Bio

Torsten Andreas Hoffmann Torsten Andreas Hoffmann is a photographer, author and also runs photoworkshops. He was born in Düsseldorf, Germany. He studied art education majoring in photography at the art college in Braunschweig. His photographic travels have taken him to India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nepal, Turkey, the USA, United Emirates and the Sahara Desert. His work has been shown at many individual and group exhibitions in advanced galleries, and over 20 books of his photographs have been published. He achieved international attention through his work of New York ( 3 books and art calendars ), specially through his silent approach about 9/11/2001, which was published in many magazines. Since 2003 he has regularly written articles on picture design in international magazines. His book "The art of black and white photography" was published in 6 languages, and got a nomination for the German Photobook Award. His latest book "photography as meditation" relates photography to the Japanese Zen philosophy. It has got nomination for German Photobook Award too. His work is present in different German collections. He is a member of the Munich photographic agency "LOOK", The "BBK Frankfurt" and he was elected as a member of the German Photographic Association. He lives near Frankfurt and Goslar, Germany Awards: Nomination German Photobook Award 2008 Silver medal International Calendarshow 2009 Bronce medal International Calendarshow 2011 Nomination German Photobook Award 2014 Recommendation European Architectural Prize 2015 Mention of honour Black&White Spider Award 2016 Shortlist Arcaid Images Architectural Photography Award 2016 3rd Prize Fine Art Photography Award 2017/Cityscapes Recommendation European Architectural Prize 2017 Mention of Honour Black&White Spider Award 2017 2. Prize Monochrome Photoawards/ Architecture 2017 Nomination German Photobook Award 2018 2. Prize Monochrome Photoawards/ Architecture 2018 Nomination Fine Art Photo Awards/Abstract 2019 Mention of Honour Black&White Spider Award 2019 Nomination Fine Art Photo Awards/ Street Photography 2020 Honourable Mention Black and White Spider Award/ Portrait 2020 Bronce German Photobook Award 2021 2. Prize European Architecture Photography Award 2021 Exhibitions since 2012: Leica Gallery Salzburg, Austria Kunstverein Fürstenlager Bensheim, Germany imago-fotokunst, Berlin, Germany Studio Hoppe, Brunswick, Germany Leica Gallery Frankfurt, Germany Medienakademie Wiesbaden, Germany Architecture Museum, Frankfurt, Germany Industrial Park, Gelsenkirchen, Germany Expo 2015, Milano, Italy Fotoszene Nürnberg, Germany Jehangir Art Gallery Mumbai, India Sto Werkstatt London, Great Britain Architektur Galerie Berlin, Germany Herbstsalon Bad Homburg, Germany Zentrum Baukultur Rheinland Pfalz, Mainz, Germany Kasthuri Sreenivasan Art Gallery Coimbature, India Palazzo Mora, Architecture Biennale Venice, Italy Mönchehaus Museum of Modern Art, Goslar, Germany Leica Gallery Frankfurt, Germany F.G.Conzen, Düsseldorf, Germany Staatspark Fürstenlager Bensheim-Auerbach, Germany German Architectural Museum Frankfurt, Germany more work under www.t-a-hoffmann.de