Philipp Czampiel is a documentary and portrait photographer based in Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia.

His work moves between visual documentation, storytelling, and communication contexts. His background in design influences his photography just as much as the facination for natural moments and light and he is interested in processes, working methods, and places where social change is negotiated.


E-mail: hello@czampiel.com
Tel.: +49 157 39010214


Credit: Tobias König / www.tobiaskoenig.net




EXPERIENCE


2019 - now, Freelance Photographer & Designer
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



ENGAGEMENT


Since 2024, Part of AFF Galerie, Berlin
Since 2022, Part of Fotografie Berlin e.V. 



FEATURES


2026, UP Photographers, Interview
2025, Watson, Interview
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
BR*Studio
diffferent GmbH
Deutsches Rotes Kreuz
Evangelische Akademie zu Berlin gGmbH
Greenpeace Magazine
Haus der Kulturen der Welt (hkw)
LOCH 
Neumann Comunication
ReDI School
Schöner Wohnen
Stadt Wuppertal
Stiftung Sozialpädagogisches Institut Berlin
TEMA Magazine
Thonet
TLGG Agency
Urban Catalyst
Veto Magazin 
Wuppertal Institut