Helga Kohl
Helga Kohl | |
---|---|
Born | 1943 (age 80–81) Silesia, Poland |
Occupation | Photographer |
Helga Kohl is a photographer born in Poland and based in Namibia whose work explores abandoned
Early life
Helga Kohl was born in 1943 in Silesia, Poland. She emigrated to West Germany in 1958, where she studied photography and received a degree from the Münster Chamber of Trade. In 1970, Kohl moved to Namibia, where she has worked as a freelance photographer since 1975.[1]
Career
Her work has explored the abandoned
She joined the Professional Photographers in Southern Africa (PPSA) in 1989,[3] received their President's Award in 1993,[1] and was awarded a fellowship in fine art photography in 1998.[3] Throughout the 1990s, she held solo exhibitions in Windhoek, Swakopmund, and Cape Town, and at the 1995 Miss Universe beauty pageant in the Namibian capital.[4] Kohl participated in group exhibitions in Windhoek and Johannesburg, and in several Standard Bank Namibia biennales,[4] of which she won first prize in 2001.[3]
Her photographs were the "signature images" of the 2005
References
- ^ OCLC 930776525.
- ^ OCLC 918924058.
- ^ OCLC 255157667.
- ^ ISBN 9789991650913.
- ^ a b Philander, Frederick (June 15, 2007). "Namibian Photographer Again Honoured". New Era.
- ISSN 0190-8286.