NORBERT BLANK
Photographer, videographer, filmmaker, visuell storytelling
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Norbert Blank has taken the plunge successfully from a permanent employee as mechanical engineer into the independence more than twenty years ago:
In a for him totally new, highly competitive occupational field: Professional photography, film productions and worldwide guided kayak adventure trips.
His award-winning visual live shows, his fascinating images and spectacular reports - also from crisis areas of our world - tell us about unique moments, the people and the beauty of our planet.
He has still kept his fascination of the work as an engineer. Due to a lot of challenges and additional qualifications he could develop his personal competencies extensively:
my academic studies and trainings
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πΈ Photographer and filmmaker
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πΆ Offers worldwide kayaking experiences
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π§ Entrepreneur and sportsman
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π» Graduate engineer in mechanical engineering (TU Munich)
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π€ Bookauthor and storyteller
- π§πΌβοΈβ·πβπ΄πΌπββΉπ½ππ₯β΅ Certified kitesurf- and kayak-instructor (VDWS and BVKanu), adventure educator and outdoor trainer (Outward Bound Germany), high ropes course trainer (Faszinatour), scuba diver (Padi), outdoor professional, freeskier, sailing skipper
- And father of the most wonderful daughter and sportsmodel. You will find Emilia here in some action- and sports-photos :-)
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Together with Emilia we are working in development, prototyping and testing of our innovative sustainable wooden kitesurf-boards since 2024: www.alaia-boards.com
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The Technical University of Munich / the Makerspace supports us with the [x]-Innovator membership / scholarship for our Alaia-Kite startup: www.makerspace.com
more information about me and my work you will find on:
- The vision is to live as sooon as possible on my sailboat and explore all the oceans of our blue planet :-)
- Makerspace Munich Germany / Greece / Italy: Development, prototyping and testing of our innovative sustainable wooden kitesurf-boards: www.alaia-boards.com
- Albania / Greece / Ecaudor: Three month kajak-adventures, sailing, mountainiering, hiking, photoshooting and filming for EXPED
- Technical University of Munich: The Makerspace supports us with the [x]-Innovator membership / scholarship for our startup Alaia-Kite-Boards: www.makerspace.com
- Germany: Founding the startup: www.alaia-boards.com
- South Africa: Fotoshooting for EXPED
- Austria / Switzerland / France: Winter Fotoshooting for EXPED
- Greece and Atlantic Ocean: Getting some sailing experience
- Germany: Publication of the new book: "The world of kayak"
- Greece: Finishing sailing license / scipper diploma for offshore yachting
- Germany: Starting shaping and developing classic wooden Alaia-Kite-Boards
- France: Freesking in La Grave
- Greece: We start with our first environmentally friendly and sustainable "Sailing & Seakayak" Kayak-Tour on Ionian Islands
- Germany: Publication of the new edition of my book: "Kanu Bayern"
- Switzerland: Design of the "CrestaClassics" cars website, living and freesking in Swiss alps during Pandemie winter
- Hamburg: Video journalism training at „Akademie für Publizistik“
- Munich: Documentary film training at „Münchner Filmwerkstatt“
- Finishing my "LinkedIn" account
- Many Fotoshootings :-)
- Germany: working for NGO "CHILDREN for a better World e.V." in photography
- France La Grave: freeski and expedition equipment photoshootings
- Greece: sea kayak adventure
- Switzerland: oldtimer car photo shootings
- Europe: Corona lockdown with a lot of outdoor sports, slackline, mountainbike, sup, kitesurf and kayak training
- Germany: working for NGO "CHILDREN for a better World e.V." in photography
- France La Grave: freeski and expedition equipment photo shootings
- Germany: publication of the new book: "Rauszeit" - best 400 outdoor adventures all over the world
- Greece: sea kayak adventure
- Graduation: VDWS-YI Kite Management
- Graduation: VDWS-TI Kite Supervising Instructor
- Germany: working for NGO "CHILDREN for a better World e.V." in photography
- Ecuador: whitewater kayak adventure
- Nepal: whitewater kayak adventure
- Croatia: fotoshooting "NAISH" Kiteboarding opinionleader "Emilia Moises"
- Switzerland: celebrating Norbert Blank ten years brand ambassador of "EXPED"
- Alps: backcountry freeski adventure "La Grave Sedrun Alagna Dolomits"
- Germany: working for NGO "CHILDREN for a better World e.V." in Photography
- Brazil: kitesurf safari
- USA Grand Canyon: 12 days whitewater kayak trip
- Graduating VDWS-KI Kitesurf Instructor
- Germany: Publication of the new book: "Wohnmobil Highlights der Welt"
- Ecuador: photoshooting "AMAZONAS" hammoks
- Ecuador: whitewater kayak adventure
- Greece: sea and whitewater kayak adventure
- Marocco: whitewater kayak adventure
- Greece: sea and whitewater kayak adventure
- Ecuador: photo shooting tropical kayak calendar
- Ecuador: whitewater kayak adventure
- USA Grand Canyon: 12 days whitewater kayak trip
- Kyrgyzstan: movie production ski adventure "Horse Powder"
- Kyrgyzstan: photoshooting ski equipment and ski fashion
- Greece: sea and whitewater kayak adventure
- Ecuador: whitewater kayak adventure
- Southern Europe: three month exploring kajak and kitesurf spots
- Ecuador: whitewater kayak adventure
- My company ecuador-kajak.com is expanding: we now offer worldwide whitewater- and seakayak destinations: www.global-kayak.com
- Germany: my book "Kanu Bayern" turns up in 3. edition
- Colombia: whitewater kayak adventure
- Germany: Appointment as a instructor of the canoe instructors in the teaching and training team of "BVKanu" (formerly "VDKS")
- Ecuador: whitewater kayak adventure
- Ecuador: whitewater kayak adventure
- Italy: I start kitesurfing
- Himalaya India / Nepal: photoshooting "Exped" catalogue
- Germany: our intercultural creative office moves to new location "Neues Atelier", D-Bamberg
- Ecuador: whitewater kayak adventure
- Italy, Sardinia, Selvaggio Blu: photoshooting "Exped" catalogue
- Ecuador: whitewater kayak adventure
- Ecuador: photo shooting "Exped" catalogue in the Amazon rainforest
- Ecuador: whitewater kayak adventure
- Germany: "Sparkasse Bamberg": photo shooting buisness report
- Germany: my book "Kanu Bayern" turns up in 2. edition
- Germany: "Sparkasse Bamberg": photo shooting buisness report
- Sweden: "Volkswagen Driving Experience" - "Ice drive" on frozen lakes with race legend "Hans-Joachim Stuck"
- Ecuador: whitewater kayak adventure
- Turkey, Iran, Emirates, Oman, Saudiarabia, Jordan, Syria: Outstanding photo reportage "Nine month through Arabia and Persia" in a historic truck with my 6 year old daughter
- Germany: online publication of "Steiner Nature College" on a new website
- Russia, China, Mongolia, Tibet: "Volkswagen Driving Experience" three month SUV Touareg tour from Wolfsburg via Beijing, Moskau, Ulanbator, Bejing to Lhasa
- Ecuador: managing sponsoring project "Steiner Nature College"
- Ecuador: photoshooting nature and birdwatching "Steiner Binoculars"
- All over Europe: photoshooting youth welfare calendar for NGO "Life"
- Germany: Modification of a historic Mercedes 1113B into a 4*4 expedition truck
- Ecuador: whitewater kayak adventure
- Germany: Publication of my two new books: "Kanu Basic" and "Kanu Bayern"
- Ecuador: photoshooting nature and birdwatching "Steiner Binoculars"
- Ecuador: managing sponsoring project "Steiner Nature College"
- Kyrgyzstan and Europe: photoshooting youth welfare calendar for NGO "Life"
- Ecuador: whitewater kayak adventure
- Ecuador: photo shooting nature and birdwatching "Steiner Binoculars"
- Ecuador: managing sponsoring project "Steiner Nature College"
- Europe: photoshooting youth welfare calendar for NGO "Life"
- Ecuador: whitewater kayak adventure
- Graduation in "Experiential education, outdoor trainer and adventure educator: "ZAB" at "Outward Bound",
- Germany, Austria: Working as a freelance trainer and consultant (outdoor and indoor)
- Germany: "National Geographic" Magazine: Kayaking Ecuador award in "50 best adventures worldwide"
- Europe: photoshooting youth welfare calendar for NGO "Life"
- Ecuador: Yasuni Nationalpark: photo shooting for "Steiner Binoculars"
- Marocco: all winter outdoor adventure with family and kids in northern africa
- Ecuador: whitewater kayak adventure
- Greece: living a winter with family in Greece
- "Festival Horizonte": I startup the new multi media travel festival
- Ecuador: whitewater kayak adventure
- Dominican Republic: kayak and outdoor adventures, living a winter with family in the carribean
- Germany: "Jacobs Maxwell": online publication of "Maxwell Outdoor Trip Collector"
- Caribbean: whitewater kayak expedition "Hispaniola"
- Ecuador: whitewater kayak adventure
- Ecuador: whitewater kayak expedition "Amazonas"
- Germany, Austria: photoshootings for "Maxwell Outdoor Trip Collector"
- Foundation of Ecuador-Kajak: Norbert Blank is owner, manager and headguide of the company www.ecuador-kajak.com
- Germany: Founding the intercultural creative office "Atelier Brennerstrasse" in Bamberg
- Norbert Blank starts working as a freelancer in photography and photo journalism: www.bilder-botschaften.de
- Germany: photoshootings for and publication of my first book: "Fränkische i-Tüpfäla"
- "El Mundo" Festival Austria: best adventure award for my live multimedia reportage "Ein Jahr-Drei Räder" www.elmundo-festival.at
- Ghana: traveling with backpack in the heart of Afrika
- Working as an engineer in the technical development of "Audi AG" Ingolstadt
- Graduation "VDKS / BVKanu" whitewater kayak instructor
- Latin America: Pure adventure: one year riding on a motorbike with sidecar crossing the continent: from Mexiko to Fireland (Chile / Argentina)
- Working as an engineer in the technical development of "Audi AG"
- Algeria: two month long crossing sahara desert on a motorbike
- Yugoslawia Greece Turkey: two month on road with an classic BMW motorbike
- "Mechanical engineering" studies at the "Technical University of Munich / TUM"
- Graduation as "Diplom Ingenieur" in December 1991
- Europe Asia Latinamerica: lots of backpacking
- Starts whitewater kayaking
- Starts skiing
- born in Bamberg / Germany