Till Müllenmeister
born in 1981 in Cologne, Germany. After briefly studying political science and economics, he went on to study photography and media focusing on photojournalism at the University of Applied Science in Bielefeld. He graduated in 2010.
He has worked as a freelancer since, working for newspapers and magazines such as: GEO, Der Spiegel, The New York Times, Zeit Magazin, Washington Post, Guardian, Aljazzera English, Afp etc. Other photography-related work included international co-operations and freelance work for UNHCR, UNICEF, IRIN -OCHA , SOS Children´s Villages, GTZ, BMZ,
He has travelled to numerous European and African countries producing photojournalistic reports on political and social conflicts as well as cultural and ethnic diversity for German and international magazines. In 2010 he became a member of the photography agency “laif Photos & Reportagen” and was nominated for the Black and White Spider Award. In 2011 he won the VG Bild Sponsorship Award and received the grant for documentary photography from the Wüstenrot Foundation. He is based as a freelance photojournalist and documentary film maker in East Africa