Michael Koch

Photographer

1973 # born in Braunschweig, lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany ​ 1998-2004 # studies of communication design, Universität Gesamthochschule Duisburg-Essen / Folkwang, class of Bernhard Prinz and Dr. Herta Wolf. Art and photography, history and theory of photography. ​2002 # highly commended - John Kobal Photographic Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London 2004 # Diploma - Universität Gesamthochschule Duisburg-Essen / Folkwang: _I never promised you a rosegarden_ 2005 # distinction at 7th Aenne-Biermann-Prize for german contemporary photography 2016 # shortlisted Royal Photographic Society IPE159 2017 # Nominee Award in Nature in the 2017 Photogrvphy Grant 2017 # Monochrome Photography Awards 2016 / Portrait - honorable mention 2018 # the animal kingdom. L.A.Curator, Global Photography Award - honorable mention 2018 # shortlisted Royal Photographic Society IPE161 2018 # ND Awards / Nature - honorable mention 2019 # Monochrome Photography Awards 2018 / Nature - honorable mention ​ ​