about
Signe Heldt was born in 1989 in northern Germany. Heldt completed her Bachelor‘s degree in Photography at the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg, Germany. Today, she works as a picture editor for DER SPIEGEL, as well as a freelance photographer in her chosen home of Hamburg. In spring '21, she graduated as a photo editor from Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, Berlin.
vita
2021 | Graduation picture editing class, Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, Berlin
2021 | Annual Photography Awards (APA), Photojournalism, Honorable Mention
2020 | Neutral Density Photography Award (ND Awards), Editorial: daily life category, Winner, Gold
2020 | Photo Annual Award, student category, Winner
2020 | Kassel Dummy Award, Shortlist
2020 | Athens Photo Festival, Shortlist
2020 | Der Neue BFF-Förderpreis, art category, Winner, first place
2020 | Bachelor of Arts, Communication Design / Photography, HAW Hamburg, Germany
2019 | Georg Koppmann Preis für Hamburger Stadtfotografie, Shortlist
2019 | Karl Ditze Preis, magazine category, nicht jetzt! #7
2019 | ADC Award Silver Nail, group project and self published magazine category, nicht jetzt! #7
exhibitions
07/2021 | Group exhibition, 20 aus 20, designxport, Hamburg, Germany
06/2021 | Group exhibition, Home and Identity, as part of the f2 photo festival 2021, KA!SERN, Dortmund, Germany
10/2020 | Istanbul Photobook Festival, group exhibition, as part of the Kassel Dummy Award 2020, NOKS Art Space, Istanbul, Turkey
10/2020 | Fotograf Festival Praha, group exhibition, as part of the Kassel Dummy Award 2020, Pool Café, Prague, Czech Republic
10/2020 | Ausgezeichnet! group exhibition, Der Neue BFF-Förderpreis 2020, Zingst, Germany
09/2020 | Organvida, group exhibition, as part of the Kassel Dummy Award 2020, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
05/2020 | Call me #5, group exhibition, Hamburg, Germany
03/2019 | Der Apfel fällt, group exhibition, Frappant Gallerie, Hamburg, Germany
06/2018 | Home, group exhibition, Triennale der Photographie, Hamburg, Germany
11/2017 | Print Photobook Festival, group exhibition, Galeria Skala, Posen, Poland
links
Hamburg-Steilshoop: Diese besondere Nähe, ZEITmagazin Nr. 20/2021
OKS-lab fragt... Linn Schröder, OKS-lab, Blog der Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie
Ein schönes Bild – Teil 2, OKS-lab, Blog der Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie
Der neue BFF-Förderpreis: Preisträgerinnen & Finalist:innen 2020
Cem, einer von den Affenfelsen, Fink Hamburg

