Peter Funch
Background Information about Peter Funch
Five Minutes of Anarchy
The Danish photo designer, Peter Funch (*1974), has managed to collect a series of impressive awards over the last decade, arousing curiosity over his new works that originated out of a spectacular image campaign.
It was an impressive spectacle when Sony let loose 250 thousand shockingly colorful superballs in the streets of San Francisco. Peter Funch was there to take really amazing photographs in which you have to look twice to believe what you are seeing: an unleashed mass of small, colorful balls hopping down the hills, past the American emblems of normality. The unloaded automobiles parked in front of wooden row houses interfere with an established sedateness, with which unrestrained anarchy suddenly interferes. In a few minutes the show will be over, and the residents who noticed it will rub their eyes. But this moment, with its crazy vitality, will live on in Peter Funch’s photographs. What we got to see is a child’s dream that left everyone, who managed to preserve such childhood dreams, in a great mood.
The works of Danish photographer Peter Funch (born 1974) have won many awards, including the twice awarded best Danish press photo of the year. In addition, the photojournalist was invited to the renowned 10th World Press Photo master class with Joob Swart. He regularly takes part in international exhibitions as a freelance photographer.
The Danish photo designer, Peter Funch (*1974), has managed to collect a series of impressive awards over the last decade, arousing curiosity over his new works that originated out of a spectacular image campaign.
It was an impressive spectacle when Sony let loose 250 thousand shockingly colorful superballs in the streets of San Francisco. Peter Funch was there to take really amazing photographs in which you have to look twice to believe what you are seeing: an unleashed mass of small, colorful balls hopping down the hills, past the American emblems of normality. The unloaded automobiles parked in front of wooden row houses interfere with an established sedateness, with which unrestrained anarchy suddenly interferes. In a few minutes the show will be over, and the residents who noticed it will rub their eyes. But this moment, with its crazy vitality, will live on in Peter Funch’s photographs. What we got to see is a child’s dream that left everyone, who managed to preserve such childhood dreams, in a great mood.
The works of Danish photographer Peter Funch (born 1974) have won many awards, including the twice awarded best Danish press photo of the year. In addition, the photojournalist was invited to the renowned 10th World Press Photo master class with Joob Swart. He regularly takes part in international exhibitions as a freelance photographer.
| 1974 | Born in Nykobing Falster, Denmark |
| 1995-2000 | Photography studies at the Danish School of Journalism |
| 2002 | Cofounder of the Gallery V1, Copenhagen |
| 2003 | Participant in the 10th annual World Press Photo Joop Swart masterclass |
| Lives and works in Denmark |
| 2006 | Winner of Diesel New Art 2006 in category photo with the work Xing Xs |
| 2004 | Nominee for Guldkorn von Creative Circle, Best Photographer and Best Photo Collection |
| 2003 | Nominee for Guldkorn von Creative Circle, Best Commercial Campaign for the AIDS Foundation |
| Finalist in the SXSW Internet Prizes | |
| 2002 | 1st Prize, Best Danish Press Photo of the Year for portraits of the World Trade Center, Sept. 2001 |
| 2001 | Crossing red town awarded and exhibited at the Rencontres Photographiques d'Arles, und in the Gallery d'Éssai, Paris |
| 2000 | Award for the project Crossing Red Town as Press Photo of the Year |
| 1st Prize for the Best Photojournalist Project of the Year from the Danish School of Journalism | |
| 1999 | 1st Prize, Best Danish Press Photo of the Year |
| 2007 | Solo exhibition at V1 Gallery, Copenhagen |
| 2006 | selected by Getty Images for "New Photographers 2007"premiering at Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival |
| 2004 | Celebration of the rebellion, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen |
| 2003 | Foam Photography Museum, Amsterdam |
| Las Vegas, Gallery V1, Copenhagen | |
| Made by man, Pictures from Las Vegas, Gallery Kling & Bang, Reykjavik | |
| 2001 | Crossing Red Town, Copenhagen Photography Center, Recontres Photographiques Arles und Gallery d'Essai, Paris |
| On Contempo, Kunsthalle Kopenhagen und Gallery Zing, Stockholm |
Et andet sted hen, for HT (houedstadens trafikselskab), with text by Uffe Larsen, 1999
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