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CARMEN KÖRNER is a freelance photographer specializing in documentary, experimental, and portrait photography.
She holds a Bachelor in Photography from the “University of Applied Sciences and Arts” in Dortmund.
Based in Dortmund and Cologne (Germany), she is available for assignements and projects inter:nationally.
Carmen’s projects focus on sustainability, social justice, alternative ways of living, and climate change.
In 2021, she founded index.kollektiv e.V. with Chayenne Freitag and Katharina Mikhrin.
Alongside her own photographic practice, she also facilitates photography workshops with people of different ages and backgrounds, from children to seniors.
SAY HELLO:
info@carmenkoerner.de
+ 49 157 365 29 612
DE / ENG / FR
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS:
2026
> Longlist of The Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant
2025
> selected for AEB SE Kirmesstipendium
2024
> nominated for True Picture Award
> selected for Deutschlandstipendium
2023
> selected for Canon Student Development Programme Class in Girona
SELECTED CLIENTS I PUBLICATIONS
DIE ZEIT I stern I SPIEGEL WISSEN I ELTERN I GEO I STROBO I VISIONS I FREELENS I Positionen Magazin I Neue Zeitung für Musik I Frauenkulturbüro NRW I Gleichstellungsbüro Dortmund I Frauenberatungsstelle Dortmund I Artur - und Liselotte Dumcke Stiftung I Fachhochschule Dortmund I Zentrum Verantwortungsbewusste Digitalisierung I migration miteinander e.V. I Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Arbeit, Bildung, Kultur I Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Kunst & Medien I Spark Cologne Festival I Cornelsen I ImageKollektiv I Frau Lose I „Hoffnung und Keksteig“ (book-cover) I portraits on my creative clients websites e.g. Georgia Koumará, Maike Graf, Fatima Talalini, Simon Bahr, Christian Steinau, Tiffi Bluhm, Karmakind, Trish Osmond, Lars Plessentin - and many more.
EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS:
2026
> "RESTLESS MINDS" - Obenrum Untenrum - index.kollektiv e.V. - group exhibition in Berlin
2025
> "O IHR MENSCHEN" - index.kollektiv e.V. - group exhibition at MUSEUM HAUS OPHERDICKE - Holzwickede
> "RESTLESS MINDS" - f² Fotofestival - index.kollektiv e.V. - group exhibition at different e.V. - Dortmund
2024
> "VOLUME 1" - index.kollektiv e.V. - group exhibition at Depot e.V. - Dortmund
> book presentation of "FACING TOMORROW" at ANNELISE - Raum für Bücher und Bilder - Dortmund
2023
> f² Fotofestival - group exhibition at different e.V. - Dortmund
> f² Fotofestival- group exhibition at 44309//GALLERY - Dortmund
> NEIGHBORHOOD - group exhibition at University of Applied Sciences and Art - Dortmund
> Screening at Fotobus-Slideshow - Arles (FR)
> PODEST - group exhibition at University of Applied Sciences and Art - Dortmund
2022
> journée franco-allemand - group exhibition at l’enclos Saint-Césaire - Arles (FR)
> WIP - work in progress - group exhibition at “LE PRINTEMPS” - Arles (FR)
> projet meta-jardin - group exhibition at ésban (École supérieure des beaux-arts) - Nîmes (FR)
> PODEST - group exhibition at University of Applied Sciences and Art - Dortmund
2021
> “NEW NORMAL 180°” - solo exhibition with Cynthia Ruf at Gitterraum - Essen
2020
> „PARALLELWELTEN“ – group exhibition at Galerie Ludwig XIV – Wuppertal
> „Alternative Lives“ – solo exhibition at Umschlagplatz – Dortmund
2019
> „BLICKWECHSEL“ – group exhibition with Nordstadtblogger at Depot – Dortmund
> Offene Nordstadt Ateliers – group exhibition at Projektspeicher – Dortmund
2018
> „Mensch in Tutu“ – group exhibition at Infinite Space – Dortmund
> „Turbo Urban“ – group exhibition at “Nacht der Museen” – Düsseldorf
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