`We won’t die sleeping‘ represents my on-going photo project telling the story of former Sowjet countries.
This episode is about Mongolia, concentrating on the nomadic life. The name-giving did not happen by chance.`We won’t die sleeping ‘ also is a very popular saying in Mongolia, strongly expressing the nature of this people.
Gil Bartz is a freelance photographer and cinematographer based in Frankfurt Main. He was born in Braunschweig, Germany in 1981. After completing his studies in 2002, he started to work in the television industry as a camera–assistant. In 2007 he quit his job to become a cinematographer.
He studied Cinematography at the University for Film and Television “Konrad Wolf“ in Potsdam – Babelsberg. He graduated in 2012. Since 2020 he is working on a long term photo project about the effect of the climate change.
