Olaf Otto Becker
B. Germany, 1959
The Works
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Olaf Otto Becker
Primary Forest 02, Lake, Malaysia
2012
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Primary Swamp Forest 01, black water, Kalimantan, Indonesia
2012
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Primary Forest 06, Malaysia
2012
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Primary Forest 7, Malaysia
2012
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Primary Forest 11, Malaysia
2012
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Primary Swamp Forest 06, late dusk, Indonesia
2012
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Primary Swamp Forest 04, black water, South Kalimantan
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Primary Forest 03, Malaysia
2012
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Ghost Trees after Deforestation, Malaysia
2012
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Primary Forest 18, Roots, Malaysia
2012
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Redwoods 02, California
2009
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Primary Forest 1, Waterway, Malaysia
2013
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
After Deforestation, Central Kalimantan
2012
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Deforestation of Primary Forest, Central Kalimantan
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Erosion After Logging of Mangroves 6, Rangsang Island
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Bushfire Lit to Clear Land, Australia
2008
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Russian Fishing Trawler
2002
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
827 Nuussuaq, 07/2006 74° 06’45” N, 57° 03’32” W
2006
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Qimmeq, Nuussauq, 07/2006 74°06’36” N, 57°03′ 32″ W
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
579 Oquaatsut, 07/2003 69° 20’23” N, 51° 00’15” W
2003
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
794 S” Atut, 07/2005 70° 48’42” N, 51° 37’42” W
2005
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Tasiussaq 3, 07/2006 73°22’09” N, 56° 04’56” W
2006
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
804 Tasiussaq, 07/2006 73° 22’09” N, 56° 04’56” W
2006
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
705 Nuussuaq, 07/2006 74° 06’45” N, 57° 03’32” W
2006
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Ilulissat 04
2014
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Umanak
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Iceberg Rodebay 2, 07/2003, 69° 22’16” N, 50° 54’08” W
2003
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Ilulissat Icefjord 05
2003
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Ilulissat 18
2015
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Ilulissat 03
2014
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Ilulissat 24, 07/2015
2015
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Ilulissat Icefjord 6, 07/2003 69° 11’58” N, 51° 07’08” W
2003
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Ilulissat 51
2015
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Ilulissat 10
2016
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Ilulissat 11
2016
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Ilulissat 06
2014
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Oquaatsut 5, 07/2003 69° 19’57” N, 51° 00’23” W
2003
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Ikerasak, Qarajaqs Icefjord 2
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Ikerasak, Qarajaqs Icefjord 1, 07/2005 70° 29’46” N, 51° 18’14” W
2005
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Ilulissat 13, Diptych
2015
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Branches with Plums
2018
Two archival pigment prints
Olaf Otto Becker
Inland Ice 5
2007
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Above Zero, River 1, 07, 2007, Position 13
Archival pigment print
Olaf Otto Becker
Above Zero, River 2, Position 1
2008
Archival pigment print
B. Germany1959
Biography
Olaf Otto Becker’s first project, Under the Nordic Light (2005) documented the dramatic landscape of Iceland. His subsequent project Broken Line (2003-2006), explored the effects of global warming on the coastal landscape of Greenland and the glaciers that form there. The project took him on a 4000km journey along the west coast of Greenland alone in a rubber zodiac raft, documenting the landscape with a large format camera. The artist claims, ‘I was interested in a wild, unspoiled landscape. I was interested in a place where the landscape developed on its own.’ In this series, Becker surveys the relationship between the fragile arctic landscapes and the people who live and work there, presenting the immense architectural-like summits of the western coast of Greenland. Similarly, his following project, Reading the Landscape continues his exploration of environmental concerns focused on ravaged rainforests and the effects of deforestation, this time over a range of Asiatic geographies – Malaysia, Borneo and Singapore.
Olaf Otto Becker was born in Lübeck-Travemünde, Germany in 1959. Becker is a regular contributor to the New York Times Magazine. His first publication Under the Nordic Light (2005) was nominated for the Rencontres D’Arles Book award. He has been nominated twice for the Prix Pictet award in both 2008 and 2012. His work has been exhibited internationally in Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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