bio
Benjamin Pfau is a German photographer. He was born in Bielefeld in 1990. His work centers around themes of alienation and isolation in the globalized, ever-connected world. He creates extensive photojournals, which he eventually distills into fragmentary essays often juxtaposed with poetry and other forms of writing. In 2019, he published Isthmus, a visual diary of his life amongst a group of down-and-out exiles in Bangkok. Since the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic his focus has shifted towards examining the emotional impact of digital media and the study of generative image modeling. He currently lives in Berlin, Germany.
education
2020 Seminar Sven Marquardt, Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, Berlin, Germany
exhibitions
2023 Far Reach, R Gallery x Mahalla, Berlin, Germany
2022 Über Heimat, Liebig12, Berlin, Germany
2020 Final Bloom, Fk-Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2020 Isthmus (solo), Club Lucero, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2020 Paseo + Pfau, Paseo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2019 What Goes Around Comes Around, Studiolo, Berlin, Germany
2019 VOID Impromptu - Book Presentation, ISSP, Riga, Latvia
2019 Isthmus (solo), Arkaoda, Berlin, Germany
2018 Sync, Psych, Self (sic), Fk-Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2017 Dreams, Obscura Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2017 The Blind Curator, Fk-Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2017 Lichtquellen / Boy at the Butcher's, coGalleries, Berlin, Germany
2017 Puderpink, Puderraum, Berlin, Germany
2016 Deflection, Puderraum, Berlin, Germany
2016 The Palace Arts Festival, Nysa, Poland
monographs
2022 Nobody Saves America, Studio Benjamin Pfau
2019 Isthmus, Studio Benjamin Pfau
print publications
2020 Revista Balam - N6 MESTIZX
2019 ASX + VOID - Moonlit Skies
online features and articles
2023 Nearest Truth - Benjamin Pfau - Die Insel (Podcast)
2022 PhMuseum - Benjamin Pfau Experiments With Technology and Rooted Stereotypes to Create a Fake Narrative
2020 L'Observatoire - Dans son Regard
2020 American Suburb X - Isthmus, A Nocturnal Biopic
2019 Metal Magazine - Window or Mirror
2017 Noisey (Vice) - Lit City Trax
2017 Der Greif - Guest-Room: Francesco Zanot
clients
Buchhandlung Walther König GraphQL Conf Honeypot Kartago Majestic Mermaid Studios Prisma Sang Bleu Soda Books Sonic Relief Still Magazine TTTISM 3 feet hi