Brief Biography

Michael Pfister, born in 1979 in Berne Switzerland, is a curator, creativer director and visual storyteller.

As a frequent consultant, lecturer, curator and teacher he interacts with key decision makers as well as upcoming talents in the field of visual journalism, film and beyond. 

As Director of Photograpghy Pfister developed, implemented and redesigned the visual language of the news outlet ZEIT ONLINE.
As part of the 6th Triennial of Photography Hamburg 2015 Micheal Pfister has selected six international photographers and invited them to share their vision of the medium’s future as subjective image for the exhibition THE FUTURE’S NOT OURS TO SEE: Kalpesh Lathigra, Regine Petersen, Katja Stuke & Oliver Sieber, Niina Vatanen and Ramon Haindl.
Mr Pfister worked together with norwegian photographer Andrea Gjestvang on the internationaly awarded project/bookpublication/exibithion one-day-in-history. Pfister collaborated with a broad variety of international contemporary visual artists.

 

Lecturing
gijc Global Investigative Journalism Conference Hamburg, 2019; CIC Cairo, Eyeem Photo Festival Berlin, Lumix International Photo Festival Hannover, Browse Photo Festival Berlin, Axel Springer Academy Berlin, MAZ Schweizer Medienschule Luzern, Ostkreuz Fotoschule Berlin, International Literature Festival Berlin, Bosch Stiftung Berlin

 

Exhibithion Curator

 

2021 Exhibition Curator, „Memoire temporale comme un mirage“ Kalpesh Lathigra, Berlin, London, Mumbai

2020, Exhibition Curator, "I Am Who I Am Who Am I“ Yumna Al-Arashi, Anahita Contemporary, Berlin

2015, Exhibition Curator „The future’s not ours to see“, Triennale for Photography at the Deichtorhallen Museum für Fotografie Hamburg

2015, Artist Talk Series, Deichtorhallen Museum für Fotografie Hamburg
Kalpesh Lathigra, Regine Petersen, Niina Vatanen, Katja Stuke & Oliver Sieber and Ramon Haindl.

2003, Swiss Artists at Transmediale Festival Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt