Florian Maier-Aichen
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Florian Maier-Aichen (born 1973 in
Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...
, West Germany) is a landscape photographer based in
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and
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, US. He uses a combination of traditional photographic techniques and computer imaging. Maier-Aichen studied at the
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, the
University of Essen The University of Duisburg-Essen () is a public research university in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In the 2019 ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'', the university was awarded 194th place in the world. It was originally ...
in Germany, and at the Hoegskolan for Fotografi och Film Gothenborg in
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. His work features in several important public collections including the
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, the
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in Los Angeles, the
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in Minneapolis, the
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in New York, and the
Saatchi Gallery The Saatchi Gallery is a London gallery for contemporary art and an independent charity opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985. Exhibitions which drew upon the collection of Charles Saatchi, starting with US artists and minimalism, moving to the ...
in London.Florian Maier-Aichen—Photography
/ref> He participated in the 2006
Whitney Biennial The Whitney Biennial is a biennial exhibition of contemporary American art organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. The event began as an annual exhibition in 1932; the first biennial was held in 1973. It is considered ...
.


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Blum and Poe: Florian Maier-Aichen303 Gallery: Florian Maier-AichenPBS: Florian Maier-AichenArtforum review, April, 2006.
Photographers from Baden-Württemberg 1973 births Living people Artists from Stuttgart {{Germany-photographer-stub