Birgit Glatzel

i am born in kempten, germany, in 1970. i graduated in 1994 in architecture in wurzburg, germany. during my studies i lived in paris, stockholm and brussels and had my first solo exhibitions in paintings. in 1994 i moved to berlin and started in 1998 the photo project 'a friend is a friend of a friend' and traveled with it the world for four years. other art projects like 'ideal city', 'south side beats tel aviv', father trilogy and many more followed. i exhibited my work in london, berlin, tirana, venice, paris, arles, jerusalem and tel aviv. for most of my works i use black and white photography shot with a middle format camera. since 2001 i travel for longer periods to israel and lived there for several years. i am currently based in berlin.