Biography
Malte Christians, born 1982
high school diploma 2003 in Hamburg.
from 2003 to 2006 studies at APH - academy of photography in Hamburg, including a successful accomplished one year traineeship in sports photography at Bongarts / Getty Images.
certificate of apprenticeship in 2006
from 2005 to 2008 freelance sports photographer for Getty Images Germany
since 2006 working as a professional freelance sports-, news- and event-photographer for various national and international clients, agencies and sponsors
since 2006 until now freelance photographer in national and international sports for the internationally acknowledged photo agency HochZwei
since 2008 working as photographer for the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA, german press agency) in news, entertainment and sports
2010 incorporation of his own photo agency PortablePast specialised in sport-, event- and sponsor-photography
sports-covering:
national and international tournaments in various sports: athletics, basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, golf, high diving, judo, karate, kitesurfing, motorsports, table tennis, tennis, triathlon, sailing, skateboarding, ski, ski jumping, snowboarding, surfing, swimming, synchronised swimming
UEFA Euro 2008, Olympic Games Beijing 2008, Olympic Games Vancouver 2010, Olympic Games London 2012, Olympic Games Sochi 2014, UEFA Champions League finals (since 2010), DFB Pokal finals (since 2008), Championship ceremonies in several sports, Formula One races and tests (since 2013), Formula E races (since 2015), FIVB World Tour tournaments (since 2011), DTM races (since 2012), CHIO Aachen (since 2007), international matches of FIFA World Cup Qualifier, international ITU triathlon tournaments, Ironman tournaments
working or worked for corporate sponsors:
Absolut Vodka , AEG, Arla, Astra, Audi Sport, Axe, BMW, Brose, Carlsberg, Coca Cola, Connergy, Currex, Deutsche Bank, Dodge, English Equestrian, Eve, General Electric, Hankook, HDI, HypoVereinsbank, Jeep, Jever, Jim Beam, Julius Baer, McLaren, Mercedes-Benz, Nivea, Olympus, Porsche, Pringles, Pirate Style, Red Bull, Rexona, smart, Telekom, Tchibo, UniCredit, Vattenfall, Velux, VW, Warsteiner, Wella
working or worked with agencies, host/organizers and press departments:
Act Agency, ajoint, akzio, auditoire, Bongarts Sportfotografie, Burda Verlag, Cinemaxx, Comtent, DPA – Deutsche Presse-Agentur, DFB - German Football Association, DFL – German Football League, 44Events, Fischer Appelt, Hamburger Weg, HMC – Horse Marketing Consulting, HochZwei Photoagency, Hoeppner PR, ITR - Internationale Tourenwagen Rennen, KGSB, Lagardere Unlimited, NDR – Nord Deutscher Rundfunk, Nestwerk, Picture Alliance, 9pm Media, Speedpool, Spomedis, Sportplatz, SportFive, Studio Rakete, Team Feldmann, UEFA, Ulysses, V-Welten, WireImage, Witters Sportfotografie, Zerotwonine
publications at editorials:
Abendzeitung, Auto Bild, Auto Motor Sport, Bild, Bild am Sonntag, Bravo, Bunte, B.Z. am Sonntag, Der Spiegel, Die Auto Zeitung, Die Welt, Die Zeit, Fit for Fun, Focus, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Gala, Grid, Hamburger Abendblatt, Hamburger Morgenpost, Handball Magazin, Horizont, Jule, Junior Spiegel, Kicker, Kieler Nachrichten, Kölner Express, Playboy, Playgirl, Roadbike, Sport Bild, Stern, St. Georg, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Tour, Trackstar, Triathlon, TV Spielfilm, TV Movie, View, Welt am Sonntag, Yacht
official photographer at:
2007 until now of the Hamburg marathon, cyclassics and triathlon
2008-2010 of kitesurf worldcup Germany
2008-2010 of surf world cup Germany
2008 until now at smart beach tour Germany
2009 until now UEFA trophy tour presented by UniCredit
2010-2014 AEG golf and cook cup in Germany and Austria
2015 until now Audi Sport TT Cup