Christoph Gödan
Member
laif Agency
Osnabrück, Deutschland
My first steps into photography began with my studies at the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences (Visual Communication), where I graduated in 1996 with a documentation about the post war areas on the Balkans. In the same year, I started my own business.
Since 2002 I have been living in Osnabrück / Lower Saxony with my family. From here I work nationally and internationally for companies, magazines, foundations and NGOs/GOs in the field of portrait, reporting, travel and industrial photography.
My special bond with Africa started in 2005. On a two month long trip through the Tanzanian Province Kagera and the townships around Durban (South Africa), I portrayed and interviewed more than 50 families, who have lost numerous relatives through the HIV pandemic. From this work resulted an intense cooperation with different acting NGOs/GOs and a strong commitment with this continent.
My work has been recognized and honored at Unicef - Photo of the year, the Mediaprize of German Kindernothilfe and was judged on the shortlist of the Henri Nannen Prize. Since 1999 I’m represented by agency laif / Cologne.
Clients:
LUFTHANSA MAGAZIN, STERN, DER SPIEGEL, DIE ZEIT, ZEIT-CAMPUS, DU, KONTINENTE, NZZ-FOLIO, CHRISMON, GREENPEACE MAGAZIN, DER FEINSCHMECKER, DER WEINGOURMET, ESSEN&TRINKEN, FOCUS, TAZ, FAZ, NEUE ZÜRCHER, IMPULSE, CAPITAL, CHANGE, FINANCIAL TIMES, D.LUX-STEIGENBERGER, ELTERN, EVONIK MAGAZIN, ESQUIRE, HÖRZU, EURO, CARITAS INTERNATIONAL, KINDERNOTHILFE, VETS WITHOUT BORDERS, UNICEF, GIZ/GESELLSCHAFT FÜR INTERNATIONALE ZUSAMMENARBEIT, ETHNOGRAPHISCHE SAMMLUNGEN SACHSEN, STIFTUNG BRANDENBURGISCHE GEDENKSTÄTTEN, BERTELSMANN STIFTUNG & AG, KAP AG, HABAU GMBH, PPS-PIPELINESYSTEMS, WINTERSHALL HOLDING, RUHR 2010 GMBH, ESSENT ENERGIES, SCHÖLLER CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS, BUTTER, REDAKTION 4
2010 - Henri Nannen Prize, 2010 - Mediaprize at German Kindernothilfe, 2010 - UNICEF Photo of the year, 2006 - German VG-Bildkunst, 2000 - Photobiennale Bad Tölz, 1996 - DAAD / German Academic Exchange
- Corporate
- Editorial
- Environment
- Events
- Landscape
- Portrait
- Reporting