Jonas Opperskalski
Documentary Photographer
laif Agency
Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel
German Documentary Photographer working across the Middle East | Main focus on Israel and the Palestinian Territories | Freelance contributor NYT, Spiegel, Le Monde, Washington Post, Die Zeit | Member photo agency LAIF | Father of two | www.jonasopperskalski.com
I graduated from the Danish School of Media and Journalism (Aarhus) in Photojournalism and from the University of Applied Sciences (Munich) in Design. In 2010 I’ve been working as a camera operator for the German TV ARD in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, where I’m pursuing personal documentary projects ever since. In 2012 I created together with six other European photographers "Panaut", a collective of visual authors to realise cross-platform projects, workshops and exhibitions worldwide. My work has been published in various international magazines and newspapers such as The New York Times, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Monocle, L'Obs, Liberation and Die Zeit. My archive is represented by the German photo agency laif.
Selected Publications
THE NEW YORK TIMES (USA), DER SPIEGEL (Germany), THE WASHINGTON POST (USA), LE MONDE (France), DIE ZEIT (Germany), THE NEW YORKER (USA), FOREIGN POLICY (USA), L'OBS (France), M Le Monde (France), NZZ (Switzerland), BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK (USA), SZ MAGAZIN (Germany), LIBERATION (France), NEON (Germany), NIDO (Germany), MONOCLE (United Kingdom), HUCK (United Kingdom), BRAND EINS (Germany), DAS MAGAZIN (Switzerland), NEWSWEEK (USA), ZEITMAGAZIN (Germany), ANNABELLE (Switzerland), SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG (Germany), DIE WELT (Germany), FAZ (Germany), INTERNAZIONALE (Italy), U.S. NEWS (USA), EMOTION (Germany), KONFEKT (United Kingdom), FOCUS (Germany), MANAGER MAGAZIN (Germany), CAPITAL (Germany), ZEIT CAMPUS (Germany), CHRISMON (Germany), 11 FREUNDE (Germany), ARTE MAGAZIN (Germany), LA CROIX (France), ART (Germany), GREENPEACE MAGAZIN (Germany), AMNESTY JOURNAL (Germany), DE VOLKSKRANT (Netherlands), WERDE (Germany)
2014 - Joop Swart Masterclass, 2014 - Leica LFI magazine, 2014 - Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, 2014 - ECF STEP Beyond, 2013 - Promotion of Young Talent, 2012 - Lens Culture International Exposure Awards, 2012 - Punctum Documentary Photography Workshop, 2012 - German Youth Film Award, 2012 - Lumix Multimedia Award
- Arts
- Corporate
- Editorial
- Interior
- Interview
- Landscape
- Portrait
- Reporting
- Still life
- Video capture
- Arabic
- German
- English
- Hebrew