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Ann Sophie Lindström, born in 1984 in Luxembourg, is a documentary photographer and filmmaker.
She lives in Luxembourg and Hanover, Germany.
Ann Sophie Lindström´s work establishes an intimate insight on the people and places she documents. Her stories focus on unusual communities of people who are mostly ignored in society and who create a kind of substitute family for each other. She documented the life of a group of punks trying to survive in a capitalistic urban jungle in her series Punk ist kein Kaffeekränzchen, the African American Urban Horse Community in a high-crime neighbourhood of North Philadelphia in Don´t fence me in. Her current film The Bitter with the Sweet is a love story on the verge of madness between an elderly couple that tries to grow old together. The relationship with animals often plays a central role in Lindström's work as well as in her everyday life.
Her personal projects have been supported through grants from Centre National de l´Audiovisuel in Luxembourg, Œuvre Nationale de Secours Grande-Duchesse Charlotte and Stiftung Kulturwerk der VG Bild-Kunst and been awarded in CPOY, POYi and the VGH-Preis.
Lindström studied photojournalism and Documentary Photography in Hanover, Germany. She became a mentee at the Bombay Flying Club in 2014 and was promoted as a full member in 2018.
Besides working as an independent photographer and visual storyteller Lindström teaches photography at the University of Applied Sciences in Hanover, Germany.
She is fluent in luxembourgish, german, french and english.
Lindström travels the world with her little pony Dakota.
Instagram -> @annsophielindstrom
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Education
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2018
Full member of the Bombay Flying Club
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2017
Teacher for Basics of Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hanover, Germany.
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2014
Mentee of the Bombay Flying Club
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2014
Bachelor of Arts (Photojournalism and Documentary Photography) at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hanover, Germany
AWARDS & EXHIBITIONS
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2018
Honorable Mention Lumix Award - LUMIX festival for young photojournalism. »The Bitter with the Sweet«
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2018
Exhibition at the Multimedia Section of LUMIX festival for young Photojournalism, Hanover, Germany. »The Bitter with the Sweet«
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2018
Award of Excellence at POYi (Pictures of the Year International) for »The Bitter with the Sweet«
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2017
Bourse CNA - Aide à la création en Photographie 2017 (Luxembourg)
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2017
Nomination for the Joop Swart Masterclass
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2016
Exhibition at the Multimedia Section of LUMIX festival for young photojournalism, Hanover, Germany. »Don´t fence me in«
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2015
Something Real - Exhibition at Centre National de l´Audivisuel, Luxembourg, nouvelles écritures photographiques, »Don´t fence me in«
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2015
2d place at POYi (Pictures of the Year International) for »Don´t fence me in« in the category »Motion Feature Story«
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2014
VG Bild-Kunst Stiftung Kulturwerk grant to continue the project »Don´t fence me in«
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2014
CPOY (College Photographer of the Year) Gold Medal for »Don´t fence me in« in the category »Multimedia Project«
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2014
»Œuvre Nationale de Secours Grande-Duchesse Charlotte Luxembourg« grant for project on US baskatballer players in Luxembourg
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2013
Bourse CNA - Aide à la création en Photographie 2013 (Luxembourg) for the multimedia story »Don´t fence me in«
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2012
Exhibition at LUMIX festival for young photojournalism, Hanover, Germany. »Punk ist kein Kaffeekränzchen«
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2012
Grimme Online Award for the project »berlinfolgen« in cooperation with TAZ and 2470media
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2011
VGH Award for »Punk ist kein Kaffeekränzchen« and solo exhibition at VGH galerie Hanover
Workshops
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2017
Workshop with Rob Hornstra & Arnold van Bruggen at CNA, LUXEMBOURG
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2017
Workshop with Sputnik at CNA, LUXEMBOURG
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2016
Eddie Adams Workshop XXIX, NY. USA
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2016
Workshop with Darcy Padilla at CNA, LUXEMBOURG
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2012
64th Missouri Photo Workshop, MO. USA