My Archive at PHOTOSHELTER

I am currently working on organizing my archive and therefore loading it onto a PHOTOSHELTER site. It has 28 galleries so far and many more will follow. It's a very big project, especially since I will finally add proper keywords to all my images. Well, it's a long winter ... The archive is public and fully searchable. Image sales and distribution as usual by my agency laif and their international partner agencies.

Visit http://www.photoshelter.com/c/stefanfalke_archive

New 'La Frontera' edit

I am showing a new edit of my 'La Frontera' series at my website stefanfalke.com. Please visit http://www.stefanfalke.com/#/personal%20projects/La%20Frontera/1



With my long term project 'La Frontera' I want to examine the cultural and humanitarian activities on both sides of a border that keeps the United States and Mexico apart with a wall of steel already 600 miles long. . The turf wars of drug cartels, arms trafficking and rampant kidnappings turned cities like Tijuana into some of the most dangerous places on earth. Despite the violence many brave artists, photographers, architects, poets, humanitarians, teachers etc live and work in the shadow of the wall on both sides and have a positive influence on this region; they are the focus of my long term project along the border. (Over time I plan to cover the entire length from the Atlantic to the Pacific, these images were taken in and around Tijuana)

Thumbnails

I am happy to announce that my website stefanfalke.com now has a thumbnail option for easier viewing of series of images. I bought the site's template from Rob Haggart's company APhotoFolio which offers 4 different (no nonsense, just pictures) designs.

Florida Keys for 'Brigitte'

Travel journalist Tinka Dippel and I were roaming the Florida Keys and Miami last April on assignment for German fashion magazine BRIGITTE. The result was published in the current issue. Glad to report that we hit 72 degrees and in New York today, pretty good for late October !!

Night Vision 2009

I am happily back in New York and after a two day rest I decided to continue a series called Night Vision which I started in 2006. Last night I went to the very fashionable area around 10th avenue and 14th street, the heart of the Meatpacking District.

Night Vision 2006

Back to Brooklyn

I have been shooting movie stills for Constantin Film in Germany for 9 weeks now and I am returning to Brooklyn tomorrow !! I stayed in this hotel room in Cologne for the past 3 weeks, where even the pillows tried to shape like the two towers of the "Kölner Dom" (Cologne Cathedral) ... anyway, I had a great time and worked with a great team, good bye to you all and hello Brooklyn !

Kunstraum H&H

Luis Ituarte, the artist who owns the 'Tunnel Gallery' in Tijuana, suggested to me to visit Petra Hewel-Herrmann und Jens Herrman (above) while in Cologne, and I am glad I did because they themselves ran a gallery in Tijuana until two years ago, when they decided to move to Germany and open the Kunstraum H&H here. Since I am interested in anything 'Mexican border' (and especially the art scene in Tiuana) for my La Frontera project, it was great to hear their story and to see their new space in the heart of old Cologne. The painting is by German artist Hagen Rehborn, his current show at the gallery runs until October 22, 2009. Please visit www.kunstraumhh.com for more information about future shows ... artists from Tijuana included !!

Rescue Ink

Journalist Claudia Steinberg and I recently spent a day with 'Rescue Ink', a group of heavily tattooed bikers dedicated to fight animal abuse. Their rescue missions saved the lives of countless animals, many of them dogs. Our story about the Long Island based non profit organization was just published in the Sept/Oct issue of German dogs magazine. 'Rescue Ink Unleashed', their weekly reality show on National Geographic Channel, starts on September 25th.

'Rescue Ink' images click here

stills from new Albert Schweitzer movie

The German film production NFP just released my stills from the movie 'Albert Schweitzer'. The movie was shot in South Africa last year and will open in Germany on December 24th 2009.
Directed by: Gavin Millar
DOP: Cinders Forshaw
Camera operator: Stuart Howell
with: Jeroen Krabbé, Barbara Hershey, Judith Godrèche, Samuel West, Jeanette Hain, Patrice Naiambana, Jonathan Firth and Armin Rohde










see the movie poster here

Short Cut to Hollywood

I share the work on this movie poster with my friend and photographer Joerg Klaus, who shot and photo-shopped the left part at his studio in Berlin, I shot the stills on the right for the movie 'Short Cut to Hollywood' on location in New York and Las Vegas. The road movie was written and directed by Jan Henrik Stahlberg and Marcus Mittermeier, who also star with Christoph Kottenkamp and Marta McGonagle. The movie opens in Germany September 24th, more information on this wild story about 3 guys and their pursue of fame .... at http://www.short-cut-to-hollywood.de/

More of my stills from Short Cut to Hollywood click here