Foto: Oxana Guryanova


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 co-founded index.kollektiv with Chayenne Freitag and Katharina Mikhrin.


SAY HELLO: 

info@carmenkoerner.de
+ 49 157 365 29 612

German/English/French



SELECTED CLIENTS & 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 GrafFatima 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




AWARDS & NOMINATIONS:

    • selected for Adobe Stock Workshop in Berlin (2017)
    • selected for Canon Student Development Programme Class in Girona (2023)
    • nominated for True Picture Award (2024)






MEMBER OF

Fotobus Society e.V. 

Freelens e.V. 

index.kollektiv e.V.










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