NORBERT BLANK
30 years of discovery, experience and passion of visual documentation of life
outdoor - business - people
automotive - sports - nature
fashion - travel - products
live reports - multimedia - movie
social responsibility - cross cultural understanding
Norbert Blank has taken the plunge successfully from a permanent employee as mechanical engineer into the independence more than fifteen years ago: In a for him totally new, highly competitive occupational field: photography, film productions and whitewater kayak.
my academic studies and trainings
my most important jobs, photo shootings, awards, movies, adventures and events:
2017
Finishing VDWS KiteSurf Instructor training
Brasil: Kitesurf Safari
Grand Canyon USA: 12 days kayak trip
2016
Marocco: kayak adventure
Greece: sea and whitewater kayak
Ecuador: photo shooting tropical kayak calendar
2015
Grand Canyon USA: 12 days kayak trip
Kyrgyzstan: foto and movie production ski adventure horse powder
Greece: sea and whitewater kayak
2014
Southern Europe: kitesurf adventure tour
"Kanu Bayern": book turns up in 3. edition
2013
Colombia: whitewater kayak adventure
2011
Himalaya: photo shooting "Exped" catalogue
2010
Selvaggio Blu: photo shooting "Exped" catalogue
2009
Ecuador: photo shooting "Exped" catalogue
"Sparkasse Bamberg": photo shooting buisness report
"Kanu Bayern": book turns up in 2. edition
2008
"Sparkasse Bamberg": photo shooting buisness report
Volkswagen Experience Sweden: "Ice drive" on frozen lakes with race legend "Hans-Joachim Stuck"
2007
Reportage about Arabia and Persia
2006
Russia, China, Mongolia, Tibet: "Volkswagen Experience" Tour Wolfsburg Beijing Lhasa
Ecuador: managing sponsoring project of "Steiner Binoculars"
Europe: photographie of "Life" youth welfare calendar
2005
"Kanu Basic", "Kanu Bayern": publication of two new books
Ecuador: photo shooting nature birdwatching "Steiner Binoculars"
Kyrgyzstan Europe: photographie of "Life" youth welfare calendar
2004
Germany: online publication of "Steiner Nature College"
Europe: photographie of "Life" youth welfare calendar
2003
"National Geographic": award in 50 best adventures worldwide
Europe: photographie of "Life" youth welfare calendar
Yasuni Nationalpark: photo shooting for "Steiner Binoculars"
2002
Marocco: outdoor adventure with family and kids in north africa
"Festival Horizonte": startup of the new multi media travel festival
2001
Greece: living a winter in the south
Jacobs Maxwell: online publication of "Maxwell Outdoor Trip Collector"
Caribbean: whitewater kayak expedition hispaniola
2000
Ecuador: whitewater kayak expedition amazonas
1999
"El Mundo" Festival Austria: best adventure award for my live report "Ein Jahr-Drei Räder"
1998
Ghana: traveling in the heart of Afrika
"Fränkische i-Tüpfäla": publication of my first book
1995
Latin America : one year on a motorbike with sidecar crossing the continent
1991
Algeria: crossing sahara desert on motorbike
1988
Yugoslawia Greece Turkey: on road with an old BMW motorbike
since 1985
Europe Asia Caribbean: lots of backpacking
1965
born