Bio
Alex Bex is a French-Texan photographer based in Berlin. Working within the documentary tradition, he investigates representations of masculinity and explores how photography can deconstruct perceived realities, while proposing alternatives to conventional role models.
Contact
alexandrebex@gmail.com @alxbx
Awards
2026 · Kamira Photo Award · Winner
2026 · Life Framer Series Award Edition XI · Finalist
2026 · RPS Documentary Photography Award · Finalist
2025 · Lucie Foundation Scholarship Program · Honorable Mention
2025 · Hamburg Portfolio Review · Finalist
2025 · Les Boutographies · Prix Réponses Photo & Prix Les Jours
2025 · Sony World Photo Awards · Finalist, lead festival & photobook visual
2025 · Booooooom Photo Awards · Winner
2025 · Innovate Grant · Artist grant · Winner
2024 · The Hopper Prize · Artist grant · Winner
Solo exhibitions
2025 · Gaby Vera Fine Arts · Circuito PHotoESPAÑA · Madrid (Spain)
Selected group shows
2026 · Come Together · Fondation Manuel Rivera-Ortiz · Les Rencontres d'Arles (France) (upcoming)
2026 · RPS Documentary Photography Award · UK Touring exhibition (upcoming)
2026 · Photometria · Parallel Voices · Ioannina (Greece) (upcoming)
2026 · Sarajevo Photography Festival (BiH)
2026 · PRINT · Paris (France)
2025 · Polka x Sony World Photo Awards · Salon de la Photo · Paris (France)
2025 · InCadaqués Photo Festival · Cadaqués (Spain)
2025 · Photopolis Agrinio Photo Festival · Photofolios:25 · Agrinio (Greece)
2025 · Les Boutographies · Photographers in projection · Montpellier (France)
2025 · Sony World Photo Awards · Museo Diocesano Carlo Maria Martini · Milan (Italy)
2025 · Sony World Photo Awards · Somerset House · London (UK)
2024 · Blick Fang · Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren · Kaufbeuren (Germany)
2022 · The Sun Will Also Rise · Neue Schule Galerie · Berlin (Germany)
2020 · The Jester’s Pool · Middlesex (Art Licks Weekend) · London (UK)
Residencies
2026 · Kamira Institute · Paris (France)
2019 · Laumulistasamsteypan · Hrísey (Iceland)
Alex Bex is a French-Texan photographer based in Berlin. Working within the documentary tradition, he investigates representations of masculinity and explores how photography can deconstruct perceived realities, while proposing alternatives to conventional role models.
Contact
alexandrebex@gmail.com @alxbx
Awards
2026 · Kamira Photo Award · Winner
2026 · Life Framer Series Award Edition XI · Finalist
2026 · RPS Documentary Photography Award · Finalist
2025 · Lucie Foundation Scholarship Program · Honorable Mention
2025 · Hamburg Portfolio Review · Finalist
2025 · Les Boutographies · Prix Réponses Photo & Prix Les Jours
2025 · Sony World Photo Awards · Finalist, lead festival & photobook visual
2025 · Booooooom Photo Awards · Winner
2025 · Innovate Grant · Artist grant · Winner
2024 · The Hopper Prize · Artist grant · Winner
Solo exhibitions
2025 · Gaby Vera Fine Arts · Circuito PHotoESPAÑA · Madrid (Spain)
Selected group shows
2026 · Come Together · Fondation Manuel Rivera-Ortiz · Les Rencontres d'Arles (France) (upcoming)
2026 · RPS Documentary Photography Award · UK Touring exhibition (upcoming)
2026 · Photometria · Parallel Voices · Ioannina (Greece) (upcoming)
2026 · Sarajevo Photography Festival (BiH)
2026 · PRINT · Paris (France)
2025 · Polka x Sony World Photo Awards · Salon de la Photo · Paris (France)
2025 · InCadaqués Photo Festival · Cadaqués (Spain)
2025 · Photopolis Agrinio Photo Festival · Photofolios:25 · Agrinio (Greece)
2025 · Les Boutographies · Photographers in projection · Montpellier (France)
2025 · Sony World Photo Awards · Museo Diocesano Carlo Maria Martini · Milan (Italy)
2025 · Sony World Photo Awards · Somerset House · London (UK)
2024 · Blick Fang · Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren · Kaufbeuren (Germany)
2022 · The Sun Will Also Rise · Neue Schule Galerie · Berlin (Germany)
2020 · The Jester’s Pool · Middlesex (Art Licks Weekend) · London (UK)
Residencies
2026 · Kamira Institute · Paris (France)
2019 · Laumulistasamsteypan · Hrísey (Iceland)
Press
2026 · FAR Center for Contemporary Arts
2026 · Zero.Nine
2025 · Der Greif - Guest Room
2025 · FACES Magazine · Print + Online interview
2025 · Collater.al
2025 · Réponses Photo · Print interview
2025 · Digital Camera · Print + Online interview
2025 · Like La Revue · Print
2025 · Truth in Photography · Online interview
2025 · Les Jours
2025 · It’s Nice That · Online interview
2025 · Fisheye Magazine · Online interview
2025 · Sony World Photo Awards · Print + Online interview
2025 · The Guardian · Print + Online
2025 · Innovate Grant · Online interview
2025 · Booooooom · Online interview
2024 · The Hopper Prize · Online interview
2024 · GUP Fresh Eyes · Print
2024 · Figures (Safelight Paper)
2020 · Witness!, Death Ray Distro · Print
Public talks
2026 · Mannsbilder Fotosalon · Sankt Studio · Berlin (Germany)
2026 · AnalogueNOW · Show & Tell · Berlin (Germany)
2026 · MU Photo Club · University of Missouri (USA)
2024 · Photomatch · Fotofestiwal Łódź (Poland)
2024 · Photomatch · EXPOSED Torino Foto Festival (Italy)
Public collections
Southwest Collection Library · Texas Tech University (USA)
Education
2021-2022 · Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin
2016-2018 · MBA ESG Paris · Master's in Music Production
Selected clients
air up · Bolt · DFFB · Ezra Klein · Faircado · French Tech Berlin
· HelloFresh · Kartago Film · Moonfare · Ninja Tune · [PIAS] · Societas Club · Yazz Ahmed
Imprint
2026 · FAR Center for Contemporary Arts
2026 · Zero.Nine
2025 · Der Greif - Guest Room
2025 · FACES Magazine · Print + Online interview
2025 · Collater.al
2025 · Réponses Photo · Print interview
2025 · Digital Camera · Print + Online interview
2025 · Like La Revue · Print
2025 · Truth in Photography · Online interview
2025 · Les Jours
2025 · It’s Nice That · Online interview
2025 · Fisheye Magazine · Online interview
2025 · Sony World Photo Awards · Print + Online interview
2025 · The Guardian · Print + Online
2025 · Innovate Grant · Online interview
2025 · Booooooom · Online interview
2024 · The Hopper Prize · Online interview
2024 · GUP Fresh Eyes · Print
2024 · Figures (Safelight Paper)
2020 · Witness!, Death Ray Distro · Print
Public talks
2026 · Mannsbilder Fotosalon · Sankt Studio · Berlin (Germany)
2026 · AnalogueNOW · Show & Tell · Berlin (Germany)
2026 · MU Photo Club · University of Missouri (USA)
2024 · Photomatch · Fotofestiwal Łódź (Poland)
2024 · Photomatch · EXPOSED Torino Foto Festival (Italy)
Public collections
Southwest Collection Library · Texas Tech University (USA)
Education
2021-2022 · Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin
2016-2018 · MBA ESG Paris · Master's in Music Production
Selected clients
air up · Bolt · DFFB · Ezra Klein · Faircado · French Tech Berlin
· HelloFresh · Kartago Film · Moonfare · Ninja Tune · [PIAS] · Societas Club · Yazz Ahmed
Imprint