With the exhibition “Photo: Hans Hansen”, the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MK&G) is devoting a large-scale retrospective to one of the leading photographers in post-war Germany. Viewers will be able to discover around 220 iconic photographs.

The Hamburg-based couple KRIM GRÜTTNER and REINHARD PRINZMEIER exhibit 50 large-format photos from the world’s second-largest country. Their images from all of Canada’s provinces and territories take viewers to magnificent landscapes, wild animals and the culture of the First Nations

The series “Elbblicke” is a tribute to the places and views that make Hamburg unique to me. The combination of scenic beauty and nature along the Elbe with the often industrial or modern architectural landscapes of the harbor

The long-established family businesses that have shaped the character of Osterstraße for decades are quietly disappearing. The transformation is evident: the former furrier’s workshop is now a beauty salon. Yoga classes are held in the butcher shop. A long-term project by Frederika Hoffmann.

Aslı Özdemir explores the figure of leaning. The exhibition presents existing works, photographs from her personal archive, objects, and her new video work “I Am Your Mother.” Her works condense visual and interpersonal relationships into multi-part visual ensembles.

For his new series 'Overshoot', Tobias Zielony returned to Naples, where he had already photographed the Vele di Scampia in 2009–2010, this time focusing on Aldo Loris Rossi’s futuristic buildings. His photographs reveal both the architecture and the social and political reverberations it carries.

The exhibition features a “best of” selection from the 2006 photo book *Täglich Hamburg* as well as other works by Nicole Keller and Oliver Schumacher in the fields of Hamburg street photography, architecture, and artistic urban documentation from the past 20 years.

The exhibition features both independent work – architectural photography – and commissioned work – construction site documentation. The photographs were taken in locations including Rotterdam, New York, Malta, Hamburg and Liverpool. Opening hours: Wed–Fri 2 pm–11 pm Sat and Sun 12 noon–11 pm

Set of 360º Fisheye Shots of Hamburg All photos are shot with digital camera and the famous Nikon 8mm 1/2,8 fisheye from the analog times which has still the best quality so far. It opens your eyes to a Hamburg you have never seen before...

Johanna Klier and Markus Dorfmüller have been collaborating with the Hamburg Bauhefte for many years on documenting the city. They have produced photographs and architectural portfolios of such diverse locations as City Hof, Fuhlsbüttel Prison, Victoria Barracks, and others.

„Kontaktzone Hafen“ ist eine Ausstellung von und mit Schüler*innen der M2 der Stadtteilschule Maretstraße. Gezeigt werden die Ergebnisse eines Fotoworkshops im Harburger Hafen, verbunden mit mitgebrachten Bildern, die Familiengeschichten und Erinnerungen zeigen.

'infinity – creating expanse' explores the limits of reality and the possibilities of shifting them. Across documentary, narrative, and experimental forms, the exhibition brings together works addressing visibility, experience, as well as the limitations and spheres of influence of social orders.

Using photography as a starting point across diverse artistic practices, a multi-layered structure of fragments, memories, and body images unfolds. Intimate snapshots, serial image sequences, and collage-like assemblages enter into a sensitive dialogue about closeness and the other.

HALT! Kurz innehalten, ankommen. Habe ich noch Zeit, wenn ich nicht weiß, wohin? Woran halte ich fest? Drei fotografische Positionen zeigen intime Perspektiven auf Identität, Psyche und die Suche nach Zugehörigkeit. Diese Ausstellung findet in Kooperation mit Pembroke und add art statt.

SIDE BY SIDE is a participatory project against antisemitism and in solidarity with Jewish people in Hamburg. Drone footage shows human Stars of David at well-known locations in Hamburg.

At a time of social and political tension, photographers Dr Britta Kohl-Boas, Oliver Jockers and Bastian Hertel are setting off on a journey across Germany using the Deutschlandticket. Travelling by local transport, they are exploring places and hidden corners away from the major cities.

SIDE BY SIDE is an interactive project that makes Jewish life visible in public spaces and serves as a statement of solidarity with Jewish people. Through six public photo events, residents of Hamburg have taken a stand against antisemitism and expressed their solidarity with the Jewish community.

Squatting, punks, anti-nuclear protests, the fall of the Berlin Wall… Johannes Hartmann documented the diverse protests of the 1970s and 1980s with his camera. With his graffiti reading ‘Imagine there’s a war and nobody goes’, he made a significant contribution to the peace movement.

The artists expand photography as an experimental field between analogue materiality and AI-generated image production. Fragments, traces, and photographic particles evolve into new spaces of longing. Open 05-26.06: DO 17-20 Uhr, FR: 16-20 Uhr, SA: 12-16 Uhr. Finissage SA: 26.06. 18-21 Uhr

Since the day they met, Nora and Mats have been photographing each other. They fell in love, and shortly afterwards, Nora was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour. Over the past few years, a visual diary has emerged, a long-term portrait from falling in love to learning how to live with illness.

„Recoiling Memories“ vereint die sudanesischen Künstlerinnen Salma Abusamra und Eythar Gabara in einer Foto- und Installationsausstellung über Erinnerung, Exil und Heimat. Die Arbeiten zeigen, wie sudanesische Frauen Zugehörigkeit, Widerstand und Resilienz neu erschaffen.

With the exhibition “There we are now,” the Akademie für Fotografie presents works by former graduates during the 9th Triennial of Photography: Nikolai Frerichs, Andreas Hopfgarten, Katinka Schuett & Anna Tiessen, Yves Suter, and Sabrina Weniger.

Under the title “Echo” 25 female photographers from herspective present an exhibition in which individual photographic works merge into a collective expression.

In the exhibition 'Sound of the World', space unfolds as a choreographic structure of image, video, and sound in which violence, ideology, and memory become inscribed. Image and sound act simultaneously as intervention and echo, shifting perception and connecting present and history.

Delta City ist ein fotografischer Atlas der 140 Kilometer langen Hochwasserschutzlinie Hamburgs. Lars-Ole Bastar, Joshua Delissen und Hannes Heitmüller zeigen die Architektur des Hochwasserschutzes und das Leben im Delta.

Photography and video exhibition / Curated by Farideh Jamshidi and Peter Schindler Opening: 6. June 2026, 6 pm Introduction: Dr. phil. Anne Simone Kiesiel at 6:30 pm Exhibition: 7. - 21. June 2026 Opening hours: Sat + Sun, 3 - 6 pm @kuenstlerhaus_bergedorf

With OHG, Frederick Vidal presents photographs that oscillate between observation and imagination. Emerging from everyday situations and found objects, the images are rich in suggestion, shifting certainties and resisting any singular interpretation.

(Un)Choreographed shows a series of analogue photograms in which the artist performs inside the photographic darkroom. Sejud returns to the photogram as a direct, contact-based technique, leaving imprints of her body on the light-sensitive emulsion of colour photographic paper.

ECHO explores resonance and exchange. Images connect, revisit motifs, and open new perspectives. At its core is the interplay of diverse voices. The herspective collective promotes the visibility of women in photography.

In the exhibition, three neighborhoods in Hamburg are presented side by side. Together, they cover 100 years of urban housing development and represent different concepts of city planning. All three were built at times when there was a shortage of housing.

Over more than 25 years, Japanese Photographer HAL has explored intimacy, identity, and human relationships within couples, before expanding his focus to the family nucleus following the birth of his son in 2022—resulting in an exceptionally personal body of work.

In “State of Exception,” documentary photographer Rafael Heygster presents work on power staging in the 21st century. The exhibition brings together three long-term projects (2016–2026) showing scenarios where power is performed, legitimacy asserted, or contested.

Three positions of strolling photographers who document Hamburg's cityscape with unusual glances: Claas Möller + Peter Bruns - Places of Faith and Longing in Hamburg Gerald Chors - A City Began to Smile Michael Penner - The Promise Sat-Tue 18-21h Opening 19h Finissage 11-16h

For the Triennale der Photographie Hamburg 2026, Bachelor’s and Master’s students from HAW Hamburg present their work at Armgartstraße. The exhibition explores personal stories, social niches, and new perspectives on connection, memory, and the questioning of familiar images.

Right before our eyes, something is perhaps falling apart, isn't it? Bloody pain within reach. Reality in times of globalization. Empathy shattered on the roadside and at the Enter button. We only look, but we don't see. In attempting to make it visible, you will be seen…

A single image became the starting point for a creative chain reaction across Europe. A visual chain of inspiration comprising 27 photographs by 27 photographers from 27 EU countries. Each image represents a personal response to the one before: visually, emotionally, intellectually or conceptually.

(Un)Choreographed shows an ongoing series of chromogenic prints that are evidence of a secret darkroom performance. Opening 6.06.2026 18-22 Open 7, 13-14.06.2026 15-20

Collaged narratives between photography and painting, day and night, reality and fantasy. 16.6. 16-18h, 17.6. ab 18h Vernissage, 18.6. 14-18h, 20.6. 14-18h -- 22.6.: Coffee, Art and Cake

MoTo says: Perhaps by using the concepts of “Alliance, Infinity, Love” as a compass — plus the addendum “in the face of the other” as a concrete means. Six pilot images provide an input, standing in contrast to their corresponding image series — photographs against the great current of black energy.

In Terra Salis, Anna Bergold explores a landscape shaped by potash mining as a constructed and permanently altered system. The exhibition unfolds across three layers: what is visible above ground, what remains hidden beneath the surface, and the traces that emerge between the two.

Die speziell für Hamburg konzipierte Ausstellung von ELGER ESSER zeigt vor allem für sein Werk charakteristische Meereslandschaften, die eine faszinierende Schönheit und eine intensive Stille widerspiegeln. Himmel, Wasser und Erde treffen aufeinander und laden zum Innehalten ein.

In their exhibition “Shifting Atmospheres,” artists Jana Hartmann and Sam Gora explore the question of how we cope when the weather becomes a threat. As part of the accompanying program, we will discuss extreme weather, climate anxiety, and resilience.

A manifestation of the HERE and NOW, of the beauty found in the random and the hidden: all around us and—within us. A personal perspective, a positive belief in humanity, in nature, in preserving traditional values, and in achieving new goals. The images: discovering treasures in the mud.

The series “Elbblicke” is a tribute to the places and views that make Hamburg so unique to me. The combination of scenic beauty and nature along the Elbe with the often industrial or modern architectural landscapes of the harbor

JULI M collects seaweed—mostly during her trips to Brittany— she photographs, archives, and transforms into pure works of art through the medium of photography. The textures, colors of her large-format photographs are enchanting and invite us to dream of a possible world free from human destruction.

Kate Kuklinski examines urban change in Wilhelmsburg. Zwischen Elben (eng. Between the Elbes) highlights the peripheries, brownfields, and transitional spaces of a neighborhood where migration, industrial history, social inequality, gentrification, and displacement are all evident at the same time.

Group exhibition featuring Hannah Agel, Michaela Anderl, Megan Auer and Jane Zajaczek, focusing on Hamburg’s urban nature, non-human actors, and multispecies urban society. Curated by Raum für Kunst & Ökologie.

Hausbesetzungen, Punks, Anti-Atomkraft, die Öffnung der Mauer in Berlin, »Stell Dir vor es ist Krieg und Keiner geht hin.«… Die Straßenfotografie-Ausstellung wird bis zum 18.7. verlängert. Geöffnet jeweils Mittwoch, Donnerstag, Freitag von 15 bis 19h, Samstag von 11 bis 19h.

While a major retrospective of Walter Schels’s work is on view at C/O Berlin, the VisuleX Gallery for Photography in Hamburg is presenting a focused selection of his singular plant studies— All unique prints are available for purchase.

There is something magical about gazing up at the sky: the moment we tilt our heads back, we break free—if only for a moment—from our ordinary, everyday perspective. Our gaze shifts from the immediate surroundings—buildings, fences, or the street— to the distance. The inspiration for all daydreamer

The Laughing Gaze presents photographs by Jacques Schumacher (born 1933), whose works are included in the German Photographic Collection (Deutsche Fotothek). With humor, subtle disruption, and unexpected twists, he transforms the familiar and turns lightness into a form of insight.