ARTISTIC ADVISORS PHOTOGRAPHY

Dr. Barbara J. Scheuermann took her degree at the University of Cologne. Currently she is working as curator at ”Tate Modern” in London. Before completing her dissertation, she was assistant curator at ”Haus der Kunst”, Munich and at ”K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen”, Düsseldorf. Since 2005 she has also been writing as a freelance art critic for several publications such as artnet.de, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger and Kunstzeitung. www.tate.org.uk

Wolfgang Zurborn graduated from the University of Applied Science, Dortmund in photography and film design. In 1985 he was awarded the Otto-Steinert-Fellowship by ”Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie” (German Society of Photography). Numerous group and solo exhibitions all over the world as well as several publications followed the award. Zurborn has also been running the gallery ”Lichtblick” in Cologne for the last twenty years and teaches photography at schools and universities in Bremen, Braunschweig and Berlin. www.wolfgangzurborn.de

Claudia Stein graduated in Cultural Management, worked for several art galleries and communication agencies. In 1998 she founded the agency ”Photography now”. Under the same name she publishes a quarterly photography magazine. Since 2003 she also operates with an international online-platform: www.photography-now.com

Markus Schaden was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1965. Since 1998 he has been running the bookshop ”Schaden.com” in Cologne, which is specialised in photography. He is an internationally recognised expert for coffee-table books, and has also been publisher for several limited picture editions and special publications. In 2007 Markus Schaden joined the friendly art society ”artrmx e.V.” www.schaden.com