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 · Les Boutographies · Prix Réponses Photo & Prix Les Jours
2025 · Sony World Photo Awards 2025 · Documentary Category finalist, Lead festival visual, Official photobook cover
2025 · Innovate Grant · Artist grant · Winner
2025 · Booooooom Photo Awards · 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 · Photopolis Agrinio Photo Festival · Photofolios:25 · Agrinio (Greece) · upcoming
2025 · Les Boutographies · Photographers in projection · Montpellier (France)
2025 · Sony World Photo Awards 2025 · Somerset House · London (UK)
2025 · Angkor Photo Festival 20th Edition · 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 · Sony World Photo Awards · Online
2025 · The Guardian · Print + Online
2025 · Innovate Grant · Interview
2025 · Booooooom · Interview
2025 · PhotoVogue · Online
2024 · The Hopper Prize · Interview
2024 · GUP Fresh Eyes 2024 · Print
2024 · Safelight Paper · Online
2024 · Dodho · 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 Ahmed
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