Biography & Contact

Selfportrait, Afghanistan

Martin Roemers (1962, The Netherlands)

Address

Oostsingel 96 2612 HG Delft The Netherlands

Office	+ 31 (0) 15 21 22 964
Cell phone	+ 31 (0) 6 53 77 99 59
E-mail	martin@martinroemers.com
Represented by Photo Agencies	-Panos Pictures, London www.panos.co.uk -Hollandse Hoogte, Amsterdam www.hollandse-hoogte.nl -Laif, Cologne www.laif.de

Training

AKI, Academy of Arts, Enschede, The Netherlands

Books (solo)

- Trabant. The Final Days of Production / Die lezten Tagen der Produktion, Wasmuth Verlag, Berlin 2007 - The Never-Ending War / De eindeloze oorlog, QV Publishers, 2005 - 'Kabul', Legermuseum, 2003 - 'Tussen vijandige buren', Mets & Schilt Publishers, 2000 - 'De laatste lichting/ The last batch - A farewell to conscription', Het Apollohuis, 1996

Exhibitions (selection)

- Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin, Germany - Industriemuseum Sachsen, Chemnitz, Germany - Kunsthal Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Legermuseum, Delft, The Netherlands - Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen, The Netherlands - Melkweg Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - The Netherlands Photo Institute , Rotterdam, The Netherlands       - Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Customs House, Sydney, Australia - State Museum of the Political History of Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia

Collections

- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Legermuseum, Delft, The Netherlands - Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands - Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany - Industriemuseum Sachsen, Chemnitz, Germany

Awards

- World Press Photo 2006: 2nd prize Portrait Stories - Several prizes in the Dutch 'Zilveren Camera' contest - Society for News Design, USA, Annual Creative Competition 2005, Award of Excellence

Reviews (selection)

- Foto8 (UK), Camera Austria (AU), Zoom (IT), Eyemazing (NL), NRC Handelsblad (NL), Volkskrant (NL),  Photoq (NL), Photoscala (GER)

Publications in newspapers and magazines (selection)

National Geographic (USA), International Herald Tribune (USA), Newsweek (USA), The New Yorker (USA)  The New York Times (USA), Times Magazine Asia, The Independent (UK), The Guardian (UK), TheTimes (UK), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (GER), Sueddeutsche Zeitung (GER), Der Spiegel (GER), Die Zeit (GER), Die Welt (GER), Vogue (GER), Geo International, Neue Zuercher Zeitung (CH), Volkskrant (NL), Volkskrant Magazine (NL), NRC Handelsblad (NL), NRC Handelsblad Magazine (NL), Vrij Nederland (NL),  Volume (NL), De Morgen (B), Le Figaro (FR) ,Vanity Fair (IT), D la Repubblica (IT), Izvestia (RUS),  Esquire (RUS), Courrier Japon (JAP), Newsweek Japan