The artists nominated by

Triennial of Photography | Deichtorhallen
in
2020
Projects nominations
Arne Piepke
Arne Piepke (*1991) grew up in a small village in western Germany surrounded by forests. Rural life, traditions, and growing up in a working-class environment continue to shape him and his work to this day. These influences are reflected in his photographic engagement with themes such as history, collective identity, and tradition. Motivated by his own search for belonging, he constantly deals with these fundamental questions. In 2019, he completed his B.A. in Photography at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund, followed by an M.A. in Photographic Studies in 2024. He is a co-founder of DOCKS, a collective of five documentary photographers founded in Dortmund in 2018. Arne‘s photographic work is rooted in documentary practice but has evolved into a more open, speculative approach. He questions the authenticity of documentary images and shifts the focus from the depiction of facts to the conveying of uncertainty, contradiction, and ambiguity. He is winner of the LUCIE Foundation Fine Art Scholarschip, the World Report Award and the third prize of Revela‘t Photo Festival. In 2025 he was a selectee of Copenhagen Photo Festival. Arne regularly works for publications such as Der Spiegel, the Financial Times, and Die Zeit. His work has also been published in The Washington Post and The New York Times Magazine.
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Lukas Kreibig
After studying Photojournalism at the University of Hanover and at the Danish School of Journalism in Denmark, Lukas Kreibig started to work on long-term stories as well as on assignments as a freelancer.

His photos combine powerful visuals with compelling stories. He got published by National Geographic, Washington Post, CNN and stern.

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Manuela Braunmüller
Manuela Braunmüller (b. 1993) is a German photographer. She studied photography in Munich and Cardiff.

Currently she is participating in the Masterclass at Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie in Berlin. Her work revolves around the relationship between humans and animals in context with animal agriculture.

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Maximilian Mann
Maximilian Mann (b. 1992) is a German photographer. He holds a BA in photography from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Dortmund.

Max is a documentary and portrait photographer who focuses on stories about society, social and ecological chances. He is a founding member of DOCKS collective.

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Sina Niemeyer
Sina Niemeyer is a photographer and visual lens-based artist living in Germany who is best known for her intimate and subtle imagery.

She has been working for German media outlets since 2014 and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Documentary Photography.

In her personal projects she focuses on taboo topics, feminism and relationships. She likes to combine different media and material such as video, photography, archive images, sound and objects. In 2018 she was chosen as one of the most promising newcomers in German photography, the year after she was nominated for the C/O Berlin Talent Award. Her work ‚IGNOSCENTIA’ has been shown in numerous exhibitions internationally and she regularly gives talks and speeches.

Sina lives and works in Berlin.

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