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About the Work Beach Dabs of colour breathe life into the nearly deserted beach. The light is perfect, the setting impressive. Rafael Neff’s beach photographs feel like the faded memories of distant childhood vacations. The summer guests have long since gone off to other amusements. All that remains is the furniture, old-fashioned… Read more
Intro Bio Exhibitions
1969 | Born in Freienseen |
1995-1996 | Worked in an advertising agency |
First photographic works | |
Received a state-funded photography stipend | |
1996 -2001 | Entered the Fachhochschule Mainz, studying Communication Design with a focus on Photography |
Academic exchange in Prague and New York | |
Became a protege of Kevin Clarke - New York City | |
2001 | Received diploma in Photography at the FH Mainz |
Premiered “emotionalen Garten” | |
Began his “Strandkörbe” project | |
2002 | Brought his “Strandkorb” project to New York |
2003 | Brought his “Strandkorb” project along the entire coastline of the North Sea |
2004 | Founded Neff Fotodesign |
Brought his “Strandkorb” project along the entire coastline of the Baltic Sea | |
2005 | Brought “Strandkorb” project along the Polish coast all the way to the Curonian Spit |
Completed book production at Neff Fotodesign | |
2006 | Signed a photography contract with John Deere |
Completed an artistic work for the Franz Schneider Brakel GmbH | |
Brought “Strandkorb”project to the Italian coastline and islands of Denmark | |
2007 | Began lectureship for photography at the School of Design at the Hochschule in Pforzheim |
2008 | Founded a new studio with showrooms in Oberursel |
Began exhibition of the largest collection of libraries and theatres worldwide - ongoing | |
2009 | Began art series about the most valuable books in the world |
Partook in exhibitions in New York, Paris, Milan, and Berlin | |
2010 | Began art series on complex clockworks |
Partook in exhibitions in New York, Paris, Munich, Berlin, and Düsseldorf | |
2011 | Began art series "the most important Wine cellars in the world" |
With productions in California, France, Switzerland, Itlay, and Germany | |
2012 | Started largest portrait series about ballet director Uwe Scholz |
Continued the Opera series with 13 new Operas | |
Began new Beach House series | |
2013 | Solo exhibitions in Hong Kong, China, Salzburg, and Austria |
Solo exhibition in Salzburg, Austria | |
Gruppenausstellung in Heidelberg, Deutschland | |
Solo Exhibition and remodelling of the Villa Merton (Union International Club) in Frankfurt, Germany | |
2017 | World tour to photograph the world’s best workshops for the Hella GmbH & Co KGaA campaign |
2018 | Continuation of “Opera” project at new sites in St. Petersburg, Sydney, and Paris |
He lives and works in Frankfurt, Germany |
2019 | Gregor Kalender Award |
2013 | DesignPlus Award |
2012 | Bronze International Kalender Award |
2010 | Gold International Kalender Award |
2008 | Red Dot Design Award |
Kodak Photo Award | |
"Gregor" Honorary Award from the Jury | |
Gold International Kalender Award | |
2007 | Gold International Kalender Award |
2005 | Design Award of the state Rheinland-Pfalz |
2013 | LUMAS |
1995-1996 | work for an advertising agency |
first photography work | |
publically supported photography grant | |
1996 -2001 | major in photography |
2013 | LUMAS, Salzburg, Austria |
Villa Merton (Union international Club), Frankfurt, Germany | |
2012 | LUMAS, Dusseldorf, Germany |
LUMAS, Hamburg, Germany | |
LUMAS, Berlin, Germany | |
2011 | LUMAS, Vienna, Austria |
2013 | LUMAS, Heidelberg |
2010 | Viennafair |
2009 | Art Moskau |
2008 | AAF, New York Maison et Objets, Paris IMM Cologne Interior Lifestyle, Tokio Paris Photo, Paris ICFF, New York |
2007 | Kunst Zürich TIAF, Toronto Tendence Lifestyle, Frankfurt AAF, New York ICFF, New York Art Moscow Art Melbourne Maison & Objets, Paris IMM Cologne art cologne |
2006 | Art Fair Köln Kunst Zürich Blickfang, Wien |
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