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©2025 Czampiel

Philipp Czampiel (b. 1995, Wuppertal) is a documentary photographer whose work moves between intimacy, observation, and confrontation. His images are not objective records but subjective reflections and poetic fragments that combine personal experience with broader social realities.

In long-term projects he explores how people relate to place, memory, and each other. Whether in the streets of Berlin, along the Wupper, or on a hiking path across Germany, his photographs create atmospheres rather than linear narratives.

Rooted in product and strategic design, his practice is guided by an attention to the human experience and a holistic understanding complex contexts. He brings a constructive sense for rhythm and form into photography, where it becomes a tool for creating emotions and meaning.

Through photography he seeks a form of emotional truth—fragile, vulnerable, and participative on eye level.

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

EXPERIENCE

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

ENGAGEMENT

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
BR*Studio
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