Ursula Schulz-Dornburg
photographer
Ursula Schulz-Dornburg is a German conceptual photographer and artist based in Düsseldorf. Born in Berlin in 1938, she began her photographic practice as a teenager using large-format glass-plate cameras. Her work is characterized by a minimalist aesthetic that combines documentary and conceptual approaches, often focusing on historical architecture, environmental issues, and the human condition. She is well known for her serial typologies of buildings and landscapes in Europe, the Caucasus, and the Middle East. Schulz-Dornburg's practice involves extensive research into her subjects, which she presents through meticulously composed black-and-white photographs. Her work has been exhibited internationally at institutions such as the Tate Modern, the British Museum, and the Städel Museum. In 2025, she was awarded the Bernd and Hilla Becher Award.[1,2,3]
- conceptual photography
- historical architecture
- environmental issues
- minimalism
Books
Works by Ursula Schulz-Dornburg
- 2004 Architekturen des Wartens: Fotografien; Bushaltestellen in Armenien, Bahnhöfe der Hejaz-Bahn in Saudi-Arabien First edition.
- 2007 Architekturen des Wartens: Fotografien; Bushaltestellen in Armenien, Bahnhöfe der Hejaz-Bahn in Saudi-Arabien Second, expanded edition.
- 1993 Sonnenstand: Acht Kalenderbauten auf dem Weg nach Santiago de Compostela
- 1995 Ewiger Weizen
- 2018 The Land In Between: Photographs from 1980 to 2012
- 2019 Yerevan 1996/1997
Exhibitions
- 2002 Across the territories
- 2018 The Land In-between: Photographs from 1980 to 2012
- 2019 Zone Grise/The Land in Between
- 2023 Memoryscapes
Awards
- 2016 AIMIA AGO Photography Prize
- 2018 Photography Catalogue of the Year award
- 2024 Kunstpreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
- 2025 Bernd and Hilla Becher Award