Life's too short for bad music and bad photography;-)

The only important question in photography is 'Why?'.

Daniel Haeker, professional timpanist and percussionist, permanent member of the Wuppertal Symphony, part time professional photographer and avid traveller based in Wuppertal, Germany. People, Landscape, Architecture and Travel photography.

Founding member of gebäude.1 fotografie studio in Wuppertal.

Several Solo- and Group Exhibitions.

ND Awards 2024, Professional, 3rd Place and Bronze Awards, categories Advertising and Mobile Photography; and five Honorable Mention Awards in various categories.
Prix de la Photographie Paris 2024, Gold Medal, Professional, Advertising - Music; and a Bronze Medal, Advertising - Music.
21st Pollux Awards, Winner, Professional, categories Nude & Figure, Culture & Daily Life, Street Photography, Documentary & Reportage and Landscape.
ND Awards 2023, Professional, 3rd Place and Bronze Award and seven Honorable Mention Awards.
20th Pollux Awards, Winner, Professional, categories Portrait and Architecture/Interior.
Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3) 2023, Professional, Gold Award, category Press/Nature/Environmental.
One Eyeland Awards 2022, Professional, 1x Gold, 1x Silver, 1x Bronze, 3x Finalist.
Dodho Magazine #24, printed and featured artist
Dodho Magazine’s Nude Photography Awards, 1x “Best Image”, 2x Finalist.
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2022, Winner of two Gold Medals, Editorial: Personality and Architecture: Industrial; one Silver Medal, Advertising: Music; and one Bronze Medal, Editorial: Environmental.
ND-Awards 2022, Professional, 2nd Place and Silver Award, Editorial - Environmental; and six Honorable Mention Awards in different categories.
International Photography Awards: Winner, Non-Pro, Architecture - Industrial.
18th Pollux Awards, Professional, Nude & Figure: Winner; Architecture & Interiors: Winner; Non-Pro, Street Photography: Winner.
London Photography Awards 2022, three Gold Awards, Categories Nudes and People - Conceptual.
NYC4PA The Human Body Competition 2022, two Honorable Mention Awards
ND Awards 2021, Second Place and Silver Award, Architecture, Industrial; four Honorable Mention Awards in different categories.
16th Pollux Awards 2021, 1st Place, category Advertising and Fashion, series; two 3rd Places, categories Nude & Figure, series, and Street, single image; and 8 Honorable Mentions in various categories.
One Eyeland Photography Awards 2020, Winner of two Bronze Medals, categories Fine Art Nudes, Series and Architecture, Interiors, Series.
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2020, Winner of two Silver Medals and two Bronze Medals.
Budapest International Foto Awards 2020, Winner of a Silver and a Bronze Medal.
ND-Awards 2020, 2nd Place and Silver Award, Fine Art Nudes, single image; 3rd Place and Bronze Award, Interior Architecture, series; and 8 Honorable Mention Awards in different categories.
Winner, category Nude & Figure, single image, 15th Pollux Awards 2020; Winner, category Architecture & Interiors, single image; Runner up, Nude & Figure, series; additional five Honorable Mention Awards.
Bronze Award, Category Press/Nature/Environmental, Prix de la Photographie, Paris 2020; three Honorable Mention Awards, categories Portraiture/Family, Architecture/Interior and Fine Art/Nudes.
2 Bronze Awards, One Eyeland Photography Awards 2019, categories “Fine Art, Landscapes” and “Fine Art, Nudes”.
Winner, category Nude & Figure, single image, 14th Pollux Awards 2019; additional 8 Honorable Mention Awards in 5 categories.
21. Internationaler Naturfoto-Wettbewerb Glanzlichter der Naturfotografie 2019: “Magnificent Wilderness”, Highlight.
4 Honorable Mention Awards, ND Awards 2018, categories “Professional, Advertising”, “People: Travel/Culture”, “Fine Arte: Nudes” and “Nature: Landscape”.
Winner, category Landscapes & Seascapes, 12th Pollux Awards 2018; additional 4 Honorable Mentions.
Merit Award, AAP magazine's Travels competition 2018.
Selected Artist for the 2018 juried exhibition “Urban Landscapes” 2018, 1650 Gallery, LA.
Selected Artist for the 2017 juried portrait exhibition I'll Be Your Mirror, 1650 Gallery, LA.
3rd Place and additional 7 Honorable Mentions, ND Awards 2017.
2x Finalist, TZIPAC 5th Eros Awards.
Title Winner Photographer of the Year and Gold Award, segment “Amateur”, category “People”, One Eyeland Photography Awards 2016.
Finalist, Travel Photographer of the Year 2016.
Finalist, SIPA (Siena International Photo Awards) 2016.
Finalist, B&W CHILD Photo Competition 2015.
Honorable Mention, Art Competition, Faces of Humanity 2015.
Selected Artist for the I'll Be Your Mirror Juried Portrait Exhibition 2015 at 1650 Gallery, LA.
Winner, category Life, and 2nd Place, category Water, International Vellamo Photography Competition 2015.
Winner and Award of Excellence, CQ34 (Creative Quarterly Journal), category Photography, Professional.
3rd Place, category Advertising: Food, and six Honorable Mentions, International Photography Awards (ipa) 2013.
Five Silver Awards, Best Digital Pics 2012, Better Digital Camera Magazine.
Runner up, Cewe Color Portrait and Emotion competition 2011.