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India, its people, and their personal stories have had a tremendous impact on my life. Because of this, I have been constantly exploring ways beyond my photography practice to share my experiences of working, and living, in this part of the world. My initiatives are based on my belief that a direct and personal exchange, the sharing of time, resources, thoughts, and ideals can have a life-enriching, supporting, and maybe even life-changing impact for both sides.

Focus Life - Education Through Photographs
FOCUS LIFE

Focus Life is an immersive lecture-cum-education program mainly designed for schools and other educational institutions. The idea originated from my wish to personally share first-hand experiences of realities of life in India. Participants of the program are confronted with these experiences and as such are encouraged to reflect on their own, often privileged, living circumstances. Throughout the years, Focus Life has become a steady part of the curriculum of various German schools.

Focus Life Website
Slacktivism - Create Balance
Slacktivism

Slacktivism is a social sports initiative designed for youths from socially deprived backgrounds and was born out of the idea to share my passion for the art of slacklining and the wish to create space and time for an empowering exchange of ideas between people. The program is regularly held in institutions such as juvenile prisons and orphanages in India. Beyond this, slackline sessions are organized in public parks. Slacktivism is supported by Gibbon, one of the leading slackline producers worldwide.

Slacktivism Website

Enrico Fabian is a German freelance documentary photographer based in New Delhi, India.

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After working for many years as a system administrator for a renowned IT service provider, Enrico left for India in 2007 where he discovered his passion for photographic storytelling. Since then he photographed assignments, documentaries and personal projects in India, focusing closely on stories of social, environmental and political issues in the region.

Enrico is a regular contributor to The Washington Post and Der Spiegel and his photographic work has been published in online and print issues of major international publications such as National Geographic, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Stern, Die Zeit, GEO and NEON.

Next to his work for newspapers and magazines, Enrico worked on a multitude of photographic documentaries for non-governmental and governmental organizations such as UNICEF, USAID, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, GIZ (German Federal Enterprise for International Cooperation) and Welthungerhilfe.

Amongst different accolades by photography competitions and festivals, Enrico was the first recipient of the Chris Hondros Grant, a winner of the FotoWeekDC International Awards Competition in the photojournalism category, a multiple nominee for the UNICEF Photo of the Year award and his work has been exhibited at different photo festivals and galleries worldwide.

Together with his friend and colleague Vikram Singh, an Indian video journalist, Enrico recently started working on short films and video documentaries for Al Jazeera Plus.

While constantly exploring new ways of storytelling and sustainable exchange of ideas, Enrico started the lecture cum education initiative FOCUS LIFE – Education through Photographs, founded the social sports initiative SLACKTIVISM and organized, managed and executed donation campaigns.

Overview
2013
  • LOOK3 Photography Festival Education Week - Charlottesville, USA
2011
  • Eddie Adams Workshop / Barnstorm XXIV Masterclass, New York, USA
  • Grant Writing Workshop, Lecturer: Donald Weber, VII Network, Berlin, Germany
  • Magnum Days Masterclass, Lecturer: Chien-Chi Chang, Magnum, Paris, France
2010
  • GIZ Annual Photography Workshop, Lecturer: Ralf Baecker, VersionFoto, Germany
  • VII Masterclass, Lecturer: Marcus Bleasdale, VII, Srinagar, India
2009
  • Internship Reuters, Photography Department, New Delhi, India
2008
  • Internship Hindustan Times, Photography Department, New Delhi, India
2006 and before
  • Malteser and SoCura GmbH, IT systems administrator, Kamenz & Bonn, Germany

A chronologic overview of the lecture-cum-education program FOCUS LIFE – Education through Photographs at schools and other educational institutions.

2015
  • Spike Dresden, Dresden, Germany
  • BSZ Higher Secondary Vocational School, Kamenz, Germany
  • AFBB - Academy for Vocational Education and Training Ltd., Dresden, Germany
  • Ferdinand Sauerbruch Academic High School, Großröhrsdorf, Germany
  • Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Academic High School, Kamenz, Germany
  • Philipp Melanchton Academic High School, Bautzen, Germany
  • Geschwister Scholl Academic High School, Freiberg, Germany
  • City Theater Kamenz, Kamenz, Germany
2014
  • Ernst Rietschel Grammar School, Pulsnitz, Germany
  • Arthur Kiesling Grammar School, Koenigsbrueck, Germany
  • Philipp Melanchton Academic High School, Bautzen, Germany
  • Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Academic High School, Kamenz, Germany
  • Ferdinand Sauerbruch Academic High School, Großröhrsdorf, Germany
  • Bertolt Brecht Academic High School, Dresden, Germany
2013
  • AHA Eine Welt Cafe, Dresden, Germany
  • Ferdinand Sauerbruch Academic High School, Großröhrsdorf, Germany
  • ASB headquarters, Dresden, Germany
  • BSZ Higher Secondary Vocational School, Kamenz, Germany
2012
  • Secondary School 1, Kamenz, Germany
  • BSZ Higher Secondary Vocational School, , Kamenz, Germany
  • Ferdinand Sauerbruch Academic High School, Großröhrsdorf, Germany
2014
  • The Royal Photographic Society International Print Exhibiton, Finalist
  • LensCulture Portrait Awards, Finalist
  • KOLGA AWARD, Finalist, One Shot Category
  • Mobile Photography Awards, Honorable Mentions, Category Photojournalism / People / Street / Nature
2013
  • IPA Photo Essay Asia Award, Finalist
  • Professional Photographer of the Year, Third Place, Street Photography
  • FotoWeekDC International Awards Competition, Honorable Mention, Photojournalism Singles
  • FotoWeekDC International Awards Competition, First Place, Photojournalism Series
  • International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Category Children / Environmental / Photo Essay and Feature Story
  • IPA Photo Essay Asia Award, Finalist
  • International Kontinent Photography Awards, 3rd Place, Editorial / Documentary - Projects
  • Prix De La Photographie Paris, Honorable Mention, Photojournalism
  • Copenhagen Foto Festival, Finalist HIPSTAGRAM FTW Contest
  • LOOK3 Photography Festival Education Week, Scholarship Recipient
  • Canon Profifoto Förderpreis 13/1, Nominee
2012
  • Terry O'Neill TAG Award, Nominee
  • International Photography Awards, Finalist, Country Top Picks
  • UNICEF Picture of the Year, Nominee
  • Photolucida: Critical Mass, Finalist
  • International Festival of Photography PHOTOVISA, Finalist
  • International Photo Festival of Addiction, Urmia - Iran, Bronze Medal, Photo Essay
  • New York Photo Awards, Interim Winner & Finalist, Single Documentary Image Category
  • International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Category Deeper Perspective / Photo Essay & Feature Story
  • Photo Annual Awards, Honorable Mention, Motion Single
  • Photo Annual Awards, Honorable Mention, Motion Series
  • SocialDocumentary.net, Honorable Mention, The Art of Documentary
  • Palm Springs Photo Festival, Finalist, Slide Show Contest
  • Photofest Querétaro, Runner Up, Zero Moment Category
  • Photofest Querétaro, First Place, Photographic Essay
  • Canon Profifoto Förderpreis 12/1, Nominee
2011
  • UNICEF Picture of the Year, Nominee
  • Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, 2nd place for best Feature Picture Story
  • Abisag Tuellmann Foundation for Artistic Photojournalism, Honorable Mention
  • Chris Hondros Grant, First Recipient
  • 6th Malta International Photographic Exhibition, Selected Photographer
  • International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Professional Photo Essay / Feature Story
  • POYi Emerging Vision Incentive, Nominee
  • Canon Profifoto Förderpreis 11/2, Nominee
2010
  • GIZ “Valuable Waste”, Winner
2015
  • Phas Gaya , Group Exhibition, RPS International Print Exhibition, Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast
  • Phas Gaya , Group Exhibition, RPS International Print Exhibition, Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford
  • Phas Gaya , Group Exhibition, RPS International Print Exhibition, Royal Albert Hall, London
2014
  • Phas Gaya , Group Exhibition, RPS International Print Exhibition, Banbury Museum & Art Gallery, Oxford
  • Phas Gaya , Group Exhibition, RPS International Print Exhibition, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales
  • Phas Gaya , Group Exhibition, RPS International Print ExhibitionBerkeley Gallery, London
  • Mobile Photographs, Group Exhibition, KOLGA Award Exhibtion, Tbilisi
  • Tracing Waste, Group Exhibition, The Critical Camera, Wissenschaftspark Gelsenkirchen
2013
  • Death for 50 Rupees & Phas Gaya, Group Exhibition, FotoWeekDC, Crystal City, Washington DC
  • Death for 50 Rupees & Phas Gaya, Group Exhibition, FotoWeekDC, National Geographic Museum, Washington DC
  • Phas Gaya, Group Exhibition, European Photo Festival, Milan
  • FOCUS LIFE - Education through Photographs, Single Exhibition, ASB headquarter, Dresden
  • Death for 50 Rupees, Group Exhibition, Photofest Querétaro 2013, Querétaro
  • Death for 50 Rupees, Group Exhibition, Abisag Tuellmann Foundation, Heussenstamm-Galerie, Frankfurt
2012
  • Tracing Waste, Group Exhibition, European Month of Photography, Galerie Nord, Berlin
  • Phas Gaya, Group Exhibition, Fiera di Milano, Milan
  • Phas Gaya, Group Exhibition, New York Photo Awards, powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, New York
  • Death for 50 Rupees, Group Exhibition, International Festival of Photography PHOTOVISA, Krasnodar
  • Phas Gaya, Group Exhibition, Milan
  • Phas Gaya, Group Exhibition, New York Photo Festival, powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, New York
  • Death for 50 Rupees & Phas Gaya, Group Exhibition, International Photo Festival of Addiction, Urmia
  • Phas Gaya, Slide Show Presentation, Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap
  • Tracing Waste, Single Exhibition, City Theater, Kamenz
  • FOCUS LIFE, Single Exhibition, Saxon State Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs, Dresden
  • Phas Gaya, Group Exhibition, Photo Annual Awards, Gallery Portheimka, Prague
  • Phas Gaya, Group Exhibition, Goethe Institut, New Delhi
  • Phas Gaya, Slide Show Presentation, Palm Springs Photo Festival, California
  • Death for 50 Rupees, Slide Show Presentation, Photofest Queretaro, Queretaro
2011
  • Verantwortlich wirtschaften - Nachhaltig entwickeln, Group Exhibition, LVR-Landesmuseum, Bonn
  • Tracing Waste, Solo Show, Peter-Weiss-Haus, Rostock
  • Death for 50 Rupees, Screening and Lecture, UNODC head office, New Delhi
  • Death for 50 Rupees, Group Exhibition, Lodi Gardens, New Delhi
  • Death for 50 Rupees, Screening, Nazar-ka-Adda, New Delhi
  • Tracing Waste, Solo Show, BMZ, Berlin
  • Tracing Waste, Solo Show, FEZ-Berlin, Berlin
  • Verantwortlich wirtschaften - Nachhaltig entwickeln, Group Exhibition, GIZ, Berlin
2010
  • Tracing Waste, Solo Show, European Month of Photography, Albert-Einstein-Volkshochschule, Berlin
  • Yamuna, Group Exhibition, Salaam Baalak Trust Fundraiser, Indigo Blue Art, Singapore
  • Tracing Waste, Solo Show, Litter-free Auroville (LFA) campaign, Auroville, Chennai
  • Yamuna, Group Exhibition, Salaam Baalak Trust Fundraiser, Visual Arts Gallery - India Habitat Center, New Delhi
2009
  • Tracing Waste, Group Exhibition, ECO Festival, American Centre, New Delhi
  • Tracing Waste, Traveling Exhibition and Screening at schools across New Delhi
  • Tracing Waste, Solo Show, Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Center, New Delhi
Newspapers & Magazines
  • National Geographic
  • The Washington Post
  • The New York Times
  • The Wall Street Journal
  • The Guardian
  • The Sunday Times
  • Al Jazeera Plus
  • GEO
  • Stern
  • Der Spiegel
  • Die Zeit
  • NEON
  • TAZ
  • Getty Images
  • Denver Post
  • Dummy Magazin
  • Tehelka
  • Mint
  • The Caravan
  • Time Out
Governmental Organisations & NGOs
  • UNICEF
  • GIZ
  • Welthungerhilfe
  • BMZ
  • German Embassy New Delhi
  • UNODC
  • USAID
  • Friedrich Ebert Foundation
  • Goethe Institute New Delhi
  • Amnesty International
  • IFAD
  • Human Rights Law Network
  • Heinrich Böll Foundation
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Chintan
  • Sulabh International
  • Quicksand
  • Bündnis für Humanität und Toleranz Kamenz
  • St.ART
  • PETA

Available for assignments and commissions worldwide

Please also contact me to find out more about my lecture-cum-education program “FOCUS LIFE”, how to participate in my social sports initiative “SLACKTIVISM”, if you are interest in exhibiting my work, licensing images or purchasing limited edition prints of my work.

Enrico Fabian Photography
Enrico Fabian

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+91-(0)88-60218938 (India)

+49-(0)1577-8924327 (Germany)

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