Peter Bauza is a German Photographer within the documentary and storytelling world. After graduating in international commerce, he first pursued a career for an international company, which took him to several countries where he also developed his visual language. He is very committed to social and geopolitical issues related to conservation, global health, diminishing cultures, sustainability and the environment. He resides between South America and Europe now more than 20 years, frequently also traveling to Africa.
His life-long respect for multicultural viewpoints fueled by the fluency in five languages also afforded him opportunities. Peter’s work has been published and exhibited internationally.
Peter got the international award World Press Photo 2017 for contemporary stories as well as the Visa D’or 2016 for features. Furthermore, Peter has received multiple awards and honorable mentions from American Photography, Hansel-Mieth, Latin American Fotografia, Los DIEZ by Epson, Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Days Japan, MIFA-Moscow International Photo Awards, IPA International Photo Award, among other international awards.
He is the author of the book „Copacabana Palace“, a sharing life with the “sem teto, sem terra” (roof and landless) in Rio de Janeiro. Generally hidden from view, they represent the dark side of Brazil’s multibillion-dollar spending spree on global sporting events, financial/political and corruption crisis.
Publication
Aftenposten, New York Magazine, Leica M Magazine, LFI, Marie Claire, Volkskrant, Stern, NZZ, doc! Magazine, Vrij, Days Japan, NYT Lens, Courrier International, Vanity Fair, VSD, Alma Magazine, ParisMatch, Aerolineas Arg, Clarin, El Federal, Die Zeit, DOUBLETruck, DF (Duzy) among others.
Selected Awards and Honors
World Press Photo Contemporary Issues (3rd stories) 2017
Hansel-Mieth 2017
Siena International Photo Award 2016
Visa Pour L’image 2016, Visa d’Or features
American Photography AP31-32, 2015 – 2016
Latin American Fotografia LAF4-5, 2015 – 2016
PX3, Prix De La Photographie Paris 2016
Shortlisted Alfred Ried Photography Award 2016
Days Japan Photojournalism Award (special jury prize) 2016
MIFA, Moscow Int. Foto Award 2016 | Conflicts
MIFA, Moscow Int. Foto Award 2015 | Politics and Conflict and General News
IPA | Int´l Photography Awards 2015 | Politics, General News, Sports, Deeper Perspective, Gen. Essay, Feature Story
PX3, Prix De La Photographie Paris 2015 | Curator Selection, Press Features and General Press
Latest Exhibitions
2017, 1st of March, Gallery Annie Boulat (Cosmos), Paris “Copacabana Palace”
2017, MoLAA, Museum of Latin American Art, Collective
2016/2017, Officine Fotografice, Milano | “Copacabana Palace”
2016, Siena Photofestival | “Copacabana Palace”
2016, The Daejeon Modern History Museum, South Korea | “Copacabana Palace”
2016, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Quito | “Copacabana Palace” at “Satellites and Aliens. Exploding Cities”
2016, Visa Pour L’Image, Perpignan, France | “Copacabana Palace”
2015, Moscow Intern. Fot Awards, Foto Loft Gallery Moscow, “Life after Kony”
2015, Salta, Argentina, „Bamaama´s Homeland | Mother´s Homeland”
2015, Paris, Px3, Prix de la Photography, collective
2015, Festival FotoRio2015 | 450 years Rio de Janeiro, Brazil „Sim, somos todos Cariocas“
2014, Germania Hall, Goethe, Buenos Aires, Argentina „Emiti Emito, Children of Earth“
2013, Galeria UCEMA, Buenos Aires, Argentina „Between Shadows and Lights“
2012-2013, Centro Cultural Borges, International Hall, Buenos Aires, Argentina „From the West to the East, Africa“
