Chiara Wettmann
*08. March 1993
based Lebanon, Syria & Germany

Contact
info@chiarawettmann.com
www.chiarawettmann.com
@chiara.apellido
+49 1577 63 64 566
+961 81 156 168

Chiara Wettmann (*1993) is a documentary photographer based in Beirut. In 2022 she graduated from the Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie in Berlin.
Her work investigates the intersections of human rights, power structures, and historical legacies, with a particular sensitivity to how these forces impact individual lives. Moving between photography and research, Wettmann follows political and social issues over extended periods of time.
Her photographs have been exhibited internationally, from Amsterdam, Berlin and Barcelona to Ouagadougou, the Africa Photo Fair in Abidjan, and Paris Photo 2023. Her work has received wide recognition, including the World Report Award (2022), the Walo Kamm Award for Human Rights (2023), and she was part of the Joop Swart Masterclass 2025 of the World Press Photo Foundation.

Career
2025 Joop Swart Masterclass, World Press Photo Foundation
2023 - 2025 Member of Focus Agency
2022 - 2023 Meisterklasse der Fotografie by Ute Mahler
2019 - 2022 Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie Berlin
2018 - 2019 Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin
2016 - 2018 FH München - BA Soziale Arbeit

Awards
2025 Sonntag Grand, shortlisted
2025 National Geographic Society Grant - Excellence in Visual Journalism - nominated
2025 Joop Swart Masterclass, World Press Photo Foundation
2025 NY Portfolio Review
2025 Leica Oskar Barnack Award, nominated
2024 Walo Kamm Award for Human Rights, Winner
2024 Wüstenrot Foundation Grant, nominated
2024 Lensculture Critics´Choice Award, Winner
2024 Leica Oskar Barnack Award, nominated
2024 True Picture Grant, Winner
2024 Otto- Steinert- Award, DGPh Preis, shortlisted
2024 Belfast Photo Festival, shortlisted
2023 BarTur Photo Award, shortlisted
2023 Felix Schoeller Photo Award, shortlisted
2023 VG Bild Grant, Winner
2022 World Report Award, shortlisted
2022 Athen Photo Festival, shortlisted
2022 BFF Grant, Winner
2019 Canon Student Programm

Exhibitions (selected)
2026 “Al Nisa”, Middle East Archive x FOAM, FOAM x Marqam, Amsterdam, NL
2026 “State of Belonging”, AFF Galerie, Berlin, GER
2026 Stateless, TruePicture, Museum Schaffen, Zurich, CH
2025 “Gesichter und Räume”, Freelens Galerie, Hamburg, GER
2025 Curatorial Collection”, Kunsthaus Hamburg, GER
2025 “SeelSorge”, Fotografiska Berlin, GER (Solo Exhibition)
2025 “LensCulture” Photo London, Somerset House, London, GBR 2025 “Between War and Hope”, St. Nikolai, Hamburg, GER
2024 “Re:Borders”, Bethanien Kunstquartier, Berlin, GER
2023 Africa Photo Fair, Abidjan, CIV
2023 Paris Photo, Paris, FRA
2023 “HPR” Exhibition, Freelens Gallery, Hamburg, GER
2023 „A burned Diaframe“ sdworx Breedlijn, Antwerp, BEL (Solo Exhibition) 2023 „Photosa Festival“ Biennale photographique Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, BFA 2023 „Hier+Jetzt“, Regional Council Karlsruhe, GER
2022 “BFF World Wild”, Haus der Wirtschaft, Stuttgart, GER
2022 “SECHZEHN”, Urban Spree Gallery, Berlin, GER
2022 “Der Neue BFF Förderpreis” – Umweltfotofestival „Horizonte Zingst“, Zingst, GER 2022 “A9A6A5”, GVBK DelphiSpace, Freiburg, GER
2021 "Invisible Lives”, ArtNumber23 Gallery, Athen, GRC
2021 “Invisible Lives”, ArtNumber23 Gallery, Barcelona, ESP
2021 “HIGH NOON”, Gallery van Zijll Langhout, Amsterdam, NL
2021 “HIGH NOON”, die Wellenmaschine, Berlin, GER
2021 “Berlin, Gott und die Welt”, Guardini Gallery, Berlin, GER

Projects
2026 - ongoing “untitled Prison”, Women Prison in Berlin
2025 - ongoing “stateless - Syria” Project about the global issue of statelessness
2025 - ongoing “stateless - Kuwait”, Project about the global issue of statelessness
2024 - ongoing “stateless - Europe”, Project about the global issue of statelessness
2023 “stateless - Ivory Coast”, Project about the global issue of statelessness
2021 - ongoing “stateless - Lebanon”, Project about the global issue of statelessness
2020 “SeelSorge” - Project about a group of inmates who found their faith in prison
2018 “Forced to forgive” - Project on Rwandan women rebuilding the country post-genocide

Publications
Der SPIEGEL, Die ZEIT, ZEIT Online, Neue Züricher Zeitung (NZZ), The Times, Sunday Times, National Geographic, Courrier International, GEO, Le Figaro, WOZ, Volkskrant, BrandEins, Dummy, Al Jazeera, Robb Report