Guido Karp


Guido Karp is a German born music photographer, who lives and resides in Los Angeles, California.
Karp was born in Mayen, Germany and grew up in Koblenz, Germany. He started concert photography early with regional bands, but had his first cover with a school-mate, Thomas Anders, who later came to fame as singer of the top-selling Euro-Band Modern Talking. Karp's photography has been used on many music CD and DVD covers, with top sellers as Robbie Williams "Live at the Albert" or Elton John's "Candle in the Wind". His most recent work is seen in AC/DC's 2008 release Black Ice. The promotional shots from the session were featured in more than 10000 print publications since Oct 2008.
Before joining the AC/DC European tour in March, Karp toured Germany, Austria and Switzerland with the hugely successful beauty event "Princess for one day".
Karp is married to Nicole Karp since Dec 28, 2004. Until 2012, he owned homes in Hoehr-Grenzhausen, Germany and Los Angeles. In 2013, he left Germany and now lives in Los Angeles.
In 2012, Karp becomes one of ten main jurors for Germany's LEA Awards. He remains on the jury board for 2013
Celebrating his 50th birthday in 2013, Karp toured with the exhibition project "Singvoegel" - a retrospective of his 30+ years work as a concert photographer. Since Jan 2014, Karp lectures the "Million Dollar Workshop" through 50 universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Awards

Guido Karp was nominated as Music Photographer of the Year in 1987, 1988 and 1992, winning in 1988 and 1992 in the categories "Best Concert Photography"

Notable credits