About us
Curator/Author
Katrin Bauer (she/her)
Katrin (*1992) is a curator and writer, based in Munich. Her research is driven by an interest in photography’s representational politics and decolonial strategies in contemporary art production. Most recently, she has been working as research associate for Photography and Time-based Media at the Bavarian State Painting Collections. Prior to this, she worked as assistant curator at Fotomuseum Winterthur. In 2024, she received the C/O Berlin Talent Award in the category “Theorist”. She holds a Master's degree in Art Education, Curatorial Studies from the Zurich University of the Arts and studied Design and Photography in Freiburg.
Photographer
Frank Bauer (he/him)
Frank (*1967) studied photography at the Staatliche Fachakademie für Fotodesign in Munich and worked as a photographer in Berlin and London for a number of years before returning to Munich. In his work as a portrait and documentary photographer, people's lives and working environments play a central role.
Sharing knowledge is important to Frank: he holds workshops and has been teaching documentary photography and photojournalism at the Faculty of Design at Munich University of Applied Sciences on a semester basis since 2018.
Photographer
Dominik Gigler (he/him)
Dominik (*1968) studied at the Staatliche Fachakademie für Fotodesign in Munich and at the London College of Printing (now known as London College of Communication) in London, where he lived from 1995 to 2009. He was one of the participating artists at the Fotodoks Festival 2009 in Bad Aibling, where his personal project 'Along the River Lea' was exhibited.
Photographer
Francesco Giordano (he/him)
Francesco (*1992) is a photographer living in Munich. His focus is on LGBTQIA+ topics, migration and intersectionality. In 2017, he completed his photography studies at the University of Applied Sciences Munich. With his collaborative projects such as ‘Rainbow Refugees (Stories)’, ‘377. Inside India's Queer Community’ and ‘queer:raum’ he wants to create more visibility for marginalised groups and queer issues.
Photographer, Graphic designer
Nadine Loës (she/her)
Nadine is a freelance Photographer and Graphic designer. After her apprenticeship as a Mediadesigner in Stuttgart she studied first Photography at the University of Applied Science in Munich and then finished her Photography Postgraduate Study at the Ostkreuzschule in Berlin with Ute Mahler and Robert Lyons. She was founder and editor of ‘salopp – an independent magazine for young photography’.
Photographer
Sandra Singh (she/her)
Sandra (*1990) is a visual artist, photographer and art teacher. In her artistic practice, she works at the interface of photography, printmaking and media art. Her focus is on projects and research on issues of border politics, female autonomy and migrant identity. Sandra studied photo design at Munich University of Applied Sciences and is a member of various collectives such as Women Photograph and Diversify Photo, which are committed to equality and diversity in photography.
About us
Curator/Author
Katrin Bauer (she/her)
Katrin (*1992) is a curator and writer, based in Munich. Her research is driven by an interest in photography’s representational politics and decolonial strategies in contemporary art production. Most recently, she has been working as research associate for Photography and Time-based Media at the Bavarian State Painting Collections. Prior to this, she worked as assistant curator at Fotomuseum Winterthur. In 2024, she received the C/O Berlin Talent Award in the category “Theorist”. She holds a Master's degree in Art Education, Curatorial Studies from the Zurich University of the Arts and studied Design and Photography in Freiburg.
Photographer
Frank Bauer (he/him)
Frank (*1967) studied photography at the Staatliche Fachakademie für Fotodesign in Munich and worked as a photographer in Berlin and London for a number of years before returning to Munich. In his work as a portrait and documentary photographer, people's lives and working environments play a central role.
Sharing knowledge is important to Frank: he holds workshops and has been teaching documentary photography and photojournalism at the Faculty of Design at Munich University of Applied Sciences on a semester basis since 2018.
Photographer
Dominik Gigler (he/him)
Dominik (*1968) studied at the Staatliche Fachakademie für Fotodesign in Munich and at the London College of Printing (now known as London College of Communication) in London, where he lived from 1995 to 2009. He was one of the participating artists at the Fotodoks Festival 2009 in Bad Aibling, where his personal project 'Along the River Lea' was exhibited.
Photographer
Francesco Giordano (he/him)
Francesco (*1992) is a photographer living in Munich. His focus is on LGBTQIA+ topics, migration and intersectionality. In 2017, he completed his photography studies at the University of Applied Sciences Munich. With his collaborative projects such as ‘Rainbow Refugees (Stories)’, ‘377. Inside India's Queer Community’ and ‘queer:raum’ he wants to create more visibility for marginalised groups and queer issues.
Photographer, Graphic designer
Nadine Loës (she/her)
Nadine is a freelance Photographer and Graphic designer. After her apprenticeship as a Mediadesigner in Stuttgart she studied first Photography at the University of Applied Science in Munich and then finished her Photography Postgraduate Study at the Ostkreuzschule in Berlin with Ute Mahler and Robert Lyons. She was founder and editor of ‘salopp – an independent magazine for young photography’.
Photographer
Sandra Singh (she/her)
Sandra (*1990) is a visual artist, photographer and art teacher. In her artistic practice, she works at the interface of photography, printmaking and media art. Her focus is on projects and research on issues of border politics, female autonomy and migrant identity. Sandra studied photo design at Munich University of Applied Sciences and is a member of various collectives such as Women Photograph and Diversify Photo, which are committed to equality and diversity in photography.
contact
office@fotodoks.de
Festival adress
Lothringer 13 Halle
An art space of the city of Munich
Lothringer Str. 13, 81667 Munich
opening hours during exhibitions
Lothringer 13 Halle
Tue — Sun, 11 am — 7 pm
Free entry. Access to the hall is barrier-free.
contact
office@fotodoks.de
Festival adress
Lothringer 13 Halle
An art space of the city of Munich
Lothringer Str. 13, 81667 Munich
opening hours during exhibitions
Lothringer 13 Halle
Tue — Sun, 11 am — 7 pm
Free entry. Access to the hall is barrier-free.