Andrea Kuenzig is an international photographer based in Istanbul, Turkey.
Her photographs and stories from events in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
have appeared in various well-known newspapers, magazines and books.
She also counts among her clients several international organisations.
2010 moved to Istanbul and works on different photo projects.
2008/09 Main focus on documentary and editorial work in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa.
2007 conducted a photo workshop on the theme "Urban Changes" at the Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai, India  >>
2006 Uganda - Aids project
World Cup in Germany
2005 Photograped Asian Communities in Berlin, assignments in Sri Lanka after the Tsunami and in Kenya and Uganda for a youth project.
GEO Magazine: Photographer of the month.  >> 
2002-04 worked on the recently released book: Visions : Palestine.
2001-04 assignments and projects in Micronesia, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Tanzania, Israel, Palestine and Mongolia.
2001-03 Photography class with Prof. Arno Fischer, FaS Berlin.
2001 initiated a photo project against female circumcision.
1998-99 6-months assignment for GEO magazine in Kenya for the book
'Humanity’s Children'.
1997 settled in Berlin. Reports and various articles about social-political
issues in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
1994 moved to Jerusalem. Freelance Photographer for European and American newspapers and magazines.
1991 B.A. in Political Science.
Specialized in International Politics and Middle East Studies.
1963 born in Aschaffenburg / Germany.
Group / Single Exhibitions (selection)
2009 Borderland/ Promised Land, Art Landing, Aschaffenburg and Römer 9, Frankfurt, Germany
2009 The Germans and their National Symbols, Haus der Geschichte, Bonn, Germany
2008 Exhibition against FGM, Terre des Femmes
2007 Promised Land, Art Landing, Aschaffenburg, Germany
2007 Il corpo imprigionato, African Images, Cross-Cultural Center, Turin, Italy
2006 Visions : Palestine, Gallery, Kingdom of Bahrain
2006 Asian Communities in Berlin, lueckeundpartner, Berlin
2005 Millennium Development Goals 2015, BICC, Bonn, Germany
2004 Promised Land, Robert Morat Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
2004 Visions : Palestine, Hamburg University, Germany
2003 Visions : Palestine, Emerson Gallery Berlin, Germany
Awards and Grants
2010 Prize for an African Football essay of Dokfünf
2010 Photojournalism Prize 2009 for a story about „World Population“ of DSW
2008 Grant from the cultural foundation of VG Bild-Kunst for Turkey Project
2004 Grant from the cultural foundation of VG Bild-Kunst for Israel/Palestine
2004 Prize from the AUP for Photography Visions : Palestine
2001 Nominated by Unicef as international children photographer
of the year