Skip to main content
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • Videos
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Library
    • Research
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • |
  • Alumni
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
Sections
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • |
  • Alumni
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • Videos
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Library
    • Research
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit

Award-winning National Geographic photographer to visit Newhouse Feb. 2

Monday, January 23, 2012, By Wendy S. Loughlin
Share
speakers

The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will host documentary photographer Gerd Ludwig on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. The event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in SU pay lots.

ludwigIn the early 1990s, Ludwig became a contract photographer for National Geographic Magazine, focusing on the social changes in Germany and Eastern Europe. His work resulted in the publication of his book “Broken Empire: After the Fall of the USSR,” a 10-year retrospective, and established his reputation as the world’s foremost color photographer covering the region.

Ludwig will present “Russia: A Phoenix Rising from the Ashes of a Broken Empire,” which will focus on the central body of his work: Russia’s transformation from communism to capitalism. Images depict the legendary Trans-Siberian Railroad; Russian churches and monasteries; Siberia; Moscow at night; and Ludwig’s coverage of the aftermath of the nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl. In 2005 and again in 2011, he went deeper into the nuclear reactor than any other Western still photographer.

He has won numerous photographic awards, including the IPA’s 2006 Lucie Award for International Photographer of the Year.

Born in Germany, he studied photography for five years with Professor Otto Steinert at the Folkwangschule in Essen, graduating in 1972 with a degree in photo design from the University of Essen. He co-founded VISUM, Germany’s first photographer-owned photo agency, the following year. In 1975, he moved to Hamburg and began working for Geo, Stern, Spiegel, Zeit-Magazin, Time and Life, and photographed advertising campaigns.

Now based in Los Angeles, Ludwig is represented by the Institute for Artist Management and continues to work for National Geographic. He exhibits his work in galleries and festivals and occasionally shoots advertising.

His presentation is a part of the Canon USA Explorer of Light Lecture Series, which showcases photographers’ work to the general public. For more information, contact Tom Kennedy at 315-443-7388 or trkenned@syr.edu.

  • Author

Wendy S. Loughlin

  • Recent
  • Syracuse University Ranked in the Top 25 for Best Online Graduate Information Technology Programs by U.S. News & World Report
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021, By News Staff
  • WAER 88.3 FM Welcomes New Sports Director
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021, By Mary Kate Intaglietta
  • The State of the Immigration Courts
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021, By News Staff
  • Athlete, Activist Maya Moore Joins the Martin Luther King Jr. Virtual Event Series Jan. 27
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021, By News Staff
  • Health Promotion Advocate and Alumnus Sidney Lerner ’53 Remembered
    Tuesday, January 26, 2021, By News Staff

More In Uncategorized

“Can JC Penny Perform a Magic Act As It Emerges From Bankruptcy?”

Ray Wimer, professor of retail practice in the Whitman School, was interviewed for the International Business Times piece “Can JC Penny Perform a Magic Act As It Emerges From Bankruptcy?” Wimer, an expert on the retail industry, says that the…

“How the FBI is following a digital trail of evidence to track down capitol rioters.”

Mark Pollitt, adjunct professor in the School of Information Studies, was interviewed for the TODAY story “How the FBI is following a digital trail of evidence to track down capitol rioters.” Pollitt spent a thirty year career working for the…

“Did President rump’s Ban from Twitter Violate Free Speech? The experts say not exactly.”

Shubha Ghosh, the Crandall Melvin Professor of Law in the College of Law, was quoted in the Katie Couric Media piece “Did President rump’s Ban from Twitter Violate Free Speech? The experts say not exactly.” Ghosh, an expert in antitrust…

“People with disabilities desperately need the vaccine. But states disagree on when they’ll get it.”

Scott Landes, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School, was quoted in The Washington Post story “People with disabilities desperately need the vaccine. But states disagree on when they’ll get it.” Landes, an expert on the sociology of disability,…

Luvell Anderson writes “Whiteness Is the Greatest Racial Fraud”

Luvell Anderson, associate professor of philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote commentary in the Boston Review titled “Whiteness Is the Greatest Racial Fraud.” Anderson, who studies the philosophy of race, uses the piece to discuss the concept…

Subscribe to SU Today

If you need help with your subscription, contact sunews@syr.edu.

Connect With Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
Social Media Directory

For the Media

Find an Expert Follow @SyracuseUNews
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
  • @SyracuseU
  • @SyracuseUNews
  • @SUCampus
  • Social Media Directory
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy
  • Campus Status
  • Syracuse.edu
© 2021 Syracuse University News. All Rights Reserved.