Jens Liebchen

Jens Liebchen (* 1970 in Bonn ) is a German photographer .

Liebchen studied ethnology at the Free University in Berlin from 1992 to 1995 . He has been working as a freelance photographer since 1995. His photos have been published in the New York Times , Esquire and Quest , among others . He lives in Berlin and Tokyo.

Exhibitions (selection)

• 2013 Kunsthaus Essen - Tsukuba-Narita 2011/03/13
• Politics & Art - Art & Politics, traveling exhibition

For this photo series, Liebchen photographed artists in front of their work in the Reichstag , including Georg Baselitz , Christian Boltanski , Jenny Holzer , Sigmar Polke , Günther Uecker . The photo series was shown in many German Goethe Institutes.

2008 Goethe Institute in Singapore, Kiev, Karatchi

2007 Goethe Institute in Athens, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Sydney

2006 Goethe-Institut in Beijing, Curtibba, Belgrade, Sarajevo,

2005 Goethe-Institut Sofia, Riga, Tel Aviv, Lisbon, Coimbra

• 2004 Playing Fields, JJHeckenhauer Gallery , Berlin, Tübingen
• 2000 DL07 - stereotypes of war: a photographic investigation, Photography Now, Berlin
• 1997 Vortex, JJHeckenhauer - Gallery for Photography, Tübingen

Books and exhibition catalogs

• System. Peperoni Books, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-941825-68-0 .
• Uncertainties - a tribute to the work of Anthony Hernandez. Marks of Honor, 2008.
• Playing fields. Edition JJ Heckenhauer, Tübingen / Berlin 2005.
• The Flag. schaden.com, Cologne 2004.
• Politics & Art - Art & Politics. Edition JJ Heckenhauer, Tübingen / Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-9806079-9-2 .
• Parameters of Movement I. Edition JJ Heckenhauer, Tübingen / Berlin 2002.
• DL07 - stereotypes of war: a photographic investigation. Edition JJ Heckenhauer, Tübingen / Berlin 2000.
• raum_bild: David Adam, Jens Liebchen, Adrian Sauer. New Berlin Art Association, Berlin.

Web links

• Jens Liebchen