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Since 2000, Roman Bezjak has been a professor of documentary photography in the Department of Arts and Design at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences. As part of his teaching, several publications have been released, both through publishing houses and independently. These projects encompass collaborations with institutions and publishers, competitions with international partner universities, museum exhibitions, as well as the documentation of field trips and conferences. Students have always played a key role in these projects, contributing as photographers, writers, designers, and in production management. The Institute for Book Design, under the direction of Dirk Fütterer, was responsible for the realization of many of these project

Seit 2000 ist Roman Bezjak Professor für Dokumentarfotografie am Fachbereich Gestaltung der Hochschule Bielefeld. Im Rahmen der Lehre erschienen zahlreiche Publikationen in Verlagen sowie im Eigenverlag. Die Arbeiten umfassen Kooperationen mit Institutionen und Verlagen, Wettbewerbe mit internationalen Partnerhochschulen, Museumsausstellungen sowie Exkursions- und Tagungsdokumentationen. Studierende waren stets maßgeblich in die Projektarbeit eingebunden, etwa als Bild- und Textautoren, als Gestalter sowie im Produktionsmanagement. Die Umsetzung zahlreicher Vorhaben übernahm das Institut für Buchgestaltung unter der Leitung von Dirk Fütterer.


West meets East

23 Works from a Field Trip to Hainan, China, 2025

Editors: Roman Bezjak, Dirk Fütterer

Design: Julia Hildebrandt

Texts and Photography: Ina Batov, Moritz Boškovski, Cara Determeyer, Ronja Falkenbach, Jonas Glanz, Leon Haas, Tom Herzog, Julia Hildebrandt, Mara Homann, Leonard Kerkhoff, Spencer Kromberg, Janik Peltzer, Jana Przibylla, Paul Ring, Darius Schmidt, Jana Stein, Till Stürmann, Alina Suchan, Charlotte Sülflohn, Lucie Thiede, Beki Turkiewicz, Simone Wall, Maira Wissing


The Other Side

Photography from Eastern Europe / 31st Bielefeld Photo Symposium

Editors: Roman Bezjak, Wüstenrot Stiftung

Design: Marc Jakubowski, Philip Reinartz

Artists / Authors:Abel Szalontai, Adam Panczuk, Alnis Stakle, Andrea Diefenbach, Arion Kudász, Boris Buden, Horst Kloever, Irina Tchmyreva, Lucia Nimcova, Marina Grzinic, Paula Muhr, Pepa Hristova, Piotr Wolynski, Vladimir Birgus, Zuzana Lapitkova

Kehrer Publishing, 2012


Gibt es die Welt auch ohne mich

13 Photography Theses from Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, 2003–2008

Editors: Roman Bezjak, Martin Roman Deppner, Emanuel Raab

Texts: Martin Roman Deppner, Thomas Thiel

Design: Rebecca Butzlaff, Milena Carstens, Janine Gockel, Paula Winkler

Photographers: Alexander Babic, Valeria Brekenkamp, Andrea Diefenbach, Christian Eusterhus,  Tim Fulda,  Mandy Göhler, Irina Jansen, Timo Katz, Anika Kühne, Pia Malmus,Tomek Mzyk, Martin Mühlhoff, Uta Neumann, Philipp Ottendörfer, Johanna Pagels, Bärbel Praun, Martin Richter, Anne Kathrin Schuhmann, Christian Tiefensee, Christian Vossiek, Dagmar Weiss, Nicole Werner

Kehrer Publishing, 2008


Bielefelder Baukultur

Editors: Andreas Beaugrand, Florian Böllhoff


People / Square

Catalogue accompanying the exhibition in the Cabinet Gallery of the Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 2016

16 works from a field trip to Shanghai, 2015

Editor: Roman Bezjak

Design: Ricarda Treppner

Foreword: Pierre Smolarski

Photographers: Anna Braune, Tim Dechent, Vedad Divović, Meller Ehlert, Patrick Fäth, Patrick Jaworek, Michael Kohls, Nadja Kuschel, Clara Maksimovic, Hannes Martin, Asayo Nakagawa, Matthias Pfänder, Peter Phillips, Anne-Christin Stroje, Vanessa Zeeh


Kosmos

Explorations in the Republic of Moldova and Transnistria

18 works from a photography students' field trip to Chișinău, led by Andrea Diefenbach and Roman Bezjak

The catalog was published on the occasion of the exhibition Kosmos at the Forum of the Marta Herford, 2017

Editor: Roman Bezjak

Design: Merle Burgey, Yannik Wolf

Texts:Friederike Fast, Andrea Diefenbach

Photographers: Lucas van Bentum, Julia Autz, Emilia Hesse, Annie Sprenkelmeyer, Jasmin Teutrine, Janosch Boerckel, Tim Dechent, Bettina Ebert, Sally Plöger, Max Thesseling, Merle Burgey, Mats Karlsson, Roman Bezjak, Johannes Eslage, Neele Schedler, Vedad Divovic, Andrea Diefenbach


Atemwege

Eight Portraits of Life with Cystic Fibrosis

Editors: Roman Bezjak, Mukoviszidose e.V.

Photographers: Marc Beckmann, Andrea Diefenbach, Christian Eusterhus, Laura Hegewald

Texts: Maren Soehring, Christian Staas

Design: Indra Kupferschmidt

Kerber Publishing, 2005


Prix Leica, 2006

The Prix Leica, which has been in place since 1998 and was originally awarded to photography students at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs (ENSAD) in Paris, became an international competition in 2006. From that point on, the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London and Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences participated in the annual internal photography competition. Entries consisted of work from ongoing seminars, which were evaluated by a jury that also included members from outside the universities. Leica France donated a camera as the grand prize.

Editors: Roman Bezjak, Dirk Fütterer

Design: Christine Skowski, Sebastian Schneider

Text : Olivier Richon

Kerber Publishing, 2008


Prix Leica, 2007

École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs (ENSAD),Paris,

Royal College of Art (RCA), London

Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Art and Design

Editors: Roman Bezjak, Dirk Fütterer

Design: Christine Skowski, Sebastian Schneider

Text : Olivier Richon, Vincent Bouvet, Roman Bezjak

Kerber Publishing, 2008 


Prix Leica, 2010

École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs (ENSAD),Paris,

Royal College of Art (RCA), London

Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Art and Design

The catalog was published on the occasion of the exhibition Prix Leica at the Forum of the Marta Herford, 2012

Editors: Roman Bezjak, Dirk Fütterer

Design: Maximiliane Hüls, Anne-Sophie Stolz

Kettler Publishing, 2012


Annual Report 2018, Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

Editor: Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Schramm-Wölk

Art Directors: Roman Bezjak (Photography), Dirk Fütterer (Design)

Design: Sarah Fyrguth, Leon Che Pöhler, Kerstin Rosenkranz, Jonas Sackmann

Photographers: Artur Birkle, Katharina Böhler, Mats Karlson, Sari Schild, Kirill Starodubski

Text: Thomas Abel, Julius Deppe, Paul Kaminski, Matthias Langner, Robin Balschun, Katharina Meier, Sara Heise


Tales and Tiles

21 works from a field trip to Lisbon, 2016

Editors: Roman Bezjak, Axel Grünewald

Design: Andreas Jon Grote, Lina Offergeld

Photographers: Robin Balaschun, Theresa Bamberger, Lukas van Bentum, Adrian Bernard, Katharina Böhler, Max Ellerbrake, Andreas Jon Grote, Inna Grüner, Axel Grünewald, Charlotte Helwig, Emilia Hesse, Carolin Lauer, Alina Medvedova, Lina Offergeld, Olga Preiss, Neele Schedler, Tina Schmidt, Nicole Siegmund, Annie Sprengelmeyer, Kerry Steen


CHAPTER 1, Trumpets of Banská Štiavnica

Editors: Olja Triaška Stefanovič, Roman Bezjak

Texts: Diana Majdáková

Translation: Miroslav Pomichal

Design: Juraj Blaško

Field trip of Slovak, Finnish, and German students to Banská Štiavnica, 2013

Partners: Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava / Lahti University od Applied Sciences, HSBI

Photographers: Amelie Befeldt, Eliane Lustner, Nora Ströbel, Ulrike Schmid, Johannes Heinke, Jewgeni Roppel, Alexey Kovalev, Saara Mansikkamäki, Miia Autio, Emil Helotie, Aleksi Tikkala, Samu Takala, Anna Kiuru, Ondrej Urban, Jakub Šipoš, Teresa Kopecká, Dominika Jackuliaková, Jakub Jančo, Juraj Starovecky, Oto Skalicky


neuland europa - sechswege nacn brüssel europe's new horizon-sixways to brussels

Editors: Roman Bezjak and sechswege

Arnoldsche Art Publisher, 2002

Photographers: Anika Büssemeier, Christian G. Kaiser, Gunter Klötzer, Bernd Schäperkötter, Reimar Ott, Stefan Volk

Authors:Roman Bezjak, Gerd Fleischmann, Dominic Grzbielok, Hannelore Kraft, Dorothee Krings, Carmen Möller-Sendler, Barbara Schäder, Sebastian Smulka, Henning Steiner, Günter Verheugen

Design: Ina Johanna Gecke, Julia Miske


jüdisches

Editors: Martin R. Deppner, Roman Bezjak

Design: Greta Garle

Photographers: Andrea Diefenbach, Christian Eusterhus, Knud Eggers, Katrin Trautner, Claudia Dumke, Daniel Müller, Stephan Sasek, Karin Jobst, Andreas Neumann, Philipp Ottendörfer, Anne Kathrin Schuhmacher, Katja Gläß

Texts: Martin R. Deppner, Roman Bezjak, Lydia Goldblatt

Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH, 2006