Helene Schmitz

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Helene Schmitz in 2012

Helene Schmitz is a

National Geographic.[1]

In February 2015, her hitherto largest solo exhibition will take place at Dunkers kulturhus in Helsingborg, exhibiting photors from four of her latest projects.

Exhibitions

In France, Schmitz has been represented in several international group exhibitions, including an open-air exhibition in

Jardin des Plantes in 2007, Transphotographiques in Lille (2009) and Arts and Nature in Daumain de Chaumont sur Loire in 2011. In Sweden, Schmitz's works have been exhibited at galleries as well as public locations. A semi-permanent collection of her plant portraits was shown in Stockholms subway station Mariatorget
during 2012–13.

Schmitz's photographs have been published in a number of international books and magazines including the New York-based magazine

Cabinet, which published photos from Schmitz's Kudzu Project in 2014. Helene Schmitz's work is represented at The Swedish Museum of Modern Art
in Stockholm.

Books

Part of Schmitz's time is dedicated to publishing photography books. Schmitz's first book Blow Up was published in 2003 and showed extreme close-ups on plants. Blow Up was nominated to the prestigious Swedish Literary prize

Augustpriset in 2012. It also received the Swedish Publishing Prize
in 2012.

Prizes and awards

In 2003, Schmitz's book Blow Up was nominated to the Swedish Literary prize

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
for her photographs in the book A Passion for Systems - Linnaeus and the Dream of Order.

In 2007, A Passion for Systems - Linnaeus and the Dream of Order (Swedish edition) won the

Royal Swedish Library (Kungliga Biblioteket) and Swedish Book Art (Svensk Bokkonst
), the award was given with the motivation "Beautiful photographs and a design that creates a serene context".

In 2014 Schmitz was a finalist in the international photography competition "Prix de la Photo Camera Clara".

External links

References

  1. ^ "Helene Schmitz". National Geographic. Archived from the original on March 22, 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2016.