TEACHING
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
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

