Alexander Binder

author · photographer

German^[1] b. 1976, Stuttgart, Germany^[1] active 2008–present

Alexander Binder is a self-taught German artist and photographer based in Stuttgart who bridges digital and analog optics. His artistic practice involves pairing modern SLR cameras with vintage and self-constructed lenses to create images characterized by blur, aperture quirks, and chance reflections. He intentionally embraces imperfection as a strategy, allowing instability and material traces to remain visible while intuition leads his creative process. Binder's work often explores themes of meditation, nature, and the intersection of material and spiritual realities, influenced by a long-standing meditation practice. His photography has been featured internationally in publications such as The Guardian, British Journal of Photography, and Dazed & Confused, and his work has been exhibited in museums and galleries across Europe, North America, and Asia.^[1,2]

meditation
imperfection
analog-digital hybridity
material trace
nature

Works by Alexander Binder

2011 Allerseelen Mörel Books · book · English · ISBN 9781907071300 Photography book
2015 Kristall ohne Liebe Tangerine Press · book Limited edition
2008 Infestation Mörel Books · book
2022 Medium self-published · book
2023 Platine self-published · book
2025 Tagtraumtelefonie self-published · book Zine

Exhibitions

2023 Medium. Meditation. Modularität. Mucho Mas!, Torino · solo
2022 Biotop Mojäk Galerie, Heilbronn · solo
2020 Enzyklopädie Galerie Kernweine, Stuttgart · solo
2018 Talisman Aesthetik01, Berlin · solo
2017 Kristall ohne Liebe Aesthetik01, Berlin · solo
2016 Kristall ohne Liebe Oberwelt, Stuttgart · solo
2014 Nur Bilder – keine Wirklichkeit Hermann Hesse Museum, Calw · solo
2013 Das Innere Lookout Gallery, Warsaw · solo
2012 Golgatha Galerie Nowhere, Montréal · solo
2011 Stuotengarten Schauraum Waschstrasse, Stuttgart · solo
2010 Äon GEZ Gallery, Stuttgart · solo
2026 TinyVices Archive SO1, Tokyo · group
2026 Kominek Editions – Golden Hour / Blue Hour Kominek Gallery, Berlin · group
2026 Unfolded Chapters Photobook Exhibition Athens Photo Festival, Athens · group
2025 Festival Internacional de Fotografia de Rubí Rubí/Barcelona, Barcelona · group
2023 Charta Festival Paper Room, Rome · group
2021 Subduction Zone Podbrzezie Gallery, Krakow · group
2020 FIF_BH – International Festival of Photography Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte · group
2019 Wort im Bild Award 43. Literature Festival, Klagenfurt · group
2018 TALISMAN at Screen 2018 / La Nuu Festival de Fotografía Barcelona, Barcelona · group
2017 The Bridge Galerie KUB, Leipzig · group
2013 ICP TRIENNAL International Center of Photography, New York · group
2012 Where does time go PH Space/The Newbridge Project, Newcastle · group
2012 Dream Divers Lookout Gallery, Warsaw · group
2012 Black Thorns in the White Cube Western Exhibitions, Chicago · group
2011 Dreamcatcher Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg · group
2011 Kłusownicy Galeria Miejska Arsenał, Poznań · group
2010 Raven Rainbow Krowswork Gallery, Oakland · group
2010 Identity Lab Les Rencontres d’Arles/Voies Off, Arles · group
2010 Get well soon 107 Shaw Gallery, Toronto · group
2010 Natural Causes Rule Gallery, Denver · group
2009 I Don’t Believe in Miracles Space Womb, New York · group

References

Alexander Binder. CV. 2026 link
Alexander Binder. books & zines. alexanderbinder.org. 2025 link