Documentary photographer
based in Munich, Germany

mail@janaislinger.com
+49 (0)152 28728008





mail@janaislinger.com
+49 (0)152 28728008
Munich, Germany


represented by laif Agency



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Born in 1999, I live and work as a portrait and documentary photographer in Munich, Germany. I studied photography at Munich University of Applied Sciences and at the Ostkreuzschule in Berlin.

Using a journalistic approach, I realise long-term projects on social and geopolitical issues, focusing on identity, belonging and power structures and their influence on individual realities. My way of working is based on intensive research, close observation and proximity to people. 



Clients

Süddeutsche Zeitung, ZEITmagazin, DIE ZEIT, Der Spiegel, Spiegel Wissen, Focus, FAZ Magazin, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 11 Freunde, NZZ, Bloomberg, De Correspondent, Tagesanzeiger, R+V Versicherung




Awards and Grants
2026 Vonovia Award für Fotografie, 1st place - Audience Award
2025 PhMuseum Women Photographers Grant, shortlisted
2025 Vonovia Award für Fotografie, Project grant
2025 Emscherbilder, Project grant
2025 Felix Schoeller Photo Award, shortlisted
2025 TruePicture Sponsorship prize, nominated
2025 Photo Vogue: Women by Women, shortlisted
2025 New York Portfolio Review, participant
2024 Nikon Fotobus Grant, 2nd place
2024 CME Goethe-Institut, Residency grant from the EU
2024 World Report Award - Festival della Fotografia Etica, shortlisted
2024 Athens Photo Festival, shortlisted
2024 Hamburg Portfolio Review, participant
2023 Meitar Award for Excellence in Photography, finalist
2023 Nikon Fotobus Grant, shortlisted
2023 LensCulture Portrait Award, finalist
2022 Bavarian Press Photography Award, Newcomer Prize


2022 German Youth Photo Award 


Exhibitions

2026 Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin | group exhibition (18/04 - 21/06)

2026 TRUDI, Essen | Vonovia Award für Fotografie

2026 Farbenladen, Munich | group exhibition

2026 Photo Vogue Festival, Milan | screening

2025 Rencontres d‘Arles, Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation | group exhibition

2025 Female Photoclub, Munich | group exhibition

2024 Photo Israel | Meitar Award for Excellence in Photography
2023 PhEST, Italy | screening 

2023 Galerie nEuropa, Dresden | solo exhibition



selected Publications

2025 Photobook ›It’s my wound because it’s pain for me‹ - Artist Publication

2025 Zeit Online ›Diese entsetzliche Lücke‹

2024 Süddeutsche Zeitung ›Nicht mehr schwanger‹

2024 Der Spiegel ›Hochwasser in Bayern

2023 Zeit Online ›Verlassenes Land‹

2023 Süddeutsche Zeitung ›Zwischen den Welten‹

2023 Der Greif, Artist Feature ›Droa‹

2023 Woo, Interview ›Droa‹

2022 Photoworks, The Graduate Issue ›Droa‹

2022 Photobook ›Droa‹ - Artist Publication