Artist Management

4 Years with Jimmy Nelson

An artist with a unique art project, entitled »Before They Pass Away«, that is attracting attention around the world. Over the course of four years, he travelled through more than 40 countries with his historic plate camera, portraying the last remaining indigenous peoples. The resulting work is an extraordinary testament to their cultures. From the fascinating painted faces of the Huli Wigmen on Papua New Guinea, to the exoticism of the Karo tribe in Ethiopia and the captivating scenes of the Himba people in Namibia. These are breathtaking photographs (simply click above), the likes of which you have never seen before. »Before They Pass Away« was produced as an impressive photo book of the same name in 2013. It was awarded the Goldener Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2014 and has already sold 70.000 copies. In the second half of 2015, his works will go on a tour organised by Crossover of major museums around the world.

Armin Morbach

Photo Artist Armin Morbach

With position instead of pose and a reduced and elegant composition that continuously toys with the subconscious, Armin Morbach’s photos are attracting a growing international audience. His conceptual aesthetic, the way in which he plays with exaggeration and leaves nothing to chance, both surprises and provokes. Driven by a desire to continue developing his artistic expression and to perfect his visions in presentation – his visual language – five years ago he took the next logical step and picked up a camera. Today, he can already boast an impressive portfolio.Accepted into F.C. Gundlach’s photographic collection in 2011 and also included in Gundlach’s curated exhibitions – at the Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow and the Kunsthalle in Vienna – Morbach and his work are now part of the NRW Forum’s “State of the art photography” exhibition and are represented at the “En compagnie de Guy Bourdin” retrospective at the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg.

Armin Morbach

Video portrait

Exhibition until 31st July 2014

Mary McCartney

Crossover presents ‘Developing by Mary McCartney’, a new exhibition showcasing unseen images of celebrated British photographer Mary McCartney. This exhibition will showcase her intimate perspective on the lives of those she photographs from the worlds of fashion, music and entertainment, including, Gwyneth Paltrow, Bjork, and Kate Moss. At the heart of the exhibition is a series of images that provide a window into
the lives of world’s most influential women including Tracey Emin, Beth Ditto, Naomi Campbell and Sam Taylor-Wood. The exhibition was open until 31st July 2014.

Bryan Adams

Art Estate Management

Crossover has viewed and evaluated the artistic work of photographer Bryan Adams in almost two years of preparation, gathering the works for the Bryan Adams Art Estate. All works that have been on an international museum tour since July 2012 are also included in the estate. Click here for a round-up.

Bryan Adams Museum tour worldwide

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec

Over the last two years, the museum exhibitions of works by Bryan Adams have been seen by more than 400.000 people in Moscow, Dallas, Hamburg Düsseldorf, Vienna, Mainz, Calgary, Lisbon and London. The photographs exhibited under the title “EXPOSED” have attracted highly positive reviews. Equally well received were the pictures of the photographer’s “Wounded: The Legacy of War” project. It portrays young British soldiers who have suffered life-changing injury in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bryan Adams

SOMERSET HOUSE, London

Over the last two years, the museum exhibitions of works by Bryan Adams have been seen by more than 250.000 people in Moscow, Dallas, Hamburg Düsseldorf, Vienna, Mainz and Calgary. The photographs exhibited under the title “EXPOSED” have attracted highly positive reviews. Equally well received were the pictures of the photographer’s “Wounded: The Legacy of War” project. It portrays young British soldiers who have suffered life-changing injury in Iraq and Afghanistan or during training. Both exhibitions have already been booked by numerous museums for the period up to February 2015 and will be on display in Ulm, Klagenfurt, London, Lisbon and Quebec. 

Bryan Adams

Interview Wounded

Bryan Adams

book of photographs “WOUNDED”

“Wounded: The Legacy of War” contains impressive portraits of young British soldiers who have suffered life-changing injury in Iraq and Afghanistan or during training. Bryan Adams points the lens of his camera on their scars, mutilated limbs and disfigurement. This directness challenges the viewer. At the same time, the images reveal the strength of character of the victims who have lost none of their dignity and continue their lives with great courage. The photographs depict young people who were sent to war and came back to a life they had never imagined. The photographs are accompanied by interviews in which the young victims tell their stories.

Bryan Adams

Exhibition NRW Forum Düsseldorf

On February 1th, 2013, a museum exhibition of 150 works by Bryan Adams opened with 3.000 invited guests. Apart from photographs of personalities from the music and art scene, the exhibition includes a series of photographs of a very different kind – portraits of soldiers returning from their duty in Afghanistan. Reviewers describe this work as simply breathtaking. On the first day, the exhibition attracted nearly 2.500 people. The photographs remain on display at the NRW Forum until May 22th, 2013.changing injury in Iraq and Afghanistan or during training. Both exhibitions have already been booked by numerous museums for the period up to February 2015 and will be on display in Ulm, Klagenfurt, London, Lisbon and Quebec. Have a look:

Bryan Adams

Media coverage

Bryan Adams

Print coverage NRW Forum Düsseldorf

The opening of the Bryan Adams exhibition at the NRW Forum in Düsseldorf attracted huge international press coverage. For excerpts, click here:

Bryan Adams

Impressions . NRW Forum Düsseldorf

Bryan Adams

photo art book

At over three hundred pages, this collection will be covering fifteen years of photography by Bryan Adams in high quality in addition to his career as a rock star; the collection has already won several international awards. Only available at the Crossover Showroom so far.

Bryan Adams

Book signing TV coverage

Bryan Adams

Exhibition MAMM

Premiere in Moscow after two years of preparation – Bryan Adams’ photographic works have been on display in MAMM Moscow since July 1, 2012 for two month. Having over 60.000 visitors. The tour will also be calling at Dallas, Vienna, Düsseldorf, London, Barcelona, Doha, and at other international places. Click here for images from Moscow:

Bryan Adams

Exhibition MAMM Moscow TV report

Bryan Adams

Exhibition MAMM in the press

About two hundred journalists and thirty TV crews came to the official press conference at Moscow’s MAMM. Click here for press excerpts:
Exhibition

Andreas Mühe

Sometimes, a photographer will take the stage of the printed photographic image, a photographer that rapidly gains a uniquely distinguishable style, a photographer with a sense of perfection in himself and his own work but not without conjuring a sense of intimacy and atmosphere that emanates from the finished image. Andreas Muehe takes care in selecting his locations and props while using colours and lighting in a distinctive way in images of stunning technical quality taken using a large format camera. Take a look here:
Exhibition

Matthias Schaller

The distinguishing feature in Matthias Schaller’s work is the genesis of a new genre, the secondary portrait, an indirect visual reference calling into question the conventional portrait and interpreting facial expression in attempting to read a character or personality into the hard and soft features of a face. Matthias Schaller takes a new and original route with his very own form of reading between the lines, his models no longer speaking for themselves but indirectly through the surroundings they create. Schaller’s works have something of the crime scene with the protagonists appearing as if in silhouette – often revealing more than if you were facing them directly. Details such as size, edition and price are available on request. Click here for more:
Exhibition

F.C. Gundlach

We are honoured to exhibit one of the most famous photographers of the last decades in our salon. Nobody had this much influence on fashion photography over a period lasting forty years. Looking at these works, you could well be forgiven for thinking they were created just yesterday – not between 1952 and 1986 as they actually were. Gundlach was well ahead of its time, and set trends that many photographers still try to emulate. Curious about Professor F. C. Gundlach’s work? Just click your way through. Take a look here:
Exhibition

Douglas Kirkland

One of Hollywood’s greatest portrait photographers, Douglas Kirkland will be exhibiting a selection of his photographic works spanning five decades and six continents beginning with Irving Penn in New York. The exhibition will begin on September 30, 2011. Douglas Kirkland has made portraits of glamorous Hollywood stars including Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, rock stars such as Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson,
and fashion stars such as Coco Chanel and Pierre Cardin. His major international breakthrough came at the age of 27 in an evening he spent with Marilyn Monroe. Take a look here:

Exhibition

Christina Kruse

Christina Kruse’s work combines all of her most important creative phases up to now. From photography through drawing and painting to sculptural work with a variety of materials. Her Reisebücher (“travelogues”) are a beautiful escape into the world of art in a variety of artistic forms. Take a look inside. Just click your way through. Enjoy.