Nick Jaussi is a German photo- and multimedia journalist, currently based in Berlin, Germany and Bogotá, Colombia. At the moment he forms part of the Master of Art programme Photography Studies and Practice at the prestigious Folkwang University of Arts in Essen, Germany. He received a bachelor’s degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology in combination with Communication Studies and Journalism at Freie Universität in Berlin, Germany in 2018. Furthermore, as an exchange student, he studied anthropology at the National University of Colombia in Bogotá in 2013/14 and was part of the international Class of Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the University of Applied Sciences in Hannover, Germany.
Nick works for international and national magazines like Stern, Chrismon, and Semana, for newspapers like Die Zeit, and for non-governmental organizations. Apart from his work for media outlets, he spends a lot of time on autonomous projects. Often, his work is related to everyday human life, sexuality and gender, and the relation between these two. His academic background in anthropology offers Nick the possibility to understand and report on human issues in a close and intense manner, focusing on the aim to create empathy across borders. A detailed narrative offers the viewer the option of deeper discussion of the topic. In 2013/14, he worked with transwomen sex-workers in Bogotá Colombia, depicting their daily lives and the construction of a safe space in the complicated red-light district. His work was exhibited at the prestigious Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism in Hannover 2014. His photographic focus lies on Spanish-speaking countries, particularly Latin America.
Nick is available for assignments in Colombia and all over Latin America in photo-journalism and photographic work. He speaks fluent Spanish, English, and German.
Partners and publications
Stern, Chrismon, Die Zeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, The Guardian, Deutsche Welle, DPA, AFP, Art Magazin, Der Standard, VICE, Wired, netzpolitik, taz, HAZ, tagesspiegel, Bento, Berliner Zeitung, Kölner Stadtanzeiger, Krautreporter, tip Berlin, taz, der Freitag RBB, WDR, Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz (BUND), Zentrum für Politische Schönheit, heute.at, Reporters Without Borders, La Tercera (Chile), La Semana (Colombia), El Malpensante (Colombia), Cafe Babel (UK), Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Lobbycontrol, Netzwerk Recherche, EMerge Mag
Exhibitions
2023
N 52° 13‘ 56.018743,
E 20° 59‘ 5.06586
Galerie 52 | Essen | Solo Exhibition
2021
Fractured Europe
Haus des Wandels | Steinhöfel | Joint Exhibition
2019
Radical Lust
UG Folkwang Museum | Essen | Joint Exhibition
2017
Out of the Jungle
KUNSTRAUM Behrenstraße | Berlin | Solo Exhibition
2014
The maricas of Santa Fe
CasaSinFin | Bogotá | Solo Exhibition
2014
The maricas of Santa Fe
Lumix Festival for young Photojournalism | Hannover | Joint Exhibition
2014
A house in Paradise
Centre culturel du Crous | Paris | Joint Exhibition
2014
Protest in an urban wooden hut
Art House SomoS | Berlin | Joint Exhibition
2013
Builder on behalf of the lord
Browse Fotofestival | Berlin | Joint Exhibition