Sascha Kraus was born in 1979 and is a German photographer.
He works as a freelance photographer and artist and traveled many countries. He is a member of the BFF (Berufsverband Freie Fotografen und Filmgestalter) and Freelens.
In 2010 he started his project FORTHRIGHT - Stronger than a weapon. FORTHRIGHT pictures 43 hip hop artists from Africa, Asia, the United States and Europe, all using their voice to speak up for peace and human rights. In Forthright Sascha Kraus portrays those musicians who do not only entertain their audi- ence but use their music and their lyrics as a tool to process their struggles and to actively do something against injustice. The pictures want to realize that we need the power of those individuals willing to risk something to make a change. Forthright was self published in 2016.
With his series ALL DAY HERO, Sascha Kraus shows portrait pictures of a being in a space suit, searching shelter and community. The space suit guarantees physical security at rst glance but then again he is perceived as a stranger, feeling unfamiliar. All Day Hero characterizes the search for community and harmony in an alien and new environment that is felt by countless.
SASCHA KRAUS on WIDEWALLS
EXHIBITIONS
ALL DAY HERO is part of the PROGRESSIV State of the Art Exhibition in Zingst, Germany, 2018.
FORTHRIGHT solo exhibition at gallery Silber & Salz Berlin, Germany, 2018.
FORTHRIGHT at the Month of PHOTOGRAPHY Los Angeles Photo Book Exhibition USA, 2018.
FORTHRIGHT on the MOPLA #SVLA1 screen in Downtown Los Angeles, USA, 2017.
FORTHRIGHT at the Exhibition BFF Jump at Photoweekend Duesseldorf, Germany, 2017.
FORTHRIGHT solo exhibition at gallery Droste.Wuppertal, Germany, 2017.
FORTHRIGHT solo exhibition at gallery art is just a four letter word Soest, Germany, 2017.
FORTHRIGHT group exhibition BFF Triebwerk at Kant-Garagen Berlin, Germany 2016.
FORTHRIGHT solo exhibition at gallery the Island Hamburg, Germany 2016.
Exhibition Senegalese HipHop at Katakomben, Essen, Germany 2013.
Sichtwechsel Exhibition at Grillo Theater Essen, Germany 2010.
Sichtwechsel is part of the permanent exhibition at Ruhrmuseum Essen, Germany, 2010.
Exhibition Pilger at Stadthaus Galerie Hamm, Germany, 2008.
Group exhibition 137° at Goethe Institut Prag, Czech Republic, 2007.
AWARDS
Finalist at the Lucie Photo Book Prize 2017 in the Single Author category
Nominated for Book Publisher of the Year Limited Editions at THE LUCIE AWARDS 2016, New York
Gold in Book Documentary at MIFA 2017, Moskau
Award in Excellent Arts at DDC GUTE GESTALTUNG 17, Frankfurt, 2016
Silver in Book Documentary at TIFA 2016, Tokyo
FEATURES El Pais ICON, Spain, Huffington Post, United States, huck magazine, Great Britain, feauture shoot, United States, who needs another photo blog, France, PAGE, Germany, Design Made in Germany, Germany, ProfiFoto, Germany, Atlas of the Future, Spain, Kwerfeldein, Germany, Whitewalls, Switzerland, WDR television broadcast, Germany, Westdeutsche Zeitung, Germany, WAZ, Germany, Standard Vision Los Angeles, United States, WDR Radio 1Live, Germany, Backspin, Germany, Deutschlandradio Kultur, Germany