Communication Arts Award of Excellence 2025

 

My work got the attention of Communication Arts in 2021 and again earlier this year; now both of my two self-published New York books have received CA's Award of Excellence and photos from the books were published in their Photography Annual 62 and 66 (see below). Communication Arts is the largest international trade journal of visual communication.  All this makes me a very happy  German-American New York photographer !! (See more awards for my NYC photography here my Reflecting New York gallery here and Keep Going New York gallery here)

See my winning entries from 2025:  https://www.commarts.com/project/37881/reflecting-new-york and 2021 https://www.commarts.com/project/33016/keep-going-new-york

Reflecting New York book: https://www.blurb.com/b/12090895-reflecting-new-york Collectors edition book: https://www.blurb.com/b/12276784-reflecting-new-york-collectors-edition Keep Going New York book: https://www.blurb.com/b/11749106-keep-going-new-york

10 award winning photos from my Keep Going New York project in a premium brochure

My new magazine style portfolio - presenting the 10 photos from my 

"Keep Going New York !!" 

project which received the Global Focus Project Award at the 

Xposure International Photography Festival 2024 in Sharjah, UAE. 

Preview and / or order here ($15):

https://www.blurb.com/b/11988375-keep-going-new-york-portfolio-of-10-award-winning

5 of 10 double spreads from below:

Preview and / or order here ($15):

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Portrait Tear Sheets Dec 2021

 

Michel Combe, president of SoftBank Group International for Challenges Magazine, France.

Trendsetting economist Isabel Martínez for Weltwoche, Switzerland.

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Ad Campaign for Brigitte Magazine

A current ad campaign for German women's fashion and lifestyle magazine 'Brigitte' with my photo of the great New York dancer Michaela DePrince.

Dancer Michaela DePrince for BRIGITTE magazine

Michaela DePrince grew up as an orphan in Sierra Leone during the brutal civil war. Inspired by a picture she found and kept as a child, she started training as a ballet dancer in the U.S. after being adopted by American parents. DePrince was one of the stars of the 2011 documentary film First Position, which followed six young dancers vying for a place in an elite ballet company or school, and she performed on the TV show Dancing with the Stars. In 2012, she graduated from the American Ballet Theatre's Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis school in New York, and joined the Dance Theatre of Harlem as a dancer. Her amazing story was written by journalist Ulrike von Buelow for German BRIGITTE magazine, published in the current issue. More images of Michaela here

A Farewell to Luise Kimme

My friend Luise Kimme moved on to another world in April. The German sculptor left an amazing amount of stunning art work for us to enjoy, most of it on view at her 'castle' in Tobago, itself a piece of art. I will miss her dearly. Over years we collaborated on many of her books and catalogues and her impact as an artist on my life was huge. She also opened my eyes for the rich culture of the nation of Trinidad & Tobago, which I visited dozens of times since 1986. My book MOKO JUMBIES: The Dancing Spirits of Trinidad only came to life because Luise Kimme introduced me to her many  friends in the islands. I am forever grateful.

 Here is the article I wrote for the T&T Guardian, published last week:
( text online here: http://www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2013-04-22/luise-kimme-changed-my-life ):

La Frontera project in TRIP Magazine

German TRIP Magazin just published a story about my LA FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican Border project for which I visited artists in all major cities along the US Mexican border to document the cultural side of a region mostly known to us from news reports about violence. The project's website: borderartists.com  

My Fake Polaroids in FotoMagazin

Some of my iPhone 'Fake Polaroids' appeared in this month' German FotoMagazin to illustrate a story by Anja Martin about Photogaphy Bloggers.

La Frontera Project in Uniekest Mag

Sabin Tambrea in Madame Magazine

My portrait of German actor Sabin Tambrea, who just received the Bavarian Film Award for his portrayal of 'Ludwig II', in German fashion mag MADAME. Photo distributed by my agency laif.

Hometown Paper

Uniekest Magazine

Story about my photography and my La Frontera Project in the first issue of UNIEKEST, a new magazine that is FREE to the public, published monthly and features articles about cultural events and news about what to do and where to do it when you are visiting either Southern California or Northern Mexico. It will be distributed in Los Angeles (dt area), San Diego (dt area), San Ysidro, Tijuana, Rosarito, Ensenada and Mexicali.
You can support my project: http://www.indiegogo.com/LaFronteraArtistsAlongTheUSMexicanBoder

Identidad Magazine Mexico

Mexican IDENTIDAD CULTURAL magazine just published an interview which Fernando García Rivas, a writer/artist/filmcritic from Mexicali, did with me a few days ago. The topic are my artist portraits from Tijuana and Mexicali.

Tio Papi Movie Poster

Tio Papi, directed by Fro Rojas from the original screenplay by Joey Dedio and Brian Herskowitz, is an upbeat story of life's unexpected surprises and ultimately what matters the most - the love of family. Takes Place In: Washington Heights, NYC.Starring in “TIO PAPI” are Joey Dedio as "Tio Papi" Ray Ray, Elizabeth Rodriguez as his girlfriend "Cheeky," and Kelly McGillis as "Elizabeth Warden". Starring as Tio Papi's newly made family are Gabriella Fanuele ("Vanessa"), David Castro ("Manny"), Fatima Ptacek ("Angela"), Sebastian Martinez ("Angelo"), "Nicolette Pierini ("Lola") and Dax Roy ("Nico"). Also starring are Frankie Faison ("Gilly"), Franky G ("Chizzy"), Jeff Deserano ("Bongo"), Vanessa Aspillaga ("Carmela") and Jene Hernandez ("Lizette"). Rounding out the cast are Tyrone Brown ("Brandon"), Gina Hecht ("Marsha Horowitz"), Jerome Preston Bates ("Wilson"), Carlos Leon ("Raul"), and Jessica Leccia ("Daniella").

ADAC Reisemagazin New York Subway Musicians

I had a great time on assignment for German travel magazine ADAC Reisemagazin this summer photographing New York's subway musicians. Many careers started underground and many musicians return to the subway platforms even when doing well above ground. Most love playing for the world's best audience, New Yorkers, who appreciate a brief break from their busy lifes by listening to world class talent in an unusual place. The story was written by Tobias Moorstedt.

ADAC Reisemagazin Rockaway

In it's current issue (10/2011) German travel magazine ADAC Reisemagazin used images from my series of Rockaway, Queens to illustrate a story by writer Claudia Steinberg about the old/new weekend destination for New Yorkers. Surfers included.

Die Welt Kompakt - Blog Introduction

Our blog HelloNewYork HelloHamburg gets a double page introduction in German newspaper Die Welt Kompakt today !!

read story (in German) here or get your copy at the newsstand ...

http://hellonewyorkhellohamburg.blogspot.com/

L'illustre Magazine

Swiss L'illustre magazine published some of my digital iPhone polaroids to illustrate a story about New York. The images were distributed by my agency laif (www.laif.de).

More of my fake polaroids:
http://www.stefanfalke.com/#/personal%20projects/iPhone%20Pics/1

Nassau County

Nassau County (or as seen from Brooklyn: the first part of Long Island right behind Queens) is one of the richest counties in the US and not only the 37 golf courses show it. There are big boats, big mansions and big name stores, like the ones on a stretch of Northern Boulevard called The Americana Manhasset, where the parking lot looks like that of a luxury car dealership. And then there are those nondescript places that look like any other place in Long Island, or in the US. Nassau County is also very broke, for the second time in a decade. I guess their government can't handle all the money so the State took over. Anyway, whatever the reason, I had a great time driving around the county photographing for German DIE ZEIT (text and interviews by Heike Buchter), it sure is a beautiful part of Long Island and I hadn't really been there yet ...