Meike Nixdorf’s Profile

In the Orbit of El Teide By Meike Nixdorf
15Nov
In the Orbit of El Teide
In the Orbit of El Teide, 2010-2011, is a visual and psychological approach to the notion of the perspective. Since my 2009 project, The Point of View, I have been looking at various aspects of the viewing process and, consequently, decision making in photography, in terms of the perspective and, even more so, the framing. I've also been examining the consequences these processes have on the way we perceive specific places by showing them each in multiple, but very similar views. ...
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Meike Nixdorf, born 1976 in Mainz, Germany, is a Berlin based photographer and artist. She has a background in science and was educated in photography and video at the International Center of Photography during her three year stay in New York, 2005-2008. She is an award winning photographer who´s work has been exhibited internationally. She was featured in a juried group exhibition at the Darmstadt Photography Festival, Germany, 2010, and took part in the FotoFest Houston Reviews 2010 where her work was acquired for the Joaquim Paiva Collection, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Early 2011 her work was on view at the International Center of Photography, New York, in a group exhibition curated by Amy Arbus, “Moment of Recognition”. Recently her work was shown at the Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, as part of the exhibition “Photographs – The Joaquim Paiva Collection”, a selection of 69 international artists including photograpers like Diane Arbus, Ansel Adams, Edward Ruscha, Grete Stern and Martin Chambi.

For more information visit the website:  www.meikenixdorf.com

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