Bernd Mai, MFIAP
Person: born 1957 in Dortmund / Germany, married, one child.
Film:
1978 first picture experience with the medium "film"
1987-2006 member in a German Film-Club "Dortmunder Film- und Video Klub e.V." www.filmklub-dortmund.de
1987-1994 numerous of participations in national and international film competitions with various awards
since 1990 jury activities in film competitions
1993 first film presentation of a cartoon on television SFB (Sender Freies Berlin)
1993 order work of an industry movie about the production of communication system altogether were produced 82 films of different genres (from 1 till 48 min. duration) at a pure in front of leading time approx. 1000 minutes.
Photography:
1984 first attempts in the photography
since 1988 numerous publications in photo magazines, photo books, television and internet
since 1990 participations in national and international photo competitions
since 1993 autodidactic photographic experiments. Under this also experiences with possibilities of digital processing of picture compositions
2000 Guinnesss-con-world record-holder "the longest photo exhibition of the world" with 1650,20 meters
since 2001 member in the German Photography Assosiation (DVF)
http://dvf-fotografie.de/
since 2002 jury activities in a lot of various national photo competitions
since 2003 referent in different photo clubs with the topics, "digital image processing", "the own photo book" and "international competitions - DVF, FIAP and PSA"
since 2004 member in a German photo club "Fotokunst AG Dortmund" (since 2007 President) www.fk-do.de
since 2009 Webmaster of the Westfalia Association of Photography, www.dvf-westfalen.de
Exhibitions:
since 1990 numerous community exhibitions and publications round the globe
1997 individual exhibition in Dortmund / Germany: "BodyART - pictures under the skin"
2001 individual exhibition in New Jersey / USA: "BodyART - pictures under the skin"
2001 individual exhibition in Unna / Germany: "digitalART"
2005 invitation for the participation "Award-Winning" in Datteln / Germany
Awards:
since 1999 much awards on national and international photo salons as well as various Medals, Honorable Mentions and Certificate of Merit on all level (national and international)
2003, 2004, 2005 "Joachim-Dürrich-Award" for the most successful photographer in Westfalia / Germany
2004 certificate of artist by the Federation of International Photographic Art (AFIAP)
2004 Retina-Bronze-Award of the German Association of Photography
2004, 2008 silver medal of the German Association of Photography for international successes - division digital
2005, 2006, 2007 gold medal of the German Association of Photography for international successes - division digital
2006 Retina-Silver-Award of the German Association of Photography
2006 IRIS-Bronze-Honour of the Westfalia Association of Photography
2007 choice of "d-pixx Photograph 2006"
2007 certificate of Excellence by the Federation of International Photographic Art (EFIAP)
2008 certificate of Excellence-bronze by the Federation of International Photographic Art (EFIAP/b)
2008 certificate of Master Photographer by the Federation of International Photographic Art (MFIAP)
2009 permanent jury-member of the Controluce B&W online photo contest
Philosophy: Pictures arise in the head - behind the camera or in front of the monitor.
The arrangement of positions and atmospheres is the central request of my pictures. This one Attraction lies in the criticism more otherly and in my work that one of the observers sees in the truth. In the end of all: The truth lies in the eye of the observer!
Contact: Bernd Mai - Mail: bernd.mai@gmx.de - Net: http://www.fotogott.de
Vincitore del Grand Prix dal Premio Autunno 2009 è membro della giuria on line.
