Markus Kirchhofer is a photographer from Cologne/Germany, who focuses on portrait and documentary photography. After playing music for many years, he moved into photography as his main creative output. In a digital world, his workflow is deliberately analog.
“I choose analog photography for its patience and poetry. Film forces me to slow down and stay fully present with my subjects. Without distractions, I connect deeply with the environment to tell authentic human stories.”
Nominations - Publications - Exhibitions
2026:
• The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow/Scotland - Portrait Exhibition, August 5th-30th
• BEYOND FILM - Group Exhibition, Bilker Bunker, July 10th-19th, Düsseldorf/Germany
• AAP Magazin #57 Portrait, 5 images
• AllAboutPhoto.com Portrait competition #57 winner
• Vintage Speed - self published book, Hardcover, 104 pages, 78 analog photographs, sold out
2025:
• Bicentenary - Group Exhibition, Gallery Joseph, November 15th-18th, Paris/France
• The Unexpected Magic of Photographing Vintage Nürburgring Cars on Film (And Why It Still Matters) - about photography blog, article and interview
• "Die fotografische Vermessung der Welt", Kulturpavillon "Nimm Platz am Neumarkt", Cologne, 2025
• Blickwinkel Foto Fest, Internationale Photoszene Köln, Galerie 0, June 6th-7th, Cologne/Germany
• Street Photography Mixtape, Book, Hardcover, 137 pages, 5 images, published in May
• unposed podcast #034 - street photography mixtape , February 21st,
2024:
• Fathers - daily scenes, Group Exhibition, Rechtsamt der Stadt Dresden/Germany, March
• Xposure International Photography Festival, Sharja, United Arab Emirates, February 28th - March 5th
2023:
• 3 times Honorable Mention - PISPA Paris International Street Photography Awards 2023, Category “Classic Street Photo”, “Urban Culture” and “Street Fashion”, December 2023
• The Theatre of Real Life Vol. 22 - Istanbul - Schönheit und Schwermut, 16 pages
• So gesehen! Exhibition with Heike Frielingsdorf and Martin Styblo, Fotoatelier Stammhirn, Cologne/Germany, November 3rd - 17th
• Fathers - daily scenes, Group Exhibition, Kulturpalast Dresden/Germany, November 2nd - 26th
• Leica Selection Street Photography - Leica Fotografie International, September 2023
• Gothenburg Street Photo Festival, Sweden - Nomination Best Picture Single Color
• 256photo Magazine, USA - Issue # 14, Page 34
• The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow/Scotland - International Portrait Exhibition, June 3rd-30th
• Street Photography Mixtape, Group Exhibition - Atelierzentrum Ehrenfeld, Cologne/Germany, May 12th -14th
• Leica Selection Europe - Leica Fotografie International, January 2023
2022:
• Honorable Mention - PISPA Paris International Street Photography Awards 2022, “Classic Street Photo” Category, December 2022
• Leica Selection Street Photography - Leica Fotografie International, November 2022
• Out of the Frame Zine - Scotland, November 2022
• Cologne Street Culture - Das Kölner Street Photography Zine, October 2022
• Leica Selection Europe - Leica Fotografie International, October 2022
• Leica Master Shot, Analog Leica - Leica Fotografie International, September 2022
• Honorable Mention - Vienna International Photo Award, “Street Photography”, September 2022
• Winner Photo competition "More than just a Hobby" - Calumet/Germany, September 2022
• Exhibition “More than just a Hobby” - Canon Galerie, Calumet/Cologne, September 15th - October 31st
• The RogArt Street Campus , 4 Rogart Street, Glasgow/Scotland - Out of the Frame - International Photography Exhibition, August 4th - August 30th
• The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow/Scotland - International Black and White Photography Exhibition, July 6th - July 16th
• Soul of Street - Das Deutsche Magazin für Streetfotografie, # 41, Page 108
• Street Photography Magazine, USA - Street Shooters of May 2022
• The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow/Scotland - Street Photography Exhibition, April 30th - May 14th
• Street Photography Magazine, USA - Street Shooters of March 2022
• fotoPRO.world-Fotowettbewerb „Zusammen“, Top 25
• 256photo Magazine, USA - Issue # 12, Page 40
• Street Photography Magazine, USA - Street Shooters of January 2022
2021:
• Gothenburg Street Photo Festival, Sweden - Nomination Best Picture Single Color
• SPC Photo Awards Frankfurt , Germany - Group Exhibition