Jonathan Funk is a freelance photographer born in Mannheim, Germany.
He is currently based in Mannheim & Hannover, works according to journalistic standards and is mainly dedicated to long-term documentary projects, as well as reportages and portraits.
Influenced by his professional experience in social work, his projects focus primarily on socio-cultural, political and humanitarian topics. Born into a working class family, he developed his visual language as an autodidact. In his work, he always places his images in a larger social context and likes to break with common narratives. In 2024, he was awarded a scholarship from the Hans-Böckler-Foundation, which allows him to dedicate himself full-time to the further development of his photographic journey. 

He is currently studying documentary photography and photojournalism at Hanover University of Applied Sciences & Arts.

Available for Assignments.
Awards & Mentions:

2026 World Report Award - Student - Shortlist
2026 True Picture Award - nominee
2025 Leica Oskar Barnack Award (Newcomer) - nominee
2025 True Picture Award - nominee
2024 Ortskontrollfahrt - Nikon Fotobus Grant - Shortlist
2024 Ortskontrollfahrt  - VGH Fotopreis - Finalist
2024 Portfolio Walk Freundeskreis der Fotografie - Deichtorhallen Hamburg - Participant
2024 Artist Talk - Reiss Engelhorn Museum Mannheim - Forum International Photography

Exhibitions:

2026 tba
2026 Ortskontrollfahrt - Shift / Triennale der Fotografie Hamburg - Gleishalle Hamburg
2025 Ortskontrollfahrt -  Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation - Paris Photo
2025 Les Rencontres d’Arles — Fotobus Society Screening, Arles, France

2025 Ortskontrollfahrt - mainexhibition at OFF Foto Festival Mannheim
2025 what happens in the meantime - outdoor exhibition - Hannover
2025 Images of a region - bloq groupexhibition - OFF Fotofestival Mannheim
2024 Ortskontrollfahrt - VGH Fotopreis - Finalist - GAF Hannover
2023 D.I.Y. – Facetten der Selbstverwaltung
2023 VOR ORT – Kunstverein Mannheim
2022 Tracing West – CommunityartCenter Mannheim
2022 Frische Kunst – CommunityartCenter Mannheim
2022 Bubble Trouble – Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie - Wilhelm Hack Museum Ludwigshafen
Clients:

ZEIT
SPIEGEL
Süddeutsche Zeitung
TAZ - die Tageszeitung
Fluter Magazin
Dummy Verlag
WOZ - die Wochenzeitung
Bloq Magazine
BTA Agency
Mannheimer Morgen
Verdi
Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund
City of Mannheim
and others...