OLAF HEINE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS DETAILED, CAREFULLY STAGED, PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS OF ARTISTS, ACTORS AND ATHLETES SUCH AS IGGY POP, U2, COLDPLAY, RAMMSTEIN, DON CHEADLE, THOMAS KRETSCHMANN, BASTIAN SCHWEINSTEIGER, BRET EASTON ELLIS AND TC BOYLE. HIS IMAGES APPEARED ON COUNTLESS ALBUM COVERS AND ON LARGE EDITORIAL SPREADS IN PREMIER PUBLICATIONS. HE HAS PHOTOGRAPHED FOR INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS AND SHOT DOZENS OF MUSIC VIDEOS.
AS A PHOTOGRAPHER, OLAF HAS PUBLISHED THREE BOOKS ‚LEAVING THE COMFORT ZONE’, ‚I LOVE YOU BUT I’VE CHOSEN ROCK’ AND ‚BRAZIL’ AND HAD NUMEROUS EXHIBITIONS, INCLUDING SOLO SHOWS AT THE CAMERA WORK GALLERY IN BERLIN, THE CLARK-OSHIN GALLERY IN LOS ANGELES AND THE NOORDERLICHT GALLERY IN GRONINGEN. HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKS ARE PART OF PRESTIGIOUS MUSEUMS AND MAJOR ART COLLECTIONS.
»IT TAKES A RARE PHOTOGRAPHER LIKE OLAF TO GET BEHIND THAT MASK, TO REVEAL THE VULNERABLE SOUL BEHIND.
I DO NOT WISH TO GIVE MYSELF EASILY TO THE EYE OF A CAMERA UNLESS THE PERSON HOLDING IT IS AT RISK TOO.«
»OLAF IS BLESSED WITH A CLEAR AND INESCAPABLE GERMAN EYE. YOU BETTER RUN, OR FIGHT BACK.«
