Danish born Klaus Thymann is the founder of Project Pressure and also a multi award winning photographer, filmmaker and creative director. He has developed an original viewpoint having worked across a wide range of subjects and media. He utilises a cross-disciplinary skillset combining in-depth digital knowledge, image making, mapping, documentary and exploration.
He has been featured by National Geographic, BBC, CNN, Wired, The Guardian and more, has created global work for brands like Nike, Sony, Ralph Lauren and Nokia. He regularly contributes to New York Times, i-D Magazine, The Guardian, Wired and others.
Thymann has guest lectured at Oxford University, The Photographers' Gallery and Central St. Martins College of Art and Design.
Thymann started working as a photographer at the age of fourteen photographing tourists in Copenhagen for the Canal Tour, and began working for publications during his teenage years. In 1996 he was the youngest ever winner of the Scandinavian Kodak Gold Award, in 2013 he won the Sony World Photography Award.
In 1997 he co-founded a magazine, Virus, a biannual publication with in-depth features. Virus was the first magazine to uncover Echelon (the popular name to describe a signal intelligence system capable of interception and communication content). The feature ultimately led to an investigation by a committee of the European Parliament with a report published in 2001.
A significant body of work is Hybrids, which was produced over a period of four years when Thymann mapped peculiar hybrid cultures around the planet, such as Snow Polo in St. Mortiz, Gay Rodeo in LA, Underwater Striptease in Chile, Underground Gardening in Tokyo.
In 2008 he founded Project Pressure, a crowdsourced glacier archive. In a very short time, Project Pressure has achieved an incredible amount. It has pioneered innovative new technological developments and forged partnerships with prestigious scientific bodies including World Glacier Monitoring Service, NASA and UNESCO. In 2011 Project Pressure was recognized as an official contributor to GTN-G (Global Terrestrial Network for Glaciers).
Further recognition has come in from of funding from prestigious beneficiaries including The Queen of Denmark and Arts Council England. His devotion and passion for this project has encouraged him to embark in 2008 on a degree in Environmental Science at The Open University to further his knowledge in this field.
Through out his career Thymann has directed films and undertaken pro bono assignments for charities and NGOs such as The World Health Organization, UNICEF, Red Cross, London Cycling Campaign, The Homeless World Cup, Teenage Cancer Trust and more.
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