CARMEN KÖRNER is a freelance photographer specializing in documentary, experimental, and portrait photography.
She holds a BA 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.
SAY HELLO:
info@carmenkoerner.de
+ 49 157 365 29 612
DE / ENG / FR
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS:
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
2017
> selected for Adobe Stock Workshop in Berlin
SELECTED CLIENTS I PUBLICATIONS
SPIEGEL WISSEN, ELTERN, GEO+, Strobo, Neue Zeitung für Musik, VISIONS, Positionen - Texte zur aktuellen Musik, Frauenkulturbüro NRW, Gleichstellungsbüro Dortmund, Frauenberatungsstelle Dortmund, Artur - und Liselotte Dumcke Stiftung, Fachhochschule Dortmund, Zentrum Verantwortungsbewusste Digitalisierung, migration miteinander e.V., Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Arbeit, Kultur, Bildung, Cornelsen, ImageKollektiv, Frau Lose, “Neighborhood”, „corona diary I“ (selfpublished book), „Hoffnung und Keksteig“ (book-cover), „Buch zur Jugendweihe”, exhibition catalogues, photos on websites of people in the cultural field: e.g. Georgia Koumará, Maike Graf, Fatima Talalini, Christoph Ebel, Simon Bahr, Joeri Burger, Edda Lina Janz, Christian Steinau, Tiffi Bluhm, Karmakind, Trish Osmond, Spark Cologne Festival, Lars Plessentin - etc.
EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS:
2025
> f² Fotofestival - index.kollektiv e.V. - group exhibition at different e.V. - Dortmund
2024
> index.kollektiv e.V. - group exhibition at Depot e.V. - 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