Günther Oliver Dietrich

Born in 1967 in Geislingen/Steige, West Germany.

Ph.D. in Philosophy and Comparative Literature from the Technical University of Stuttgart. He also studied fine arts, specializing in photography/video, at the Berlin University of the Arts(UDK)with Katharina Sieverding and Dieter Appelt. He worked many years as a freelance in the fields of filmindustry, content management, publishing, mediadesign, and the art market.

Since 2008, he has been the founder and head of Photo Edition Berlin.PHOTO EDITION BERLIN is an international gallery, platform and collection for photography and digital art in Berlin. Since its opening in 2008, its profile has steadily developed and today it is one of the most renowned addresses for artistic photography in Germany. We present positions of contemporary international photography from the 1950s onwards.

A special focus is on “Concrete and Generative Photography”, positions from Germany, China, Ibero-America and the Czech avant-garde from the 1920s onwards.Books and catalogues published by us are accompanying publications to exhibitions. We are active as international curators and have constantly expanded our own collection of photography in recent years. We advise museums, private and public institutions and collections with our expertise. Member of the German Society for Photography (DGPh).