44 min
Christoph Bangert on his journey from war photography to professorship VISUAL MINDS
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- Visual Arts
Christoph Bangert works as a photographer, author and educator. He studied photojournalism and documentary photography at the International Center of Photography in New York. On assignment for the New York Times, he documented the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq from 2005 to 2013. He is the author of several books, including War Porn (Kehrer 2014), Rumors of War (Kehrer 2021) and The Fotobus Manual (Eigensinn 2022). Bangert is the founder of the Fotobus Society, one of the largest non-profit photography student projects worldwide. Currently, Bangert is a professor of photography at the Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Bangert serves on the executive board of the laif cooperative.
Christoph Bangert works as a photographer, author and educator. He studied photojournalism and documentary photography at the International Center of Photography in New York. On assignment for the New York Times, he documented the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq from 2005 to 2013. He is the author of several books, including War Porn (Kehrer 2014), Rumors of War (Kehrer 2021) and The Fotobus Manual (Eigensinn 2022). Bangert is the founder of the Fotobus Society, one of the largest non-profit photography student projects worldwide. Currently, Bangert is a professor of photography at the Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Bangert serves on the executive board of the laif cooperative.
44 min