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Jan Erik Waider is a German landscape and art photographer based in Hamburg, best known for his images of gelid landscapes depicting icebergs, glaciers or tundras from Arctic regions of Greenland, Norway, Iceland, and Germany, as well as from the Antarctic Peninsula. His works have won international photography awards. They have been displayed and reviewed in mainstream media and reference books. He was born in Darmstadt in 1984.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Career
Waider studied Media Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Schwäbisch Hall.[7] He worked as a web designer until 2012, when he chose photography as his major occupation.[6] His aerial portraits encompass remote locations and rare perspectives of Arctic landscapes in Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and the Svalbard archipielago, among others.[6] His photos are often shown in series based on colors and motifs, such as blue glacial rivers, or yellow volcanic rivers.[8] In 2019, he released a noted photo series of Pyramiden, the bizarre remains of a now abandoned, but priorly fancy, coal-mining settlement in Norway, which has become an excursion spot for wild polar bears.[9] His works have been reviewed in the international press and digital media.[6] [10] [11]
Works
Waider´s works have been shown in a number of international exhibitions and events, among them the International Festival di Fotografia e Arte Monopoli (Phest 2020), [12] several international Boucheron jewelry exhibitions,[13][14] and the Vikings Exhibition by the British Museum.[15]. Pieces of his are visible in subject reference books including Super-Modified: the Behance book of creative works (Glei, Jocelyn K., ed., 2015, ISBN 978-3-89955-538-7), and Endlich Winter! (Klanten, R et al., eds., 2017, ISBN 978-3-89955-935-4. pages: 190-192). His pictures have also been used to design book covers, such as in Le Champ de glace, by Thomas Wharton and Damour, Anne (2023), Rivages poche. Paris: Payot & Rivages. ISBN 978-2-7436-5999-8, and Schneeweiß: ein Island-Krimi, by Lilja Sigurðardóttir (2024)Die Áróra-Reihe, Deutsche Erstausgabe ed.). Köln: DuMont. ISBN 978-3-8321-6094-4. In recent years, Waider's work has been featured in several radio podcasts.[16] [17] He manages the account @northlandscapes on Instagram.
Awards
- 2020 - Gold Award, PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris.[18]
- 2020 - 3rd Place Winner, Fine Art Photography Awards.[19]
- 2021 - 3rd Place Winner, ND Award.[20]
- 2023 - 1st place Winner "Nature: Natural Landscapes", Annual Photography Awards.[21]
- 2023 - 2nd Place Winner "Nature: Climate", Annual Photography Awards.[22]
- 2023 - Category Winner Gold/Grand Prize for "Nature Photographer of the Year", Annual Photography Awards.[23]
Publications
Books
Fotografieren Mit Drohnen: Ideen, Motive, Workshops. by Tobias Fröhner, Stephan Fürnrohr, Florian Kriechbaumer, Kerstin Maier, and Jan Erik Waider (1st ed.). Bonn: Rheinwerk Verlag. ISBN 978-3-367-10445-1.[24]