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Phone:          +49 (0) 1577 1748307

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Niklas is a photographer based in Hamburg with
a focus on portraits. He works for magazines like
DER SPIEGEL and DIE ZEIT. In 2020 he was nominated
for the Nannen-Preis with his personal project
“White Noise”. Niklas does commercial work for clients
like Telekom-Stiftung or Straub&Straub. He studied
photojournalism in Hanover, worked as a staff
photographer for the F.A.Z. and spent some time in
Bangladesh. Now he is back in his hometown
Hamburg and available for assignments.

Clients
 DER SPIEGEL, DIE ZEIT, ZEIT-Magazin, SZ-Magazin,
Greenpeace, brandeins, FOCUS, Capital Magazin,
SPIEGEL Wissen, Financial Times Magazine (UK),
F.A.Z., GEOlino, ZEITleo, Dein SPIEGEL, chrismon,
Amnesty Journal, Causette (FR), Dagbladet Børsen (DK),
ZEIT-Online, Stadtaspekte, 6Mois (FR),
Futurzwei, Krautreporter

Awards
2021  Shortlist Georg Koppmann Preis
2020  Nominated for Nannen Preis
2020  Shortlist Georg Koppmann Preis
2018  nominated for Greenpeace Photo Award
2017  Shortlist - Felix Schoeller Award 


Represented by
 laif Agentur für Photos & Reportagen
Schlosserei 4
Schanzenstraße 27
D-51063 Köln | www.laif.de


CV
 2020 Nomination Nannen-Preis
2019 Graduation in Photojournalism and Documentary          
Photography at the University of Applied Arts and        
Sciences, Hanover, Germany
2018 Member of laif Agentur für Photos & Reportagen,    
based in Cologne, Germany
2017 Workshop with Donald Weber in Dhaka, Bangladesh
2017 Semester abroad at Pathshala South Asian Media
Institute in Dhaka, Bangladesh
2015 Six month internship at the Frankfurter Allgemeine
Zeitung
2011 Studies of photojournalism- and documentary    
photography at University of Applied Science and Arts in
Hanover


Bio
 Niklas Grapatin is a photographer based in Hamburg,        
Germany. In 2011 he began his studies of    
photojournalism- and documentary photography in
Hanover, followed by an internship as a staff
photographer at the F.A.Z. In 2017 he went to Bangladesh
to continue his studies at Pathshala South Asian Media
Institute in Dhaka. For him it's important to always find a
visual language that matches with the subject and
communicates the matter in the most intense and
emotional way. His work got published in various
magazines and newspapers like DIE ZEIT, Amnesty
Journal, SZ-Magazin, brandeins, F.A.Z. and DER
SPIEGEL. Besides working on personal projects he is
available for editorial and commercial assignments.





 




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