Gordon Welters is a photojournalist currently based in Berlin, Germany. Gordon was born in 1974 in East Germany. Since 1998 he has been working as a freelance editorial and reportage photographer. He has been published in GEO, Stern, Stern.de, Der Spiegel, Focus, Chrismon plus, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Die Zeit, Financial Times Deutschland, Handelsblatt/ Perspektiven, Handelsblatt/ Junge Karriere, taz, Newsweek, de Volkskrant, The Times 2, The Sunday Telegraph, Money Week, Dagens Næringsliv and The Fader F2 Magazin. Pictures stories have taken him to Russia, Kazachstan, Indonesia, Cuba and around Europe. He has worked also for clients like KPMG, Deutsche Post or Tchibo and Non Government Organisations (NGOs) like Christian Aid and Attac. Gordon organized photo workshops and was a jury member of various photo awards in Germany and the United States. From 2000 until 2003 he was a member of Journalistenbüro Spot. In 2003/2004 Gordon studied photojournalism at the London College of Communication. Since 2006 he is represented by Laif.

Awards
2008, Nonfiktionale . Foto Doks Preis, Honourable Mention
2008, Nominated for the 2008 edition of the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass
2007, PDN Photography Annual, www.gordonwelters.com received website Award
2004, Ian Parry Memorial Scholarship, Special Mention
2004, Tom Webster Award for Photojournalism, Shortlisted

Exhibitions
2008, Nonfiktionale, "Living on wheels" in Bad Aibling/ Germany, Joint Exhibition
2008, LUMIX festival for young photojournalism, "Living on wheels" in Hannover/ Germany, Joint Exhibition
2008, Rückblende 2007 - Political Photography in Germany, Joint Exhibition
2008, „BLOCK G8“ in Potsdam/Germany, Solo Exhibiton
2007, Rückblende 2006 - Political Photography in Germany, Joint Exhibition
2006, Rückblende 2005 - Political Photography in Germany, Joint Exhibition
2005, Gesellschaft für Fotografie e.V., „100 Bilder des Jahres 2004“ in Germany, Joint Exhibition
2004, The Ian Parry Scholarship 2004 in London/ UK, Joint Exhibition
2004, Degree Show of Postgraduate Diploma in Photojournalism in London/ UK, Joint Exhibition
2004, Rückblende 2003 - Political Photography in Germany, Joint Exhibition
2003, Rückblende 2002 - Political Photography in Germany, Joint Exhibition
2002, "Irian Jaya" in Potsdam/ Germany, Solo Exhibiton
2001, Journalistenbüro Spot, "Deutschlandbilder" in Taschkent/ Usbekistan, Joint Exhibition
2000, "Irian Jaya" in Brandenburg/ Germany, Solo Exhibiton
2000, "off art" in Brandenburg/ Germany, Joint Exhibition