PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS / EXHIBITIONS
2025
AWARDS
APA Los Angeles OFF THE CLOCK Competition / 1 winning photo
https://la.apanational.org/
Los Angeles, USA
GROUP EXHIBITION
ART METZGI 2.0 / GROUP EXHIBITION
„die Metzgerei“ Kulturzentrum
Augsburg, Germany
2024
AWARDS
Refocus Award / 1 Honorable Mention + 3 Nominees
https://refocus-awards.com/contests/world-photo-annual
New York Photography Award 2024 / 4 silver medals Editorial Photos + Travel + Black White Photography People
https://newyorkphotographyawards.com/winner.php
New York, USA
Paris International Street Photo Award 2024 / 3 Honorable Mentions
https://www.streetphotoawards.art
Paris, France
GROUP EXHIBITION
SILENCE / INTERNATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITION
PH21 Gallery
Budapest, Hungary
MAGIC OF PHOTOGRAPHY / 3.rd PLACE / GROUP EXHIBITION
Augsburg, Germany
ABSTRACT / INTERNATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITION
Withinsight Gallery
Chicago, USA
2023
AWARDS
DODHO PHOTO MAGAZIN
Individual publication of the photostory „WATCHOUT THE INSIDE“
LINK: https://www.dodho.com/watchout-the-inside-by-benjamin-scharf/
Barcelona, Spain
GROUP EXHIBITION
I WANT TO BELIEVE / INTERNATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITION
Loosenart Gallery
Rome, Italy
„MONOCHROME“ / GROUP EXHIBITION
The Glasgow Gallery of Photography CIC
Glasgow, Scotland
2022
AWARDS
MONOCHROMATIC AWARD / DODHO PHOTO MAGAZINE
FINALIST Monochromatic Awards 2022, Best 100 Photos
Barcelona, Spain
GROUP EXHIBITION
BLACK TO WHITE / GROUP EXHIBITION
Practice Gallery
St. Paul, Minneapolis, USA
CV
1977 Born in Bad Kissingen, Germany
TRAINING
1997-2004
Architectural studies for Dipl.-Ing. architecture
Technical University of Karlsruhe (KIT) Grade 1.8
2000-2025
Living in Barcelona, Madrid, Mexico, Berlin, Leipzig, Augsburg
LANGUAGES
German (mother tongue) / Spanish + English fluent in spoken and written
