Lukas Schulze in Kiel

The sports photographer Lukas Schulze in the gallery of the Sparkassenstiftung Schleswig-Holstein in Kiel. From 10.8. His exhibition “The Decisive Moment” can be seen there until October 30.10.2020, XNUMX. — The sports photographer Lukas Schulze with the new Nikon D6 in the gallery of the Sparkassenstiftung Schleswig-Holstein in Kiel. From 10.8. His exhibition “The Decisive Moment” can be seen there until October 30.10.2020, XNUMX. © Holger Rüdel

Moscow, July 15, 2018: The final whistle blares through the stadium – France is the soccer world champion. The fans cheer.

Lukas Schulze is standing in exactly the right place to capture this unique moment with his camera. “The difficult thing about sports photography is often that you are tied to one place and have to be lucky that the best scene happens right in front of you - and not on the other side” (Lukas Schulze).

The defining moment in sports photography

Lukas Schulze has a feel for the right places, the right moment and unusual perspectives. That's exactly what makes him one of the best sports photographers in Germany. His works not only depict exciting sporting events, but also have an artistic appearance that makes them stand out from the crowd of conventional sports photographs.

July 29, 2017: Cesilie Carlton from the USA jumps past the Budapest Parliament in high diving at the FINA World Championships. In this sport, the athletes jump from a height of 20 meters into a specially designed pool. The distance between the athletes and the Budapest Parliament is around 550 meters as the crow flies. Photo: Lukas Schulze / FINA / Nikon

Under the headline “The decisive moment” From August 10, 2020, the Sparkassenstiftung Schleswig-Holstein will show more than 60 works by the 27-year-old sports photographer from Bergisch-Gladbach (North Rhine-Westphalia). The exhibition can be seen in the foundation's gallery in the building of the Sparkasse and Giro Association for Schleswig-Holstein in Kiel on Faluner Weg.

Lukas Schulze, born in Magdeburg in 1993 and an active athlete in his youth, is currently working on behalf of Getty Images for the DFL, UEFA and FIFA. He worked exclusively for the company Nikon GmbH in Düsseldorf at the 2017 Swimming World Championships in Budapest. The outstanding results of this project provided the impetus for the exhibition “The Decisive Moment”.

July 25, 2017: An athlete swims freestyle at the FINA World Championships in Budapest, kicking up water that takes the shape of a fish. Photo: Lukas Schulze / FINA / Nikon

For this exhibition, which was already presented in Flensburg and Schleswig by the Nord-Ostsee Sparkasse (Nospa) in the nos.FOTOMENTA, an accompanying booklet was published - together with Nospa - in the catalog series “PHOTOGRAPHIA BOREALIS” on contemporary photography by the Sparkassenstiftung Schleswig-Holstein. This magazine, co-sponsored by Nikon, is available free of charge in the exhibition.