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 · RPS Documentary Photography Award · Finalist
2025 · Lucie Foundation Scholarship Program · Honorable Mention
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 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)

Exhibitions
2026 · RPS Documentary Photography Award · UK Touring exhibition (upcoming)
2025 · Polka x Sony World Photo Awards · Salon de la Photo · Paris (France)
2025 · InCadaqués Photo Festival · Open Call Finalists · Cadaqués (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
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
2025 · PhotoVogue
2024 · The Hopper Prize · Online interview
2024 · GUP Fresh Eyes 2024 · Print
2024 · Figures (Safelight Paper)
2020 · Witness!, Death Ray Distro · Print

Residencies
2019 · Laumulistasamsteypan · Hrísey (Iceland)

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
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