MARC PRÜST
Photography Consultant and Curator
specialist in visual storytelling, and in market trends of photojournalism and social documentary photography
strategic advice and project management for corporate, NGO, and institutions on the use of photography
books – exhibitions – personal advice – lectures – workshops
Marc Prüst is active as photography consultant and curator. In that capacity he edits books, creates exhibitions, teaches, lectures, and advises photographers on how to develop their work and how to market it. Marc works in close cooperation with photographers, with the goal of telling the photographer’s story, to recreate through the images the things the photographer wants to say. By getting to know the person behind the camera, the aim is to create the story and the presentation fitting to the work.
For companies Marc offers strategic advice on the usage of photography in their communication. Both in terms of running projects to increase an enterprise’s public status in corporate and social responsibility, such as exhibitions, books, and reportages, as well as photography as a means to communicate directly to the public. Backed by an extensive network of professionals, photographers, designers, business advisers, and other associates, Marc can both advice and run any project, tailor made on the specific requests and requirements of the client.
He is one of three curators for the FotoGrafia festival in Rome for the period 2010 – 2012, and is creative director of the only photo festival in Nigeria, LagosPhoto. He has successfully launched the Northern Lights Masterclass, a one year masterclass for professional photojournalists and social documentary photographers, in September 2010. Prüst also teaches Visual Identity classes at Spéos Photographic Institute in Paris.
Marc Prüst (1975) worked for the World Press Photo Foundation from 2001 to 2007, where he organized and installed exhibitions all over the world. In 2005 he was responsible for the exhibition and award winning publication “Things As They Are, Photo Journalism in Context since 1955″, for which he worked in close cooperation with curator Christian Caujolle and editor Chris Boot. In 2007 he moved on to Agence VU’ where he was mainly responsible for the international cultural activities of the agency.
Selected Exhibitions
LagosPhoto Festival – What’s Next Africa – The Hidden Stories, Lagos, Nigeria October 2011
FotoGrafia Festival- The Place Where I Belong, Rome, Italy September 2011
MegaCities Sao Paulo by Carlos Cazalis, part of FotoSeptiembre – Ana Huacali Museum Mexico City September 2011
LagosPhoto Festival – No Judgement Africa under the Prism, Lagos, Nigeria October 2010
FotoGrafia Festival- Unpublished-Unknown, Rome, Italy September 2010
The Holland Society of New York by Geert Snoeijer – Amsterdam City Hall – December 2009
Lost – Human Conditions, Noorderlicht Photofestival 2009 Groningen– September 2009
Concours d’Architecture Eiffel 2008, Cité de l’Architecture Paris – April 2009
MediaVU’ One Year Anniversary Exhibition Palais de Tokyo Paris – April 2009
Salt Water Tears – PrixPictet Commission by Munem Wasif – Mall Galleries London – March 2009
European Works (Fabriques de l’Europe) Cité de l’Architecture Paris – October 2008 traveling to Brussels November 2008, and Dublin March 2009
Books
NOMAD – Jeroen Toirkens- Lannoo Publihers – 2011
Het Veer van Istanbul – ontmoetingen langs de Bosporus – Nicole Segers Lemniscaat Publishers – 2010
Portfolio reviews
FotoFestParis, Paris France, November 2011
Belfast PhotoFestival, Belfast NorthernIreland, August 2011
FotoFestParis, Paris France, November 2010
Rhubarb-Rhubarb, Birmingham UK, August 2010
North East Photography Network, Newcastle UK, March 2010
FotoTriennale.dk Odense Denmark, October 2009
Fotofestival Naarden the Netherlands, May 2009
Lucca Digital Photo Fest Italy, October 2008
PhotoBiennale Thessaloniki Greece, April 2008
Competitions – Judging
HumanKind, New York Photo Fesitval, New York USA, 2010
PGBPPhotoAward, (chairman of the jury), Stockholm Sweden, 2010
PES Group Committee of the Regions, Brussels Belgium, 2008
PGBPhotoAward, Stockholm Sweden, 2008
Critical Mass, Photolucida Portland USA, 2008
PES Group Committee of the Regions, Brussels Belgium, 2007
Miscellaneous
Lecture at North East Photography Network, photography (w)here, Newcastle, March 2010
Lecture Mastermundo, September 2009
Panel Discussion Dutch Photography – Photo Festival Naarden, May 2009
Bookreview, Kiyoshi Suzuki, Soul and Soul 1969 – 1999 Lens Culture, http://lensculture.com/suzuki.html
Workshop Altemus for Sputnik photographers, Skite St. Foy, France, August 2007