Elliott Kreyenberg’s photographic practice combines documentary image strategies with an artistic approach. He is interested in the construction of masculinity examining the broader forms of violence such systems impose. 

Born in 1999 in Cologne, Kreyenberg lives in Berlin. He works internationally but mainly across Germany and Ukraine, contributing to publications such as ZEIT Magazin, Der Spiegel, and Marianne.
As a Filmstill Photographer he worked for Netflix, WDR and ARD and was part of the TV-series „Die Zweiflers, which won Best Series in CannesSeries 2024.   

He graduated from the Ostkreuz School of Photography in 2024 under Ute Mahler and Irina Ruppert.
He won the APhF Dummy Award. His book Something Was Missing Within was then published with WittyBooks in 2025.
Since May 2026 he is represented by Ostkreuz Agency. 

elliott@kreyenberg.org
+49 178 6775 198
based in Berlin/Kyiv, available anywhere

Clients:

ZEIT Magazin 
ZEIT Online
DER SPIEGEL
TAZ - die Tageszeitung
Republik
Marianne Magazin
Netflix
ARD Degeto
WDR ZDFPhilosophie Magazin
Berlinale
Live From Earth
Charite Berlin
Lido Agency
Next Generation Agency

Exhibitions:

2025 Achtung Kultur, group exhibition, Bordeaux, FR
2024 "Jahrgang ACHTZEHN", graduation exhibition, Konnekt Berlin, Berlin, GER
2023 „With Each Other“, group exhibition, Goethe Institut Paris, FR
2023 „Burning Down The House“, group exhibition, AFF Gallery, Berlin, GER
2023 RAW Foto Triennale, group exhibition, Worpswede, GER
2022 „Lotz Fotofestiwal“, BarTur Award group exhibition, Monopolis Gallery, Lodz, PL 
2022 „A9A6A5“, Group Exhibition, Delphi Space, Freiburg, GER
2021 BarTur Award, group exhibition
2021 „HighNoon“, group exhibition, Van Zijll Langhout Gallery, Amsterdam,  AMS
2021 „HighNoon“, group exhibition, Wellenmaschiene, Berlin, GER
2021 „Endzeit“, single exhibition, Atelier UrArt, Berlin, GER

Upcoming exhibitions:

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Preise:

2026 TruePicture, nominee
2026 Wüstenrot Stiftung Förderpreis, nominee
2026 Otto Steinert Preis, honorable mention
2025 Basque Dok Festival, shortlist 
2025 PH Museum Grant, shortlist
2025 DER GREIF, Guest Room Fotoarsenal Wien, elected
2024 DGPh Emerging Photographer Award, honorable mention 
2024 Athens Fotofestival Dummy Award ft. Witty Books, winner
2023 „La jeune photographie allemande“, scholarship
2023 TruePicture, Nominee, shortlist
2021 BarTur "Chris Wainwright Award for Climate Change"

Filmography:

2026 Die Zweiflers II 
2025 Westend Girl, TV-Series, ARD
2024 Die Schattenseite, TV-Series, ARD 
2024 Brandenburgkrimi - Die Raaben, TV-Series, ARD
2023 Die Zweiflers, TV-Series, ARD 
2022 Electric Child, Feature Film
2021 Tatort: Gier und Angst, TV-Series, WDR

Studies:

2019-2024 Fotografie Studium Ostkreuz Schule für Fotografie
2023 Meisterklasse Ute Mahle und Marit Lehmann