Contact
0034 646868361
contact@gunnarknechtel.com

Link to my editorial website: https://gunnarknechtel.com/

I was born in Kelkheim, Germany in 1970. I am living in Barcelona since 2000. After studying photography in the Lette Verein Berlin, I moved to London where I began photographing for magazines, with a main focus in feature stories, architecture and portraits.
Amongst my editorial clients are The Guardian, The Observer, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, Stern, Colors Magazine, El País Semanal, Ojo de Pez, Apartmento, Monocle.
Apart from working on assignments I dedicate a lot time and passion photographing my personal projects.
In recent years I have focused my interest in photographing cities that have been built from scratch, designed and built on undeveloped land. I have recorded the reality of utopian cities such as Brasilia designed by Oscar Niemeyer, Chandigarh by Le Corbousier in India and Astana in Kazakhstan. Since 2022 I traveled.

Awards:
1999: the Observer Hodge Award , “Daily Life in China”, UK
2005: Fotonoviembre, Spain
2014: Natja Award, USA
2018: PDN Award

Exhibitions:
2003: Overbeck Gesellschaft, Lübeck, Photography and everyday reality
2005: Fotonoviembre, Center of Photography Isla de Tenerife, Chabolas de Madrid
2005: Spectrum Sotos Gallery, Chabolas de Madrid
2011: Gallery One and a Half, London, Behind Bars
2021: Oberfett Gallery, Hamburg, Birds of Barcelona
Upcoming 2024: Fineart Festival Igualada, Fronton Walls in Spanish Villages
Upcoming 2024: Revelat Festival, Fronton Walls in Spanish Villages