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ABOUT

professional photographer and creator for boudoir & fine nude art photography since 2008
own photo studio in germany - bookable on location worldwide

AWARDS
  • Finalist "Deutschlands bester Fotograf", Kategorie "Ästhetischer Akt", 2010, 2011 und 2012 (Leserrang 1)
  • Sieger "Deutschlands bester Fotograf", Kategorie "black&white", 2012
  • nominiert für den internationalen "eros award 2011"
  • nominiert für den internationalen "black&white spider award", 2012
  • Doppel-Sieg beim internationalen "eros award 2012" 1. Platz in der Kategorie professional "erotic, provocative, sensual" und 1. Platz in der Kategorie professional "lines, curves, shapes"
  • nominiert für den internationalen "Photography Masters Cup 2013", Kategorie "Professional, Nude"
  • Sieger Leservoting "Akt und Erotik" digitalphoto 2013
  • nominiert für "Fotograf des Jahres 2013" (digitalphoto)
  • 3. Sieger ("honor of distinction", professionals) beim internationalen "black&white spider award", 2013
  • Goldmedaillen-Gewinner "Photo Art Championchip 2013"
  • Finalist "Zebra Award (Black and White Photographer of the Year 2014, Fine Art)"
  • Platz 1 "Fotograf des Jahres 2014" (Akt & Erotik, digitalphoto)
  • 3fach Nominierung "black&white spider award", 2014, professionals nude
  • "IPA 2014", Fine Art Nudes Pro, Honorable Mention (International Photography Awards, 8-68936-14)
  • "ND awards" 2014, fine art nudes, Honorable Mention
  • "Monochrome Awards 2014", Professional Nudes, Honorable Mention
  • "Photoshoot Awards" 2015, Nudes, Honorable Mention
  • "Fine Art Photography Awards", 2015, 2nd winner in NUDES Professional
  • 2-fach nominiert für den "black&white spider award" 2015
  • "international photographer of the year 2015 (ipoty)" Honorable Mention, professionals nude
  • Nominee in Nude "black&white spider award" 2016
  • Winner "One Eyeland Photography Awards" 2016, Fine Art Nude Bronze
  • "10th International Color Awards", Honorable Mention, Nudes
  • "Monovisions Award 2017", Honorable Mention, Nudes
  • nominiert für "Black&White Spider Awards 2017", Nudes
  • 3rd Place Winner in Nudes Professional "CHROMATIC INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2017"
  • Finalist "One Eyeland Photography Awards" 2018, Fine Art Nude
  • nominiert für "Black & White Spider Award", 2018
  • Gewinner "Germany´s TOP 10 Black & White Photographer nude 2018" One Eyeland
  • Silber-Medaille "World´s TOP 10 Black & White Photographer nude 2018" One Eyeland
  • Gewinner GOLD-Medaille "TRIERENBERG SUPER CIRCUIT 2018, black&white"(weltweiter Wettbewerb mit 123.000 Fotos aus 117 Ländern; pro Fotograf*in/Kategorie maximal 4 Fotoeinreichungen)
  • Nominee at the "12th Annual International Color Awards", Nudes - Professional
  • "PhotoShoot Awards NUDE 2019": Finalist “urban nude” & Merits „body parts”
  • Winner "MonoVisions Black and White Photography Awards 2019", NUDE
  • nominiert für "Black & White Spider Awards, 2019 "nude professionals"
  • "One Eyeland Photography Award 2019" Bronze - Fine Art - Nudes, Professional
  • "13th Annual International Color Awards" Nominee in Nudes professional
  • "PhotoShoot Awards NUDE 2020": Finalist & Merits “urban nude”
    "Fine Art Photography Awards", 2020, Nude professional finalist
  • Selected Photographer "Urban 2020 Photography Awards", street
  • Fotograf des Jahres 2020 "street" (digitalphoto), 2. Platz
  • 1. Platz "Germany´s TOP 10 black and white photographer 2020" One Eyeland
  • Silber-Medaille "World´s TOP-10 black and white photo contest 2020 - nude" One Eyeland
  • nominiert für ""Black & White Spider Awards, 2020 , nude professionals"
  • Bronze-Medaille "One Eyeland Awards - fine art nudes, 2020"
  • Silber-Medaille "One Eyeland Awards - fine art nudes, 2020" 
  • "35awards" selected top photographer, street life in bright colors, 2021
  • Gewinner GOLD-Medaille "TRIERENBERG SUPER CIRCUIT 2021, streets&paths" (größter
  • Wettbewerb der Welt mit 130.000 Fotos aus 120 Ländern; pro Fotograf*in/Kategorie maximal 4 Fotoeinreichungen)
  • Finalist "PhotoShoot Awards, NUDE 2021, body parts"
  • 1st place "6TH 35AWARDS, Nude 18+ - Viewers Choice, 2021" (unter 26.200 Fotograf*innen aus 173 Ländern)
  • Honorable Mention - Black & White Nude Photo of the Year 2021 "Monovisions Award 2021", Nude
  • 1st place - Black & White Nude Photo of the Year 2021 "Monovisions Award 2021", Nude
  • 1st place "One Eyeland Awards "Germany´s Top 10 Black & White Photographer 2021"
  • Silber-Medaille "One Eyeland Awards "WORLD´s Top 10 Black & White Photographer 2021, Nude"
  • 2 fach Auszeichnung "Honorable Mention"  - " Black & White Spider Awards, 2021", Nude
  • Honorable Mention - "Chromatic Awards Photography 2021", nudes professionals
  • 1st place - Black & White Nude Photo of the Year 2021 "Monovisions Award 2021", Nude
  • 1st place "One Eyeland Awards "Germany´s Top 10 Black & White Photographer 2021"
  • Silber-Medaille "One Eyeland Awards "WORLD´s Top 10 Black & White Photographer 2021, nude"
  • 2 fach Auszeichnung "Honorable Mention"  - " Black & White Spider Awards, 2021", nude professionals
  • Honorable Mention - "Chromatic Awards Photography 2021", nudes professionals
  • 2 x Bronze- Award "One Eyeland Awards - fine art nudes, prpfessional 2021"
  • "best photographer - 35AWARDS - 2022", black & white nude
  • "great photographer - viewers choice 35AWARDS - 2022", 100 best photos
  • Nominee & honorable mention at the "15th Annual International Color Awards", Nudes - Professional 2022
  • 3fach Nominierung Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA) 2021/2022 , nudes professional 
  • 1st place MUSE photography awards 2022, nudes professional 
  • 3x PLATIN und 5x GOLD "European Photography Awards 2022"
  • Nominee at the "Black and White Spider Awards Awards", Nude - Professional 2022 
  • Gold Award "New York Photography Awards 2022", professional nudes 
  • 2 Bronze Awards "World´s Top 10 Photographer Black and White - One Eyeland 2022", nudes professional 
  • dodho nude photography awards 2022, finalist 
  • Monochrome Awards 2022, nude, professional, honorable mention
  • Platinum Winner "MUSE Photography Awards 2023", nudes professional 
  • Nominee "Color Awards 2023", nudes professional 
  • 3 Gold Awards "London Photography Awards 2023", nudes professional
  • Bronze Award "PX3 - Prix de la Photographie, Paris", fine art nudes
  • Platinum Award "European Photography Awards 2023", fine art nudes professional
  • Bronze Award "PX3 - Prix de la Photographie, Paris", fine art nudes
  • "Great Photo Award 2023", honorable mention, nudes
  • "35awards - black and white nude 2023" best of contest
  • 3 x "IPA 2023" Official Selection, 1x honorablemention, fine art nudes
  • 2. winner and "honorable mention", Black & White Spider Awards, 2023", nude professionals
  • Finalist, World´s Top 10 Photographer Black and White - One Eyeland 2023", nudes professional
  • Gold-Medaille "One Eyeland Awards 2023 - fine art nudes, professional"
  • Nominee "Color Awards 2024", nudes professional
  • Gold Winner, "Global Photography Award 2024", professionals mix media
  • Since 2025, not an active participant in photo competitions, instead juror for the "European Photography Awards"
EXHIBITIONS

2011: Dance-Club2011: Dance-Club Adiamo, Oberhausen
2011: Fitness First, Bocholt
2011: Fitness First, Osnabrück"
2011: Holmes Place, Düsseldorf, Provinzialplatz 
2012: Berlin, Potsdamer Platz, Adagio, März 2012
2012: Oberhausen, Dance-Club Adiamo
2012: Hamburg, Galerie 36 - Große Freiheit 36
2013: "Goldrausch", Oberhausen
2013:  "more than nude" - Wanderausstellung (moving art) in Köln und Düsseldorf
2013: Galerie Long Island City, New York
2013: Galerie Merikon, Wien
2014: "The Modern Nude", The Brick Lane Gallery, London
2014: Times Square, New York
2014: "Sinneswandel", Bochum
2015: Wasser spendet Leben" - stilwerk Dortmund (Hasenkamp)
2016: Foto Galerie Hartlauer am Pöstlingberg in Linz
2016: Vernissage "GIESERS Kalender 2017" in Bocholt
2016: Charity-Vernissage "Wasser spendet Leben" , Bochum
2018: Charity-Vernissage "Glas Hennes Kalender", Frechen
2019: Charity-Vernissage "MUNDWERK", Berlin-Zehlendorf (www.mutspenden.de)
2020: Museo Civico del Territorio di Cormòns (Gorizia), "urban 2020 photography award"
2022: Charity-Vernissage "nude for nature", Historischer Bahnhof am Zoo in Wuppertal
2023: Neues Rathaus Linz, Austria
2023: ​Galerie24b, Paris
2024: House of Lucie, Budapest, PX3
2024: SWISSARTEXPO, Zürich/ Switzerland
2025: Art Expo, Barcelona, Spanien

PRESS

RTL, Sat.1, VOX, GQ Magazine, Spiegel, Stern, WDR, Hamburger Morgenpost, AutoBild, Bild, Berliner Kurier, PROFIFOTO, Camera, View Stern, ColorFoto, Digital Photo, VOLO Magazine, Heise, c’t Photography, Handwerk Magazin, WAZ, dodho, Prinz, BBV, Caro Magazine, Missima, Erosa, Joyclub, Rheinische Post, ... 

Press Reviews (translated)
"A true master in the field of nude photography is photographer Kristian Liebrand. His work is characterized by unique creativity, where nudity almost becomes a secondary matter. His photography is exceptional, leaving viewers with room for imagination."
— stern Magazine, 09/2017 

"Kristian Liebrand works with great artistic ambition to give expression to women. His works are a harmonious composition of light, shadow, creativity, and extraordinary perspectives. He stages his models with style, creating worlds between elegant seduction and erotic charm – artistic light images that captivate the viewer."
— just.bocholt Magazine, 10/2010 

"Kristian Liebrand is one of the best German nude photographers. A man with ideas, taste, and sensitivity."
— Berliner Kurier, 07/2019 

"Kristian Liebrand is a nude photographer from Bochum who stands out not only with his professional assignments but also with personal projects, which he executes both creatively and technically at the highest level."
— digitalphoto Magazine, 10/2020 

"Nude photographer Kristian Liebrand has made a name for himself internationally through his extraordinary visual concepts [...] remarkable images that present a new, never-before-seen facet of artistic nude photography."
— PRINZ Magazine, 12/2011 

"With around 70 international awards, Kristian Liebrand is among the most significant nude photographers of our time."
— Arttrado Art Magazine, 04/2023

BIO
  • born 1973 in Rhede, Germany
  • since 2008 full-time photo artist
  • 2016 move to Bochum and built a new photo studio with many sets on 360 square meters
social commitment
  • Donated the planting of more than 10,000 trees for CO₂ compensation
    Founder of the charity projects “With a Bathtub Against Water Scarcity in Africa”, “Mutspenden – Fighting Blood Cancer” (DKMS), and “www.nude-for-nature.de”. Raised over €35,000 in donations.

Behind the scenes