Burkhard Schittny

German visual artist

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Burkhard Schittny is a German visual artist.

Life and career

Schittny first studied fashion design at the University of the Arts in Bremen, then he shifted the focus of his studies to photography. He graduated in 1997 with a photographic work inspired by the painter Francis Bacon.^[1]

His clients have included The New York Times Magazine,^[2] New York Magazine, Wired, and Fortune.

Awards

1999: Reinhart Wolf Preis 99, Award^[1]
2010: London Photographic Association, Urbanscape, Bronze Winner^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Verwischte Grenzen zwischen fotografierter Malerei und gemalten Fotos". abendblatt.de. 17 July 2002.
^ MacSweeney, Eve (2 July 2000). "Footnotes". The New York Times.
^ "Burkhard Schittny Wins LPA Urbanscape Bronze Award". londonphotographicassociation.blogspot.de. 21 August 2010.