Juergen Buergin

Juergen Buergin was born in Lörrach in Germany in 1971. He was studying German literature, linguistics and economy in Freiburg and received a degree at the Albert-Ludwigs Universität in Freiburg in 1998.

He began to work for movie business in Berlin in 1999 as public relations manager for a film PR agency and has since participated in the PR for numerous movie releases in Germany.

In 2009 he started to develop his passion as an urban photographer, since then shooting in Berlin, Barcelona, Paris, London and New York. He is publishing his work on his webpage and on his vivid facebook fanpage with more than 3.300 fans. On twitter he is being followed by more than 8.000 followers, on Google+ more than 15.000.

In 2011 he was shortlisted for a Sony World Photography Awards in the category After Dark.

“I’m a storyteller, but stories are taking place in time, they need duration. That’s usually not possible with one photograph. So I’m using a trick. I try to find moments that suggest a continuation of this moment, actions that are not accomplished – or moments that have a pre-story. And now the viewers of my photographs is becoming part of the game: as they realise that I’m showing them a part of story – but only a part, not a complete story – they allow their urge to experience complete stories, to get answers, to solve secrets, to be fulfilled. Their creativity starts working and they, the viewers, are telling the story that I have begun – to an end, only in their fantasy usually.”