Sven Zellner gained his diploma in cinematography form the University of Television and Film Munich in 2010. His work moves between film and photography, and between art and documentary practice. In 2012 he received the ARTE-Documentary Film Award for his debut documentary film Price of Gold, a portrait of Mongolian nomads illegally prospecting for Gold in the Gobi desert. His photographs have been published in magazines including GEO, Terra Mater, DAS MAGAZIN, Leica Fotografie International, and VIEW. Zellner lives in Munich and lectures at the HFF, Munich and the University of Applied Science, Darmstadt. He is currently working on projects in Romania, Greenland, the USA, and Mongolia.
Over the past decade, Mongolia has become one of the fastest-growing economies in the world—the result is a dizzying mix of new money, rapid urban development and a total reconfiguration of a centuries-long nomadic lifestyle.
