| 1974 | born in Krefeld, Germany | |
| 1994-1998 | studies English and American literature and German linguistics in Duisburg and Marburg, Germany and Coventry, England | |
| 1998-2004 | studies pohto design at the Design Department fo the University of Applied Sciences Dortmund, Germany | |
| 2000 | Photographer in the team of of Jochen Gerz for the project “The Gift” (Das Geschenk) as part of the exhibit “Vision Ruhr” in the Zeche Zollern, Dortmund, Germany | |
| 2004 | Member of the “Pixelprojekt Ruhrgebiet”, an association of independent photographers in the Ruhr region Degree work in England entitled “In Search of Paradise” under the supervision of Prof. Heiner Schmitz | |
| 2005 |
Junior member of the German Association of Independent Photographers (Bund Freischaffender Fotodesigner, BFF) | |
| 2007-2009 | Work-stay in East Friesland | |
| Honors | ||
| 2008 | Finalist for the Sylt Prize of Photography | |
| 2007 | Winner of the "Fotoprojekt Emscher Zukunft" | |
| 2005 | Silver medal for the artistic contribution to the "BFF Juniorenbuch" | |
| Publications | ||
| 2007 | Heimatgrün, catalogue of the exhibition | |
| 2006 | Picturing Landscape Architecture. Projects of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander as seen by Etta Gerdes, Callwey, Munich | |
| 2006 | Heimatbild - Utopie und Wirklichkeit, catalogue of the exhibition | |
| 2002 |
Phoenix. Werk. Kunst in der Zwischenzeit, Ed. Thomas Kaestler, Klartext, Essen |
Exhibitions of Etta Gerdes (PDF, 57 KB
