Vita

1959	born in Osnabrück
1979	assistant at the Vogelsänger Studios
1980	University of Applied Sciences, Bielefeld, Faculty for Design Major in communications design by Prof. Gerd Fleischmann
1980	Founding and development of the studios LOFT in Bielefeld
1985	Founding of Artists Unlimited in Bielefeld, a cooperation of graphic designers, architects, fashion designers, illustrators and typographers
1987 - 1990	studio in Paris, focus on portrait photography
1990 - 1992	studio in Hamburg, focus on staged photography
1991	studio in Berlin, collaboration with Mathias Schormann, photographer focus on portrait, people, architecture, still life and art documentary
1993	setting up a second base in South india
2006	Founding of the Palani Hills Design Center in Tamil Nadu, India

Projects

2010	Hotel Tamil Nadu colour photographs in Tamil Nadu, India
2009	Night bus to Palani b/w photographs in Tamil Nadu, India
2007 - 2008	ROOMS
2006	Post Tsunami Plates photographs on the Andaman Islands and in Tamil Nadu, India
1999 - 2004	Andaman Islands, book project with ANET, (Andaman and Nicobar Islands Environmental Team)
2000	JASLOK life with a indian family in Bombay
1996	Deserted Landscapes aerial photographs in Big Bend, Arizona and New Mexiko
1994	Rituals photographs about rituals in the south of india
1992	Día de los Muertos Day of the Dead, Pasquaro, Mexiko

Exhibitions and Awards

2007	LEAD Awards - portrait photograph of the year Visual Leader 2007, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
2006	White, too white - A Portrait of Albinism in India Galerie Hilaneh von Kories, Hamburg
1989	Andreas Deffner Photographien solo exhibition Gallery Artists Unlimited, Bielefeld
1986 - 88	participation in various group exhibitions Gallery Artists Unlimited, Bielefeld
1986	Faces 8 x 10 inch Polaroids Galerie Artists Unlimited, Bielefeld
1982 - 85	participation in various exhibitions of the University of Applied Sciences, Bielefeld
1981	Andreas Deffner Photographien solo exhibition photo sculptures and experimental portraits photo gallery Szene, Osnabrück

Website

→	www.deffner.org