Hacky Hagermeyer was born in 1961 in Schotmar, Germany. In 1992 he founded ‘Transparent’, a photography agency in Cologne, Germany. He spent over a decade as a freelance photographer covering conflicts in Yugoslavia, Eritrea, Algeria, Congo and Rwanda for numerous international publications. In 2002 he had his first solo exhibition, ‘Looks on Eritrea’, which travelled to Eritrea, Yemen and France.

In 2005 he initiated the Edelweisspiraten Festival in Germany to commemorate the activist and music of the anti-Nazi youth movement, ‘Edelweisspiraten’. The project won the History Award in 2006. He has also produced various film documentaries such as ‘Gregor Gysi’ with the director Maik Bialk. His work on various photo and video documentaries includes ‘Tsunami – One Year After for NGOs in Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Since 2006, he has also worked as a video trainer for GTZ, German government organisation, in the United Arab Emirates.

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