LIEBCHEN, Jens

About the German photographer, Jens LIEBCHEN (b. 1970, in Bonn)

Jens LIEBCHEN studied ethnology at the Free University in Berlin from 1992 to 1995. He has worked as a freelance photographer since 1995. His photographs have been published in the New York Times, Esquire, and Quest, among others. Jens LIEBCHEN lives in Berlin and Tokyo.

Photo books by and with works by Jens LIEBCHEN

'raum_bild' (together with David ADAM and Adrian SAUER); 'DL07' (2000); 'Parameters of Movement I' (2002); 'Politics & Art - Art & Politics' (2004); 'The Flag' (2004); 'Playing Fields' (2005); 'Uncertainties - a tribute to the work of Anthony Hernandez. Marks of Honour' (2008); 'System' (2014); 'L.A. Crossing' (2022).

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LIEBCHEN, Jens - 2011/03/13 TSUKUBA-NARITA
LIEBCHEN, Jens - 2011/03/13 TSUKUBA-NARITA
Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 21,5 x 14,5 x 1 cm., 168 pp., b/w ills., Ltd. to 5 of 500 copies, bilingual text: English / Japanese
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LIEBCHEN, Jens - L.A. Crossing
LIEBCHEN, Jens - L.A. Crossing
In his photo book 'L.A. Crossing' Jens LIEBCHEN looks at a city of contrasts from a moving car. Photo icon 'La Brea/Beverly' by Stephen SHORE serves as a hook and one thinks of famous photo series by US photographer Lee FRIEDLANDER as well as by Ed RUSCHA
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LIEBCHEN, Jens - System - AS SIGNED COPY!
LIEBCHEN, Jens - System - AS SIGNED COPY!
The out-of-print volume 'System' by Jens LIEBCHEN shows a magical winter wonderland, an untouched snowy landscape with beautifully grown trees. It seems a natural spectacle of perfect beauty - but it is not, the pictures were made in the middle of Tokyo.
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Exhibitions (a selection)
  • 1997: 'Vortex', J.J.Heckenhauer - Gallery for Photography, Tübingen, Germany
    2000: 'DL07 - stereotypes of war : a photographic investigation', Photography Now, Berlin
    2004: 'Playing Fields', Gallery J.J.Heckenhauer, Berlin, Tübingen
    2005: Goethe-Institut Sofia, Riga, Tel Aviv, Lisbon, Coimbra
    2006: Goethe-Institut in Beijing, Curtibba, Belgrade, Sarajevo
    2007: Goethe-Institut in Athens, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Sydney
    2008: Goethe-Institut in Singapore, Kiev, Karatchi
    2013: 'Tsukuba-Narita 2011/03/13', Kunsthaus Essen
    Touring exhibition 'Politics & Art - Art & Politics' (for this series Jens LIEBCHEN photographed artists - among them Georg Baselitz, Christian Boltanski, Jenny Holzer, Sigmar Polke, Günther Uecker - each in front of their works in the Reichstag. Exhibitions in many German Goethe-Instituts.
    2022: 'Hollywood' (together with works by Eve ARNOLD, Anton CORBIJN, Philip-Lorca diCORCIA, Michael DRESSEL, George HOYNINGEN-HUEN, Ruth Harriet LOUISE, Inge MORATH, Helmut NEWTON, Steve SCHAPIRO, Julius SHULMAN, Alice SPRINGS and Larry SULTAN), Helmut Newton Foundation/Museum for Photography, Berlin

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