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
Achievements
2026 · Life Framer Series Award Edition XI · 3rd Prize
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 2025 · Documentary category finalist, Lead festival and photobook visual
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)
Solo shows
2025 · Look Again · Gaby Vera Fine Arts (Gallery Exhibition) · Circuito PHotoESPAÑA · Madrid (Spain)
Selected Exhibitions
2026 · RPS Documentary Photography Award · UK Touring exhibition (upcoming)
2026 · Photometria · Parallel Voices · Ioannina (Greece) (upcoming)
2026 · PRINT · Group exhibition · Paris (France)
2025 · Polka x Sony World Photo Awards · Salon de la Photo · Paris (France)
2025 · InCadaqués Photo Festival · Open Call Finalists · 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)
2023 · Peepshow · PS15 · Berlin (Germany)
2022 · The Sun Will Also Rise · Neue Schule Galerie · Berlin (Germany)
2020 · The Jester’s Pool · Middlesex (Art Licks Weekend) · London (UK)
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
Achievements
2026 · Life Framer Series Award Edition XI · 3rd Prize
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 2025 · Documentary category finalist, Lead festival and photobook visual
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)
Solo shows
2025 · Look Again · Gaby Vera Fine Arts (Gallery Exhibition) · Circuito PHotoESPAÑA · Madrid (Spain)
Selected Exhibitions
2026 · RPS Documentary Photography Award · UK Touring exhibition (upcoming)
2026 · Photometria · Parallel Voices · Ioannina (Greece) (upcoming)
2026 · PRINT · Group exhibition · Paris (France)
2025 · Polka x Sony World Photo Awards · Salon de la Photo · Paris (France)
2025 · InCadaqués Photo Festival · Open Call Finalists · 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)
2023 · Peepshow · PS15 · Berlin (Germany)
2022 · The Sun Will Also Rise · Neue Schule Galerie · Berlin (Germany)
2020 · The Jester’s Pool · Middlesex (Art Licks Weekend) · London (UK)
Press
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
Residencies
2019 · Laumulistasamsteypan · Hrísey (Iceland)
Lectures
2026 · AnalogueNOW · Show & Tell · Berlin (Germany)
2026 · MU Photo Club lecture · University of Missouri (USA)
Education
2025 · Fotofilmic · ‘Survival strategies’ course with Gem Fletcher
2024 · Fotofilmic · ‘Editing for meaning’ course with Martin Kollar
2021-2022 · Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin · Fine Art Photography class
2016-2018 · MBA ESG Paris · Master's in Music Production and Artist Development
Selected clients
air up · Bolt · DFFB · Ezra Klein · Faircado · French Tech Berlin
· HelloFresh · Kartago Film · Moonfare · Ninja Tune · [PIAS] · Yazz Ahmed
Imprint
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
Residencies
2019 · Laumulistasamsteypan · Hrísey (Iceland)
Lectures
2026 · AnalogueNOW · Show & Tell · Berlin (Germany)
2026 · MU Photo Club lecture · University of Missouri (USA)
Education
2025 · Fotofilmic · ‘Survival strategies’ course with Gem Fletcher
2024 · Fotofilmic · ‘Editing for meaning’ course with Martin Kollar
2021-2022 · Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin · Fine Art Photography class
2016-2018 · MBA ESG Paris · Master's in Music Production and Artist Development
Selected clients
air up · Bolt · DFFB · Ezra Klein · Faircado · French Tech Berlin
· HelloFresh · Kartago Film · Moonfare · Ninja Tune · [PIAS] · Yazz Ahmed
Imprint