Documentary & Portrait Photographer
Berlin & Wuppertal, Germany
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Parks – ongoing
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Through intuitive visual storytelling, he creates thoughtful photo series shaped by his observations, experiences, and reflections. His images often emerge from an ongoing engagement with places of quiet intensity – informed by literature, film, music, architecture, and dialogue with others.
The creative process itself becomes central: engaging with a world that is at once poetic, absurd, and tender serves as his way of acknowledging life and the people within it.
His photographic approach connects the seemingly mundane with the deeply meaningful, offering visual narratives that are both personal and socially resonant. Whether observing or working directly with images, Philipp finds joy in making small but significant details visible – and creating space for reflection, connection, and presence.
E-mail: hello@czampiel.com
Tel.: +49 157 39010214
2020 - now, Freelance Photographer
2021 - 2023, diffferent GmBH
Strategic Designer
2019 - 2021, Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Strategische Produkt und Innovationsentwicklung, M.A.
2018, Above Design, Stockholm
Industrial Design Intern
2018, HUGE Design, San Fransisco
Industrial Design Intern
2014 - 2019, Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Industrial Design, B.A.
2017, University of Cincinnati, DAAP
Industrial Design (4. Jahr), B.S.
2012, Student exchange year
Nebraska, USA
FUNDING & AWARDS
2024, NIKON X Fotobus Grant, Finalist
2022, 12th Leica Street Photo Finalist
2021, Bergische Kulturfonds, Funding
2020, #Fisheyeinside Preisträger, Fisheye Magazine
2020, Kulturbüro Wuppertal, Funding
2020, MAGNUM Photo Portfolio Review mit Bruce Gilden
2019, German Design Award Newcomer Nominee
2017, DAAD Scholarship
Since 2024, Part of AFF Galerie, Berlin
Since 2022, Part of Fotografie Berlin e.V.
FEATURES
2025, Das ideale Heim, April, Artikel
2025, Schöner Wohnen, April, Artikel
2024, Schöner Wohnen Dezember, Artikel
2024, Berliner Zeitung am Wochenende, Artikel
2024, The Wire, Artikel
2022, Berliner Zeitung am Wochenend, Artikel
2022, zwanzigzweiundzwanzig, Present Books, Fotobuch
2021, Der Osten in Zeiten Coronas, Die Wüste lebt, Feature
2021, Normal, TEMA Magazine, Feature
2019, Monolithvolume, Feature
SELECTED CLIENTS
Archithema
Berliner Zeitung am Wochenende
diffferent GmbH
Deutsches Rotes Kreuz
Greenpeace Magazine
Haus der Kulturen der Welt (hkw)
LOCH
Neumann Comunication
ReDI School
Schöner Wohnen
Stadt Wuppertal
Stiftung Sozialpädagogisches Institut Berlin
TEMA Magazine
Thonet
Urban Catalyst
Veto Magazin