Caroline Heinecke is a Berlin-based photographer specializing in conceptual still life and documentary photography. Her work explores the interplay between objects, memory, and human perception, often focusing on how meaning is assigned to seemingly ordinary things. Her creative process involves extensive research, fieldwork, and precise visual composition. Whether through staged still lifes or documentary-style imagery, she creates visually striking narratives that blur the boundaries between abstraction and storytelling.
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Exhibitions
ECHO, Herspective Collective, Group Show, Raum Linksrechts, Hamburg, 2026
Herr der Dinge, Fotoskopia, Museum Schiefes Haus, Wernigerode, 2025
Hypnotic State, Group Show, AFF Gallery, Berlin, 2025
FOTOFILMIC, Bowen Island, Canada, 2025
Paw Paradox, Solo Show, BRUNG Gallery, Berlin, 2024
Paw Paradox, Group Show, Art Space Kreuzberg, Bethanien, Berlin, 2024
Grisebach x Der Greif, Group Show, Grisebach, München, Berlin, 2024
Herr der Dinge, Holsten Art, 2023
Herr der Dinge, Photodays Marburg, 2023
Brick, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, Sept 2022 – Jan 2023
Bloemen, Brinkman+Bergsma, Amsterdam, 2022
Herr der Dinge, Les Rencontres d'Arles, FOTOHAUS | PARISBERLIN, Espace MLB, Group Show, Arles, 2022
Herr der Dinge, Art Island, Brinkman+Bergsma, Amsterdam, 2022
A9 A6 A5, Group Show, Delphi Space, Freiburg, 2022
High Noon, Group Show, Van Zijll Langhout Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, 2021
Herr der Dinge, Photopia, Hamburg, 2021
High Noon, Group Show, Wellenmaschine, Berlin, 2021
NEXUS, Room 1, XLVI Space, Online Exhibition, 2021
Herr der Dinge, Group Show VIERZEHN, Treptow Ateliers, Berlin, 2021
Herr der Dinge, Copenhagen Photo Festival, The Censored Exhibition, 2020
Herr der Dinge, 7th LUMIX Festival, Hanover, 2020
Fernwärme – photographic positions, Biesdorf Palace, Group Show, Berlin, 2019
Interviews and Features
Zero Nine Magazine, 2025
Der Greif Alumni, Paw Paradox, 2024
De Correspondent, 2024
Fisheye photothèque, 2024
Der Greif x Grisebach Online Auction, 2024
Fisheye Magazine, 2023
Catnip Magazine, 2023
Der Greif, The Collectivity Issue, 2022
Pétala Magazine by Studio Saudari, 2021
2020 Edited (New York Edited)
Top 250 PHmuseum Stories of 2020
Der Greif Guest Blog, 2020
Der Greif Artist Feature
Photonews, January 2020
Stern no. 47, large colour feature, 2020
Der Greif #13, 2020
Photographic Museum of Humanity PHOTOGRAPHY GRANT Shortlist, 2020
Herr der Dinge, Artist Edition of 100, 140 pages, self-published, 2021
Petschafte, Groenke Collection, 2019
Fernwärme – photographic positions, 2019
Awards & Nominations
2025 – Nominee, Foam Paul Huf Award
2021 – Shortlisted, Kassel Book Dummy Award
2021 – Silver in the category Student Project, German Photo Book Award
2020 – Nominee, C/O Berlin Talent Award, series Herr der Dinge / Masters of Things
Academy of Photography, Hamburg, 2026
Photography Unlimited, 2026
University of Potsdam, Education Forum, 6th International Semiotics Week, 2025
Hochschule Anhalt Dessau, Design Department, 2024
Education
2008 – 2011: Visual Communication, Hochschule Anhalt Dessau
2017 – 2020: Photography, Ostkreuzschule Berlin
Selected Clients
Aldi, Berliner Zeitung, Bloomberg Businessweek, Capital Magazin, Das Magazin, De Correspondent, Der Spiegel, DIE ZEIT, Emotion Magazin, Personalmagazin, Süddeutsche Zeitung, The New Yorker, ZEIT Campus, ZEIT Magazin, ZEIT Unternehmer, ZEIT Verbrechen, ZEIT Wochenmarkt
Commercial Representation
Julia Waldmann
+49 40 65065120
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