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Faces of a Country

Jens Umbach

September 20, 2016


With a large team and portable studio, photographer Jens Umbach portrayed Afghan people in Mazar-i Sharif. A different kind of war reportage.
Direct eye contact, a neutral background and perfect lighting – Jens Umbach’s approach to the situation in Afghanistan is very unusual. Using improvised studios at markets and on dirt roads, he produced a series that establishes a basis for a different understanding of crisis reporting.

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Born in Homberg/Efze in 1973, Umbach graduated as a Communications Designer from the FH Darmstadt in 1999. He moved to New York in 1997, while still studying.in 1997. His photographic emphasis lies of editorial portraits (British Vogue, New Yorker, brand eins, London Telegraph Magazine) and commercial productions for IBM, Mercedes Benz, and American Express. Since 2009, Umbach has been living in Hamburg and in New York. More

 

Faces of a Country

Jens Umbach