About the photographer/artist:
The German photographer/artist Sabine Plamper (born 1972 in Potsdam, Germany) has been living and working in Amsterdam for the past 11 years. From 1992 to 1998 she studied 'Cultural Studies and Aesthetic Communication' at the University of Hildesheim, Germany. In 1991/92 Plamper went as an exchange student to Ohio, U.S.A. and in 1994/95 she studied at the 'Collage of Cultural Science' in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Since 1999 Plamper has been working as a freelance photographer. Her work includes art projects as well as commissioned work for magazines, firms and private collections. Her artwork 'Figures' is frequently exhibited at exhibitions in the Netherlands and abroad. Photographs of this series were purchased by the picture libraries 'Kunstcentrum Zaanstad' (2001 and 2006), 'CBK Zuidoost' (2003 and 2004), 'SBK Centrum Amsterdam' (2004), 'Kunstuitleen Alkmaar' (2006 and 2007), Gallery Smelik & Stokking (2008 and 2009) and can be found in private collections (since 1997).
Since 2000 Plamper worked on several portrait series. In 2001 the International Foster Care Organisation (IFCO) commissioned Plamper to produce the photo book 'Watch Us! -Youth in Foster Families', showing black & white portraits of young people.
In 2003 Plamper photographed the colour series 'Female armpits' which was commissioned by the foundations 'Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst' and 'Stichting Josine de Bruyn Kops'.
In 2001 Plamper produced the colour series 'Uniforms Amsterdam' and in 2004 she photographed 'Uniforms Berlin', a project commissioned by the German weekly paper 'DIE ZEIT'. The uniform series shows double portraits of people in working and private clothes. In the next years Plamper plans to continue the uniform series in different countries.
In 2006 Sabine Plamper won the Dutch photo price Focus Maestro and her Dutch/English photo book 'Figures/Figuren' is published by the Focus Publishing BV.
Furthermore, she is currently working on the new photo project called 'Couples 70+'. Since 2008 you can see her artwork at Smelik & Stokking Galleries in Amsterdam, Den Haag and Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
In 2009 Sabine Plamper lived and worked for one year in Berlin, close to her hometown Potsdam. Here she started her new concept 'Kinderreportage', about children photography and pedagogic projects.
Since 2010 Sabine Plamper lives and works as a photographer and pedagogue in Amsterdam, and for some projects a few weeks each year in Berlin.
Plamper is a member of the Federation of Artist Associations and a member of the Dutch Photographer Association (GKf).
