b. 1971, based in Hamburg, Germany
Manuel Armenis is an award-winning street and fine art photographer based in Hamburg, Germany.
He was born in Mannheim (Germany).
He studied at Icart, École de Photographie in Paris (France), and at the University of the Arts in London (England).
The emphasis of his practice is the realization of long-term projects with a focus on exploring the human condition within everyday and commonplace urban environments.
He lives and works in Hamburg, Germany.
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
• International Fotofestival Pelt, Belgium
Winner, Silver Award, 2023
• New York Center for Photographic Art
Honorable Mention, Primary Colors Award, 2022
• Association Vivian Maier
Winner, Photography Award, Color, 2021
• The Independent Photographer
Winner, Street Photography Award, 2019
• Dodho Magazine Black & White Awards, 2019
Winner, 2nd Place, B&W Photography Awards
• Meitar Award for Excellence in Photography, 2019
Finalist
• AAP Magazine, Street Photography, 2019
Winner, Merit Award
• Sony World Photography Awards 2018
Winner, category Street Photography
Winner, National Award, Germany
• Alghero Street Photography Awards 2018
Honorable Mention
• LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2017
Finalist
• Head On Portrait Prize 2016
Semi Finalist
• International Photographer of the Year, 2015
Honorable Mention
RECENT EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
exhibitions
• 2023 SSF/Galerie Joseph, Paris, France
• 2023 International Fotofestival Pelt, Belgium
• 2022 Streets Sans Frontières, Paris, France
• 2021 Maison de la photographie Vivian Maier, Pisancon, France
• 2019 Alalimón Galería, Barcelona, Spain
• 2019 Street Sans Frontières, Paris, France
• 2019 CLB Gallery, Berlin, Germany
• 2018 Trieste Photo Days, Trieste, Italy
• 2018 Kaunas Photo Festival, Kaunas, Lithuania
• 2018 SWP Awards 2018, Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin, Germany
• 2018 Foto Festival Voies Off, Arles, France (p)
• 2018 Street Sans Frontières, Paris, France
• 2018 Sony World Photography Awards 2018, Somerset House, London, UK
• 2018 Rotterdam Photofestival, Rotterdam, Netherlands (p)
• 2017 San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, California, USA (p)
• 2017 Internationaal Fotofestival Overpelt, Overpelt, Belgium
• 2016 Independent Photography Festival, Melbourne, Australia
• 2016 The Center for fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, Colorado, USA
• 2016 Head on Portrait Prize, Museum of Sydney, Sydney Australia
• 2016 Photon, Center for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana, Slovenia (p)
• 2015 Galerie Pokusa, Wiesbadener Fototage, Wiesbaden, Germany
• 2015 Blackbox Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
• 2015 PH21 Galery, Budapest, Hungary
publications
• 2023 Fisheye Magazine
• 2022 Fraction Magazine, Issue 157
• 2019 LensCulture Street Photography Guide
• 2019 AAP Magazine, Issue 8, Street Photography
• 2018 Interview, Kulturradio rbb, Berlin, Germany
• 2018 The Best of LensCulture, Vol.2
• 2018 Fotoforum Magazin, Germany
• 2018 Dodho Magazine Print Issue 05 Feature, Spain
• 2018 fotoMAGAZIN, Germany
• 2018 Interview for Dodho Magazine, Barcelona, Spain
• 2017 Abridged Magazine, Derry, Northern Ireland
• 2017 LensCulture Street Photography Awards
• 2017 C41 Magazine
• 2017 The Street Photographer Book 2, Mexico
• 2017 F-Stop Magazine
• 2017 The Independent Photographer
• 2017 Lenscratch Fine Art Photography
• 2016 Street Photography Awards Feature on Lensculture
• 2016 Phosmag Magazine
• 2016 Fraction Magazine
• 2016 Street Photographer Notebook
• 2016 Edge of humanity magazine
• 2015 Schwarzweiss Magazin, Germany
• 2015 Heimat, Wiesbadener Fototage, Germany
• 2015 Réponses Photo Magazine, Paris, France
• 2015 Color, print edition, Blackbox Gallery, Portland, OR, USA
Profile on LensCulture