Jan Zappner
Editorial & Corporate Photographer
Jan Zappner
Jan Zappner

Jan Zappner

is a freelance photographer for editorial and corporate projects. He lives in Berlin and works everywhere.

He was born in Bavaria 1973, raised in Stuttgart, spend many, many holidays with his family in communist Czechoslovakia, studied law in Hamburg and Prague and after his exam moved to Berlin and started photography by travelling mostly in Eastern Europe.

His clients include Financial Times, The Times, Le Monde, Madame Figaro, Elle, Journalist, Financieele Dagblad, DAAD, KfW, fsg, re:publica, Leibniz Institut, Greenpeace, Bosch Foundation, KFW Bank, American Chamber of Commerce in Germany, German Marshall Fund.

For any cooperation request please get in touch

email: mail@janzappner.de

Awards

2023 – Deutscher Fotobuchpreis: Bronze for the book Mischpoche - Being Jewish, however

2017 – Prix Chaffajon / Multimediaaward for the story „Remilitarization of Kaliningrad region“

2006 – 1. Prize national EU journalist competition

2005 – 1. Prize of the German Nachhaltigkeitsrat

2005 – 1. Prize of the Foundation EVZ

 

Grants

2023 - VG Bildkunst / Heimat (2nd part of Mischpoche)

2021 - 2021 Jewish life in Germany - Book and exhibition: Mischpoche - Being Jewish, however

2015 - Journalism Fund / Investigative Grant / Remilitarization of Kaliningrad / Russia

2007 - VG Bildkunst Grant / Belarus

2006 - Medienmittler Grant Robert Bosch Stiftung / Czech Republic

2005 - Medientandem Grant Konrad Adenauer Stiftung + Robert Bosch Stiftung / Poland

2005 - Recherchestipendium Zukunftsfonds / Poland

 

 

Exhibitions

2022 - Galerie erster erster: Mischpoche

2016 - Kleister Berlin: Group Exhibition mural art: WÜNSCH DIR WAS

2015 - Kleister Berlin: Group Exhibition mural art: DAS BLAUE

2014 - Kleister Berlin: Group Exhibition mural art

2014 -  Lublin, Eaststreet – Groupexhibition

2014 - Tiblissi, Kolga Photofestival – Albania: Living in Oblivion

2013 - Kleister Berlin, Group exhibition in Hotel Bogota, „New Frontier“ the new EU border in Poland

2013 - Berlin, Groupexhibition with MIRAPROSPEKT at Gallery "tete" "Albania: Living in Oblivion"

2012 - Vendome, Photofestival Promenades de Vendome Groupexhibition "Albania: Living in Oblivion"

2006 - Heidelberg, Kunstverein, „Im Osten“

2006 - Hamburg, Deichtorhallen, Lange Nacht der Museen, „Im Osten“ 2012

2005 - Vilnius, Goethe Institut, Group Exhibition „Im Osten“