Documentary photographer
based in Munich, Germany

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




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

represented by laif Agency




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 Fotohof, Arles | screening
2026 Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin | group exhibition
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