Social documentary photography, documentary photography, fine art & everyday artistic photography

Publications &
Interviews

→ Brüche und Aufbrüche
Exhibition catalogue
(ISBN: 9783754135365)

→ Stadt. Alltag. Umwelt.
Photographic observations of everyday life.
(ISBN 9783750200647)

→ Gelsenkirchen abseits des Fußballs
Photo book “Gelsenkirchen beyond football”
(ISBN 9783749465491)

→ Poesie & Alltag
Publication to the eponymous
Art project in public space
(ISBN 9783738640090)

→ FORST
Social documentary photography:
Photographic documentation
social work, photo book on the exhibition
(ISBN 9783741294624)

→ Italien monochrom
Exhibition catalogue
(ISBN 9783738647471)

→ Danzig
A photographic walk
(ISBN 9783844279801)

→ Wir in Gelsenkirchen-Horst
Social documentary photography
Exhibition catalogue
(ISBN 9783844276046)

→ Magazine fotoPRO
Edition 1/12, October 2012:
“The street is a stage” – Interview on the topic
social documentary photography of everyday life.

Magazine fotoPraxis, issue 1/13, January 2013:
Interview on the topic
“Urban Photography and Photography Law”

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Testimonials

“You will leave this exhibit with a different consciousness than when you entered it.” (Mayor Klaudia Zepuntke, Düsseldorf, about the exhibition → Brüche und Aufbrüche)

“In Thomas Klingberg’s photographs, you can see in black and white what is hardly noticed in the grey tones of society.” (Writer→ Frank Schablewski)

“I was very touched by the way Thomas dealt with the children in the hospice. He communicated with them without speaking their language. When you saw how much closeness the children allowed, you could have thought Thomas had been a part of the institution for a long time.” (Dr. Natasha Grigorian, Dmitry Rogachev National Research Center in Moscow)

“Klingberg’s photographs are carried by a deep humanism. A master of the iconography of everyday life.” (Dr. Rainer Strzolka, literary scholar and photographer)

“He is not only a good photographer, he can also climb very fast over very high walls” (One of the protagonists of the photo series → “Illegale Sprayer“)

” … seeks the edges of society, where life is direct and maskless, in the space where there are cracks, constraints, longings, and laughter of despair. He records this life with the camera, directly and honestly in intimacy. Life wins, the photograph becomes a secondary matter.” (Barbara Oestersötebier)

“A rather wide photographic spectrum, where not everything pleases me. But the portraits are remarkable & extraordinary.” (→ Angelika Richter, artist, architect)

“These photos would only touch me intensely if they were stapled to me.” (Visitor of one of my exhibitions)

“The wonderful pictures, created under the guidance of Thomas Klingberg, touch, admonish and encourage. Are bizarre, even annoying and put a finger in the wounds of our city.” (Britta Zweigner, managing director renatec GmbH about the publication → STADT. ALLTAG. UMWELT.)

It is interesting that such a positive, open and cheerful person takes such oppressive and depressive photos. He is a man of contrasts. (Anna Kruitikova, visitor of the exhibition “Moscow Study” in Moscow)

“He is a philanthropist. You see in his photos. You can feel it in personal contact” (artist → Jaqueline Lobodda)

“Through the choice of his unusual exhibition locations, he provides people with access to attractive photography who would otherwise hardly come into contact with it” (Reinhold Adam, former city councillor in the cultural committee of the city of Gelsenkirchen)

“I am impressed by his in-depth image and portfolio analysis. He has the eye, the ability and the desire to deal with foreign image content and to give valuable suggestions.” (Photographer → Alexandre Sladkevich)

“I warmly recommend this book, its pictures and thoughts to you” (Helga Stulgies, Department of the Environment in Düsseldorf, from the preface to the publication → STADT. ALLTAG. UMWELT.)