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Jonas Grauel
Jonas lives in Düsseldorf, Germany. His professional background is in Sociology and he works as a project manager in a consumer rights organization. Besides his main job he works as a freelance photographer specialised on street and people photography.
He has published pictures in renowned street photography (online) magazines such as Eyeshot, Street Photographers Foundation or Soul of Street.
He is a founding member of the Düsseldorf Street Photography Collective frame.d.
Some of his pictures have been awarded at international Street Photography Contests.
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Artist Statement
Jonas’ work can be on the one hand characterised as very playful. His aim is to show a world full of surprises where everything seems possible, almost like in a cartoon. The real world often appears in an unexpected, unique and surreal look – this can best be seen in his ‘Coincidence’-Series, but also in the ‘Candid Candy’-Series and the Portraits of ‘People are Pretty’. On the other hand, Jonas is also an observer of society, of humans, their relations and their objects – and thus some of his work has a more analytical and reflexive approach – as can be seen in his series ‘Order’ or ‘Relations’.
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Publications
Cologne Street Culture. Das Kölner Street Photography Zine. 4 Photos, November 2022.
“Kiev, Lviv, Odessa – Der letzte Sommer vor dem Krieg in der Ukraine” – Article and series of 13 Photos. Soul of Street #40 (print) and Online-Blog, April 2022.
“Little Wonders only the Open Eye can see” – Collection of 20 Photos. Street Photographers Foundation (Online Magazine), February 2022.
Artist Exposé – Collection of 10 Photos. Edge of Humanity Online Magazine, July 2021.
“Die Poesie der Puppen” – Article and series of 8 photos. Soul of Street #30 (print) and Online-Blog, April 2020.
“A World full of Surprises” – Collection of 12 Photos. EYESHOT – Street Photography Online Magazine, July 2020.
“The Mystery of Mannequins” – Article & series of 8 photos. Street Photography Magazine, July 2020.
World Street Photography 6. The Finest Photos in International Street Photography. Gudberg Nerger, 2019. 1 Photo, p.50.
Short Street Stories – a collective tribute to Martin Parr’s street photography. Exhibit Around, 2019. Series of 8 photos, pp. 180-187.
Awarded Pictures
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Discarded Shoes
Honorable Mention
Exibart Street Contest 2019
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Yellow Paint / Container
Finalist
Fun Street Photographer of the Year 2019
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Columns, Poles and Trees – Vertical Lines in the Street (Series of 8 Pictures)
Silver Medal in the Category “Street & Architecture”
Paris Street Photo Awards 2021.
Exhibitions
Christian Stops – Jonas Grauel – Street Photography aus Düsseldorf. 18.05.-31.05.2019, Brause Kunst, Metzgerei Schnitzel Kunstverein e.V.
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