Edward Oppenheimer(born June 4, 1957) is an American photojournalist based inMoscow,Russia.[1][2]He currently works as Director of Photography for the Russian media groupKommersantin Moscow.[3]
Edward Oppenheimer | |
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 Oppenheimer during a photo seminar in Dubai | |
| Born | June 4, 1957 Wichita Falls, Texas,U.S. |
| Occupation | Photojournalism |
| Title | Director of Photography,KommersantPublishing House |
| Awards | World Press Photo,Russian Golden Eye award |
Biography
editEdward Oppenheimer grew up inKlamath Falls,a small town in southernOregon.At age 13 he lived a year with his Uncle and family inYokohama,Japan.There he was given his first camera and became a member of the school's[4]photography club. His last two years in high school he worked as a photographer/laboratory assistant at the local newspaper,The Herald and News.[5]After that time Edward Oppenheimer would return to photography only after his move to Moscow, Russia in 1992.
In 1980 he graduated fromLewis and Clark Collegewith honors in Economics and a second degree in French. The last few years in college he began studying classical guitar and after graduation went to Paris to study with Michel Sadanowski[6]at «L'Universite Musicale Internationale de Paris». In 1983 a hand injury forced him to abandon musical studies. He moved toNew York Cityand began working as a marketing analyst at Nabisco,[7]during that time he took acting lessons atHB Studioin Greenwich Village. In 1985 he began studying programming and in 1987, following a visit to a friend in Sweden, took a job inStockholmwith a small startup company, Dynasoft,[8]developing security software.
After a short tour of theSoviet Unionin 1989 Oppenheimer soon returned toLeningradto study Russian for a year at theUniversity of Leningrad.[9]Impressed by theevents unfolding in the Soviet Union in 1991,he moved to Moscow in 1992 and found work as a photographer forKommersant,one of the new generation of newspapers to appear on the wave of Perestroika. In Moscow he studied photography withAlexander Lapin.During the 1990s he also worked freelance for several leading western publications and photo agencies, such asTimemagazine,The New York Times,The Washington Post,Fortune,Stern,Sunday Times,The Independent,Black Star,andSipa Press.
Oppenheimer (Opp) photographed a wide variety of social themes in Russia –village life, orphans, medical institutions, prostitution. Oppenheimer made several trips to theNorth Caucasusregion during theFirst Chechen Warand covered theBudyonnovsk hospital hostage crisisin 1995 andPervomayskoye crisisin 1996 forTimemagazine. He was an accredited photographer at theRussian State Dumaand the Kremlin during the presidency ofBoris Yeltsin.
Edward Opp's photographic style has been described by some as documentary and "impassive…, frightful…, cold…, hypersensitive to the moment".[10]He is currently Director of photography at theKommersantPublishing House in Moscow which publishes a national daily newspaper, several news weekly and monthly periodicals, and is well known for its distinctive photographic approach.[3][11][12]Oppenheimer (Opp) is a frequent guest of Russian cultural and political television discussion programs.[13][14][15]
Awards
edit- 1993,World Press Photo.Second Place, Spot News Stories – "Yeltsin storms the White House"[1]
- 1996,All Russian Photo Contest Intеrfoto[16]
- Grand Prize Stories – "Hostages to Chechens in Buddonovsk"
- First Place, People in the News – Boris Yeltsin and body guard Alexander Korzhakov
- 2003, Golden Eye of Russia, Russian Guild of Journalists[2]
Photo exhibitions and projects
edit- 2002 – Front Page Photos, Kommersant Photo exhibition, Moscow, Russia
- 2004 – Front Page Photos, Kommersant Photo exhibition, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia[17][18]
- 2007 – Front Page Photos, Kommersant Photo exhibition,Moscow International Film Festival,Moscow, Russia[19]
- 2008 – Edward Oppenheimer (Edward Opp) – View from Afar, personal photo exhibition,Moscow House of Photography,Moscow, Russia[20][21]
- 2010 – Front Page Photos, Kommersant Newspaper Photo exhibition,Mikhaylovsky Theatre,Saint Petersburg[22]
- 2012 – Liberty Camera, Kommersant Photo exhibition,Moscow House of Photography,Moscow, Russia[23]
- Flash-Photo, Multimedia project, www.kommersant.ru
References
edit- ^abWorld Press Photo – 1993, Edward Oppenheimer (Edward Opp), 2nd prize, Spot News stories
- ^abThe Journalist Union of Russia – Russian Golden Eye LaureatesArchivedJanuary 15, 2013, at theWayback Machine(in Russian)
- ^ab"Kommersant – Editorial Staff".Archived fromthe originalon January 13, 2013.RetrievedJanuary 26,2013.
- ^Yokohama International School
- ^The Herald and News
- ^Michel Sadanowski, Information sur l'artiste(in French)
- ^"Nabisco".Archived fromthe originalon May 11, 2008.RetrievedAugust 4,2019.
- ^"Security Dynamics Acquires Dynasoft".RSA. July 15, 1997. Archived fromthe originalon November 5, 2013.RetrievedJanuary 15,2013.
- ^Saint Petersburg State University
- ^"Kommersant – Career Politics. A retrospective of Edward Oppenheimer (Edward Opp) at the Moscow House of Photography"(in Russian). Kommersant Newspaper. June 6, 2003.RetrievedJanuary 15,2013.
- ^Katerina Dolan (July 3, 2003)."An Exhibition of Talent".Russianjournal.com. Archived fromthe originalon February 7, 2010.RetrievedJanuary 16,2013.
- ^Lucian Perkins Photography
- ^In the Meantime with Alexander Arkhangelski, Cultural Roundtable DiscussionArchivedNovember 6, 2013, at theWayback MachineThe Culture Channel. Edward Opp television appearance(in Russian)
- ^Instinct with Svetlana Sorokina. Social/Political talk show,Channel One, Edward Oppenheimer (Edward Opp) television appearance(in Russian)
- ^Three Corners with Pavel Astakhov, Social/Political Talk ShowRen-TV. Edward Oppenheimer (Edward Opp) television appearance(in Russian)
- ^[[:ru:Пресс Росси�%|Press photo of Russia (Interfoto) – Laureates]](in Russian)
- ^www.museum.ru – Front Page Photos. Photo exhibition in honor of the 15 year anniversary of the Kommersant Publishing House
- ^Lenta.ru – Kommersant's Front Page Photos photo exhibition opened in Moscow, 14 October 2004(in Russian)
- ^www.Film.ru. MMIF – Day Two, Jun 22, 2007, Olesya Volkova[permanent dead link](in Russian)
- ^The Moscow House of Photography – Edward Oppenheimer (Edward Opp): View from Aside(in Russian)
- ^View from Aside. Photo exhibition opened at the Moscow House of Photography, Itogi, Jun 24, 2003(in Russian)
- ^Mikhailovsky Theatre – Kommersant Newspaper Photo exhibition
- ^The Moscow House of Photography – Kommersant, Liberty Camera(in Russian)