{"id":47,"date":"2014-08-08T08:22:35","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T08:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2024-10-18T21:45:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T21:45:55","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/?page_id=47","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/452653365_10234119859517803_222805909753660371_n-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Dirk Claus<\/strong> is a photographer and multimedia producer, located in Frankfurt and Brussels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt;\">He was a foreign photo correspondent for <strong>stern<\/strong> magazine in Hong Kong and <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt;\">Bangkok and a senior photo editor for <strong>DIE ZEIT<\/strong> in Hamburg. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt;\">Prior to this, he set up and run the photo department of <strong>stern.de<\/strong>\u00a0and he is founder and curator of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asiajournalist.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asiajournalist.com<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; an online magazine created with the objective of promoting and showcasing media stories and news related to Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt;\">As a regular visitor at international photo-festivals such as <strong>Visa pour l&#8217;Image<\/strong> in Perpignan, <strong>World Press Photo<\/strong>, Angkor Wat Festival, Singapore Photo Festival, Pingyao, Yangon Photo, Chobi Mela and many more, he reviews photo and video portfolios and acts as a jury member for international photo awards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Dirk<\/strong>\u00a0has extensive experience in researching and sourcing photography and multimedia content and maintains a worldwide network of photographers, videographers, and photo agencies and is<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0passionate about photojournalism and the new possibilities, internet and digitalisation is offering in terms of digital storytelling and multimedia communication.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Dirk<\/strong> is open for new challenges to individuals, companies and NGO`s looking for a greater understanding of the photography and multimedia business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:dirk@dirkclaus.com\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #000000;\">dirk@dirkclaus.com<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Dirk Claus is a photographer and multimedia producer, located in Frankfurt and Brussels.\u00a0 He was a foreign photo correspondent for stern magazine in Hong Kong and Bangkok and a senior photo editor for DIE ZEIT in Hamburg. Prior to this, he set up and run the photo department of stern.de\u00a0and he is founder and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":569,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":72,"href":"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":573,"href":"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions\/573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dirkclaus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}