CV & Contact

Martin Roemers studied photography at the Academy of Arts in Enschede, The Netherlands. He works on long-term projects like "Metropolis" about life in Megacities and “The Eyes of War” about people who were blinded as a result of World War II. In 2009 his book “Relics of the Cold War” was published by Hatje Cantz. Roemers' work has appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, Newsweek and The New Yorker. His work has been exhibited widely and is held in public, private and corporate collections including the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the Ford Foundation in New York. He has received awards and recognitions including two World Press Photo Awards. Martin Roemers lives in The Netherlands. 

Contact
- martin@martinroemers.com
- Cellphone +31 (0)653779959
- Agent: Maartje Wildeman, + 31 (0)6 40536597, maartjewildeman@chello.nl 
  http://facebook.com/MartinRoemers


Galleries
- The Empty Quarter Gallery, Dubai (Middle East only) 
- Anastasia Photo Gallery, New York City (North-America only)


Photo Agencies 
- Panos Pictures, London (worldwide)
- Hollandse Hoogte, Amsterdam (The Netherlands only) 
- Laif, Cologne (Germany only)

Training
- AKI, Academy of Arts, Enschede, The Netherlands

Awards
- World Press Photo 2011: 1st prize Daily Life Stories
- World Press Photo 2006: 2nd prize Portraits Stories
- Sony World Photography Awards 2011, Nomination
- Prix Pictet 2010, Nomination
- Photo District News, USA, Notable Photo Books of 2010
- Daylight/ CDS Photo Awards 2010, USA, Project Prize: Honorable Mention
- Daylight/ CDS Photo Awards 2010, USA, Work-in-Process Prize: Juror Pick
- Several prizes in the Dutch 'Silver Camera' 
- Society for News Design, USA, Annual Creative Competition 2005, Award of Excellence
- European Prize of Architectural Photography 2009, Commendation
- Bouw in Beeld Prijs 2009, The Netherlands, Nomination

Books (monographs)
- Relics of the Cold War, Hatje Cantz (Ostfildern, 2009)
- Trabant. The Final Days of Production / Die letzten Tagen der Produktion, Wasmuth Verlag (Berlin, 2007)
- The Never-Ending War / De eindeloze oorlog, QV Publishers (Nijmegen, 2005)
- Kabul, Legermuseum (Delft, 2003)
- Tussen vijandige buren, Mets & Schilt Publishers (Amsterdam, 2000)
- De laatste lichting/ The last batch, Het Apollohuis (Eindhoven, 1996)

Books/catalogues featuring Martin Roemers' work
- Visions of Earth, National Geographic (Washington, 2011)
- Growth, Prix Pictet, teNeues (Kempen, 2011)
- Warzone, Noorderlicht (Groningen, 2010)
-Tilt, Breda Photo (Breda 2010)
- New Homeland/ Neue Heimat, Architekturbild (Stuttgart 2009)
- Different Eyes. 10 jaar eigenzinnige Nederlandse fotografie, Volkskrant Magazine (Amsterdam 2009)
- La tierra: economía, conflicto, naturaleza, Revela (Oleiros, 2008)
- Germany since 1945 through the Eye of Dutch Photographers, Flip Bool (Breda, 2008)
- Traces & Omens, Noorderlicht (Groningen, 2005)
- Document Nederland, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (Amsterdam, 2005)
- Intruders. Reflections on Art and the Ethnological Museum, National Museum of Ethnology Leiden (Leiden, 2004)

Selected Solo Exhibitions
- Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia, Relics of the Cold War, 2010
- Gallery Simulaker, Fotofestival Fotopub, Novo Mesto, Slovenia, Relics of the Cold War, 2010
- Willy Brandt Haus, Berlin, Germany, Relics of the Cold War, 2009-2010
- Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany, Trabant - The Final Days of Production, 2009 – 2010
- City and Industry Museum Ruesselsheim, Germany, Trabant - The Final Days of Production, 2009
- Legermuseum, Delft, The Netherlands, Cold War Graveyard, 2009
- Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, A tribute to the Trabant, 2009
- Industry Museum Sachsen, Chemnitz, Germany, Trabant - The Final Days of Production, 2008
- Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, The Never-Ending War, 2007
- Legermuseum, Delft, The Netherlands, Kabul, 2003
- Noorderlicht Photogallery, Groningen, The Netherlands, Tussen vijandige buren, 2001

Selected Group Exhibitions
- Museum of Estonian Architecture, Talinn, Estonia, Metropolis - City Life in the Urban Age, 2011
- The Empty Quarter Gallery, Dubai, Metropolis 2.0, 2011
- Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen, The Netherlands, 2011
- World Photography Festival 2011, London, San Francisco, Shanghai, Sao Paulo
- World Press Photo 2011, in 100 cities
- Gemeente Museum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands. Summer Exhibition, 2011
- Photofestival Naarden, Naarden, The Netherlands, 2011, Let’s face it
- Duke University, Center for Documentary Studies, Durham NC, USA, Daylight Awards, 2010
- Breda Photo, Breda, The Netherlands, Tilt, 2010
- Noorderlicht Photofestival, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, Warzone, 2010
- State Chancellery, Dresden, Germany, Saxony, 2010
- Ephraim-Palais, City Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Fallmauerfall | 61 – 89 – 09
  Grenzueberschreitung und Grenzerfahrung im Spiegel der Kunst, 2009 – 2010
- Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands, Gimme Shelter—Bouw in Beeldprijs, 2009
- German Museum of Architecture (DAM), Frankfurt, Germany, New Homeland, 2009
- Revela Photofestival, Oleiros, Spain, La tierra: economía, conflicto, naturaleza, 2008
- Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin, Germany, Arbeit und Alltag 1951 – 1992: Fotografien von Roger Melis, Martin Roemers und Walter Vogel,
  2007-2008
- World Press Photo 2006, various cities
- Customs House, Sydney, Australia, Dutch Decade: Photography from The Netherlands, 2006
- Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen, The Netherlands, Traces & Omens, 2005
- State Museum of the Political History of Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia, Warzone — Dutch Photographers and International Conflicts, 2004
- Melkweg Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Duister, 2003
- The Netherlands Photo Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Brandhaarden — Warzone, 2002

Collections
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Legermuseum, Delft, The Netherlands
- Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, The Netherlands
- Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany
- Industry Museum Sachsen, Chemnitz, Germany 
- Stadtmuseum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Anthony and Beth Terrana Collection, Boston, USA
- Ford Foundation, New York, USA

Selected articles about Martin Roemers’ work
- The Daily Beast / Newsweek (about Metropolis)
- The Wall Street Journal, USA (about Metropolis)
- Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, USA (about Metropolis)
- Noorderlicht Photofestival, Netherlands (about Metropolis)
- Photo District News, USA
- Foto8, UK
- Camera Austria, Austria
- Zoom, Italy
- Eyemazing, Netherlands
- GUP, Netherlands
- Conscientious, USA (about Relics of the Cold War)
- PhotoQ, Netherlands (about Relics of the Cold War)
- Tages Anzeiger, Switzerland (about Relics of the Cold War)
- Kasseler Fotoforum, Germany (about Relics of the Cold War)
- Der Spiegel, Germany (about Relics of the Cold War)
- NRC Handelsblad, Netherlands
- Volkskrant, Netherlands
- Neue Zuercher Zeitung, Switzerland
- Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Germany
- Images, France
- Soura Magazine, Dubai
- Photoscala, Germany (about Trabant)
- The Wall Street Journal, USA (about Trabant)

Periodicals featuring Martin Roemers’ work
- The New Yorker, USA
- The New York Times, USA
- National Geographic, USA
- Newsweek, USA
- International Herald Tribune, USA
- Times Magazine Asia, Hong Kong
- Financial Times Magazine, UK
- Stern, Germany
- Vogue, Germany
- Geo, Germany
- Geo, India
- Volkskrant Magazine, Netherlands
- NRC Handelsblad Magazine, Netherlands
- Vrij Nederland, Netherlands
- Volume, Netherlands
- Vanity Fair, Italy
- D la Repubblica, Italy
- Esquire, Russia
- Courrier Japon, Japan
- Newsweek, Japan
- El Pais Magazine, Spain
- Veco, China
- Le Monde 2, France

Broadcasts
- Oba Live, IKON Radio, 2011

- Arts.21, Deutsche Welle TV, 2010
- Artour, Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk TV, 2010
- Met het oog op morgen, NOS Radio, 2009
- De Avonden, VPRO Radio, 2009
- Kunststof, NPS Radio, 2009

Various
- Master Class at Clear Photofestival Groningen, Netherlands 2011
- Lecture at Fundacion Pedro Mayer, Mexico City 2011
- Lecture at World Press Photo, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2011
- Jury member Russian Press Photo Contest 2007
- Lecture at Noorderlicht Photofestival, The Netherlands 2005