Lukas Birk

Lukas Birk (born 1982) is an Austrian photographer, archivist, and publisher. He is known for a visual archive work in Myanmar and research on Box Camera photography in Afghanistan. Birk has worked on photographic projects, films and visual research in China, South and South-East Asia and the Indian subcontinent. He has published numerous books on visual culture and photographic history.
He co-founded the "Austro Sino Art Program" (2008–2014) in Beijing, China and the SewonArtSpace in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He founded the "Myanmar Photo Archive", Myanmar’s first public photography archive, and set up an accompanying publishing program. His publishing company "Fraglich Publishing" focuses on visual culture publications and limited edition prints.
About.
Lukas Birk was born in 1982 in Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria. Initially he studied journalism and radio. Birk attended at University of West London in the Ealing School of Art Design and Media, graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Digital Art and Photography in 2005. He continuing his studies at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), graduating with a M.F.A. degree in Printmaking in 2017. Birk's work is held in the public permanent collections at Federal Collection Austria, and Regional Collection Vorarlberg, Austria.<ref>