Er fotografierte den Genozid in Ruanda und bekam den Pulitzer-Preis. Er fotografierte für die taz und fotografierte ihre Belegschaft. Und jeden Tag Berlin. Sein Werk bleibt
- https://www.taz.de/!5718412
- 12.11.1965 - 03.10.2020: Todesanzeige: taz: 10./11. Oktober 2020 Seite 05
Xwas a German Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer and journalist.[2] He focused primarily on exhibition design, photography and photojournalism.
Work biography
BearbeitenInitially, he was interested in travel photography; but an assignment by Associated Press to cover the Yugoslavian War drove him to war genre. He saw it as an opportunity to travel and to check his possible reactions in extreme situations, so he seized it: his career on conflict zones had started.
Thielker´s most famous work is a photograph of Rwandan refugees carrying water back to a camp in Tanzania that won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1995. At that time, he reported the Hutus and Tutsis overwhelming civil war together with Jaqueline Artz, Javier Bauluz and Jean-Marc Bouju.
His works have been exhibited in various European countries, in Mexico and in Nigeria and he has also conducted workshops for the Goethe Institute in Laos, Nigeria, and Guadalajara, México.
Thielker worked for the Vorlage:Ill from 1981 to 1990, and for the Associated Press from 1990 to 1996[1] and as a freelance photographer from Berlin since 1997. He is known to be one of those photo journalists who have worked surrounded by confrontations with death, ethical issues and the consequences they witness when they report from conflict zones.
Thielker also performed consultancy for the daily newspaper Tageszeitung and for Internet Image Database (www.piaxa.com).
Awards
Bearbeiten- 1995: Pulitzer Prize.[2]
- 2002: Platz Rückblende.[3]
References
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- ↑ a b c Karsten Thielker, Pulitzer-winning AP photographer, dies. Abgerufen im 8 October 2020
- ↑ a b c AP's Pulitzers. Abgerufen am 18. Februar 2013.
- ↑ Vorlage:Cite press