Michael Gutsche (*1961, Fulda, Germany) is a German photographer who works with changing landscapes and global environmental issues. He began making photographic essays in the early 1990s while traveling through Latin America, the United States, and Asia as CEO of an air pollution control company. He eventually retired from the company to focus solely on photography. Gutsche’s work manifests in large-scale prints and has been featured in solo exhibitions at museums, galleries, and institutions across Germany, as well as in the international press and German media.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA), 1987
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Commissions
Expedition Photographer
MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate) January – April 2020
Recognitions
“Winning Photographer”, Moscow International Foto Awards, 2021
“Winning Photographer”, Tokyo International Foto Awards, 2021
„Highly Commended“, Belfast Photo Festival, 2021
Solo Shows
“MOSAiC - The Arctic Key to Understanding Global Climate Change”
Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
Permanent installation, 2021
„auf draht”
Museum for Communication, Berlin, 2014
„Icelandscapes – Ein nordischer Bilderzyklus“
Vonderau Museum, Fulda, as part of the arts and culture program „Fabulous Iceland – Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2011“
Group Shows
“Into the Ice”
German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven, 25.02.–31.07. 2022
„Island - Berlin - eine fotografische Zeitreise”
Kunstraum Heinrichstrasse, Fulda, 2019
Selected Publications
Panorama (DAV Magazin), Issue 01, Augenblicke: „Sterbendes Eis”, 2021
Focus, issue 21, „Auf dünnem Eis”, 2020
Fuldaer Zeitung Journal, „Zwischen Himmel und Eis”, 16.05.20
Süddeutsche Zeitung, „Das Wilde Treiben am Nordpol”, 23.–24.05.20
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, „Die Expedition des Jahrhunderts”, 21.10.20
Other press
Nature, The Washington Post, and The Independent
Other media
ZDF, SWR, RTL, HR Fernsehen, HR1, HR3, and SWR3
