Daniel Seiffert was born in 1980. Before studying photography at the Ostkreuz School for Photography in Berlin, he earned a Master’s degree in Political Science, Media Studies, and African Studies from universities in Berlin, Potsdam and Lisbon.
Among others, Seiffert was selected for C/O Talents Award 2012, Canon Award for Young Professional Photographers and has been nominated for international FOAM Paul Huf Award.
His first self-published book "Kraftwerk Jugend" was shortlisted for the Dummy Award of 5th International Photobook Award and has been shown at Le Bal, Paris and at the Brighton Photo Biennial. His work has been exhibited internationally like CO Berlin, ParisPHOTO and PhotoEspana.
As a father of two daughters he currently lives and works as a freelance photographer and picture editor in Berlin.
Awards / Grants
2015 LensCulture Emerging Talent Award
2014 Grant Stiftung Kulturwerk VG Bild-Kunst
2014 Photography Grant / Fotoarbeitsstipenium Tempelhof-Schöneberg
2013 selected for CIRCULATION(S) Festival de la jeune photographie europeenne, Paris
2012 selected for the Emergentes | DST 2012 Award, Festival Encontros da Imagem Braga Portugal
2012 winner of C/O Berlin Talents Award
2012 nominated for the International FOAM Paul Huf Award
2012 shortlisted for Kassel Photobook Dummy Award 2012
2009 winner of Canon Profifoto Förderpreis 1/09 with the project "CTRL - Research Surveillance"
2005 ASA-working grant for the project „Imagens Davida“, Rio de Janeiro / Brasil
Exhibitions
2015 Upcoming: Minsk - European Month of Photography
2015 Emerging Talents 2015 Exhibition at San Francisco Camerawork Gallery
2014 Exhibition Photography Grant Tempelhof-Schöneberg. Galerie Haus am Kleistpark. Berlin
2013 Tracks and Traces C/O Talents at ParisPHOTO Goethe Institut Paris
2013 Uncertain Futures, exhibition of international photography. Gallery of Photography Ireland, Dublin
2013 Groupshow C/O Talents 2012, Abbeye de Neumunster, Luxembourg
2013 Tracks and Traces - C/O Berlin Talents at PHotoEspaña 2013, Goethe Institut Madrid
2013 Screening, CIRCULATION(S), Lodz Fotofestiwal, Poland
2013 CIRCULATION(S) Festival de la jeune photographie europeenne, Parc de Bagatelle Paris
2012 Tulca Festival of Visual Art Galway, Ireland
2012 Brighton Photo Biennial / Photobookshow
2012 C/O Talents 28. "Kraftwerk Jugend". C/O Gallery Postfuhramt, Berlin
2012 Gruppenausstellung "Kammerspiel". F'Stop Festival Leipzig
2012 Photobook Dummy Award 2012. F'Stop Festival, Leipzig
2012 Photobook Dummy Award 2012. Le Bal, Paris
2012 5. Jahrgang Ostkreuzschule, Galerie Büchergilde Frankfurt/Main
2012 Einzelausstellung "Kraftwerk Jugend" Galerie Sprechsaal Berlin
2012 Photo 12 - Werkschau für Fotografie, Screening am Professional Day, Maag Areal Zürich, Schweiz
2011 SCHAU. Die Abschlussausstellung der Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie. Klasse Ute Mahler. Spandauer Straße 2, Berlin Mitte
2011 Das Geheimnis bleibt. Modefotografie von Ute Mahler und Schülern, Galerie im Volkspark Burg Giebichenstein, Halle/Saale
2011 STRG K "Choreographie einer Stadt", Gallery Weekend Berlin
2011 "Klopfzeichen", Unikum Klagenfurt
2010 "Trennungen/Seperazione/Locevanje“ Villach, Österreich
2010 Canon Profifoto Förderpreis @ Visual Gallery, Photokina Köln
2010 "Geschichts Codes 2010 / Einheitsbild", ARD Hauptstadtstudio Berlin
2006 "Close Up! Berlinale 2006", C/O Berlin
2006 "Imagens Davida", Rio de Janeiro
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