Alex Bex is a French-Texan photographer based in Berlin. His work examines the influence of visual media on traditional representations, particularly focusing on masculinity and its social construction. Through his projects, he engages with the cultural narratives he was brought up with to study and challenge them.
Contact
alexandrebex@gmail.com @alxbx
Achievements
2025 · Lucie Foundation Scholarship Program · Honorable Mention (Fine Art- Emerging)
2025 · Life Framer · Portraits competition · Winning selection
2025 · Hamburg Portfolio Review
2025 · Les Boutographies · Prix Réponses Photo & Prix Les Jours
2025 · Sony World Photo Awards 2025 · Documentary category finalist, Lead festival visual, Official photobook cover
2025 · Booooooom Photo Awards · Winner
2025 · Innovate Grant · Artist grant · Winner
2024 · Memories of Dust · Artwork acquisition · Southwest Collection Library · Texas Tech University (USA)
2024 · The Hopper Prize · Artist grant · Winner
2024 · Photomatch · Fotofestiwal Łódź · Projection, Artist talk, Portfolio reviews · Łódź (Poland)
2024 · Photomatch · EXPOSED Torino Foto Festival · Projection, Artist talk, Portfolio reviews · Turin (Italy)
Exhibitions
2025 · Polka x Sony World Photo Awards · Salon de la Photo · Paris (France)
2025 · InCadaqués Photo Festival · Open Call Finalists · Cadaqués (Spain)
2025 · Look Again · Gaby Vera Fine Arts (Gallery Exhibition) · Circuito PHotoESPAÑA · Madrid (Spain)
2025 · Ragusa Foto Festival · Circuito Off · Ragusa Ibla (Italy)
2025 · Photometria · Non Stop Pop · Ioannina (Greece)
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)
2025 · Angkor Photo Festival · Projections · Siem Reap (Cambodia)
2024 · Limburg Biënnale · Marres, House for Contemporary Culture · Maastricht (Netherlands)
2024 · Blick Fang · Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren · Kaufbeuren (Germany)
2023 · Peepshow · PS15 · Berlin (Germany)
2022 · The Sun Will Also Rise · Neue Schule Galerie · Berlin (Germany)
2022 · Jenny, it’s your birthday · Consens GmbH · Munich (Germany)
2020 · The Jester’s Pool · Middlesex (Art Licks Weekend) · London (UK)
Press
2025 · FACES Magazine · Print + Online interview
2025 · Collater.al · Online
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 · Online
2025 · It’s Nice That · Online interview
2025 · Fisheye Magazine · Online interview
2025 · Sony World Photo Awards · Online interview + Photobook
2025 · The Guardian · Print + Online
2025 · Innovate Grant · Online interview
2025 · Booooooom · Online interview
2025 · PhotoVogue · Online
2024 · The Hopper Prize · Online interview
2024 · GUP Fresh Eyes 2024 · Print
2024 · Figures (Safelight Paper) · Online
2020 · Witness!, Death Ray Distro · Print
Residencies
2019 · Laumulistasamsteypan · Hrísey (Iceland)
Selected clients
Bolt · Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin · Ezra Klein · HelloFresh · Kartago Film · Moonfare · Ninja Tune for Memphis LK · Pace Randolph · [PIAS] for Courting · Yazz AhmedImprint Music Licensing