Karolin Klüppel is a photographer based in Berlin and Kassel and working worldwide. After she studied photography and graduated in 2012, she started working as a freelens photographer with focus on portrait and interior photography.

Since then she has also produced many personal projects that deal with gender relation, family and motherhood.

She is open for any kind of editiorial and commercial assignments.

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mail@karolinklueppel.de
+49 176 676 504 84
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Selected Editorial Clients and Publications

National Geographic, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Independent New Review, Spiegel, Spiegel Online, Die Zeit, Zeit Online, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Chrismon, Zeitleo, Conde Nast Traveler, Neue Züricher Zeitung, Der Tagesspiegel, Berliner Zeitung, Bergens Tidende, Donna, Marie Claire, Nido, Neon, Freitag, Eltern Magazin, Wort & Bild Verlag, Finanzielle

Selected Commercial Clients

Audi, Finn Juhl, KPM Berlin, Stapelstein, Stilleben Architects, Porzellanmanufaktur Nymphenburg, Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg, Locke Hotels, RAUS, LucaNet AG, Allianz, Deutsche Rentenversicherung, Wübben Stiftung, Wildling Shoes, Nanchen Natur, Wobie Box, Vibe Harsøf Jewelry, Sawade Berlin, Frank Stueve Interiors, In A Nutshell, Schwäbisch Hall, Zimmermann Editorial, C3, Studio ZX

Member of Women Photograph

*1985 in Kassel, Germany
2012 MFA in Photography
2020-2022 Postgraduateclass of Ingo Taubhorn and Prof. Ute Mahler at Ostkreuzschule in Berlin

Awards and Grants

2022 Initial 2 - Neue Kooperationen, Akademie der Künste Berlin
2020 VG Bild Kunst Grant for Photography
2017 Woman Photograph Grant, Finalist
2016 Henri Nannen Preis, Shortlisted
2016 Nomination for Joop Swart Masterclass, WPP
2016 Fotofestiwal Łódź, Finalist Grand Prix
2016 VG Bild Kunst Grant for Photography
2016 Canon Profifoto Award, Winner
2015 Emerging Talent Award, Dali International Photography Festival, Winner
2015 Nomination for the UNICEF Photo of the Year Award
2015 Felix Schöller Photo Award Winner Gold Award
2015 Felix Schöller Photo Award, Winner Category Portrait
2015 Renaissance Photography Award, Finalist
2015 Voies Of Prize, Finalist
2015 Bourse du Talent #62 Portrait, Winner
2014 Canon Profifoto Award, Winner
2013 Vice-Versa Foundation, Artist Residency, Goa, India
2013 Arteles Creative Centre, Artist Residency, Haukijärvi, Finland

Solo Exhibitions

2019 Mädchenland, FOTOMUSEO - National Museum of Photography of Colombia, Bogota
2017 Mädchenland, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, USA
2015 Mädchenland, Espace JB, Geneva, Switzerland
2015 Mädchenland, Half King Gallery, New York, USA
2015 Mädchenland, Gallery Voies Off, Arles, France
2012 I never promised youa rose garden, Galerie für Moderne Fotografie, Berlin

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022 No Room of One´s Own, Sprengel Museum Hannover
2021 No Room of One´s Own, Kommunale Galerie Berlin
2021 Dabu, Freelens Galerie Hamburg
2021 Bucharest Photofest, Romania
2020 Athens Photo Festival, Hellenic Centre for Photography, Greece
2019 Mädchenland, l'abbaye de l'Epau, Le Mans, France
2018 Mädchenland, Helsinki Photo Festival, Finland
2018 Dabu, The family of No Man, Cosmos / Arles, France
2018 Mädchenland, Château de Chassagne-Montrachet, France
2018 Mädchenland, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstadt, Germany
2017 Dabu, # Dysturb at the Photography Days 2017, Preus Museum, Horten, Norway
2017 Dabu, Athens Photo Festival, Hellenic Centre for Photography, Greece
2017 Keep Your Eyes Peeled, aff Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2017 Mädchenland, Centre Culturel du Manoir, Cologny, Switzerland
2016 Mädchenland, Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal
2016 Mädchenland, Fotoistanbul Beşiktaş International Photography Festival, Turkey
2016 Mädchenland, Athens Photo Festival, Hellenic Centre for Photography, Greece
2016 Mädchenland, Fotofestiwal Łódź, Poland
2016 Mädchenland, Chennai Photo Biennale, India
2016 Mädchenland, Festival Les Photographies, Le Mans, France
2015 Mädchenland, Bourse du Talent, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
2015 Mädchenland, Renaissance Photography Prize, Getty Image Gallery, London
2015 Mädchenland, Delhi Photo Festival, IGNCA, New Delhi, India (with catalogue)
2015 Mädchenland, Photography Foundation Istanbul, Turkey
2015 Mädchenland, Dali International Photography Festival, China
2015 Mädchenland, Festival Manifesto, Toulouse, France (with catalogue)
2015 Mädchenland, Voies Of Festival, Arles, France
2015 Mädchenland, Festival Circulation(s), Centquatre / Gare du Nord, Paris, France
2014 Mädchenland, Photokina 2014, Cologne, Germany
2014 I never promised you a rose garden, Collectic Blanc, Montréal, Canada
2014 Mädchenland, Studio Torp, Berlin, Germany
2013 I never promised you a rose garden, Les Boutographies, Montpellier, France
2012 EXPOSED: The Contemporary Nude, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2012 I never promised you a rose garden, Voies Of Festival, Arles, France
2012 Examen 2012, Salzmannfabrik Kassel, Germany
2012 Spargelspitzen, Bühlers, Fürth, Germany
2012 The stream of no unconciousness, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin, Germany

Monographs

Kingdom of Girls, 2016 (Hatje Cantz Verlag)

Collections

National Museum of Photography Colombia, Département de la Sarthe Art Collection, Private collections