Lena Kunz

Lena Kunz

Lena Kunz (born 2000) was born and raised in a small village in Lower Saxony. Since 2023 she has been studying Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography at Hochschule Hannover, focusing on documentary and portrait photography. From an early age she was fascinated by people and their different realities – an interest she now expresses through visual storytelling. For her, photography is a way of making people and their stories visible. She places great value on building closeness and capturing moods and emotions authentically.

Contact:
@Leenakunz

Stories by Lena

After dark

Night-time in the village: shisha in the barn, joyrides through the middle of nowhere.

Where nothing seems to happen in the evening, yet everything does: young people in a village in Lower Saxony after dark.

A young man and a young woman look into the camera, standing in front of a barn at night.

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Advice

Studying photography: How to find the right university.

An overview of the best-known programmes.

Photography students during a shoot in a studio with lighting equipment and a backdrop. A sign on the floor reads ‘FOTOSHOOTING’ and marks the entrance to the studio. From behind, you can see the outline of a young man studying photography.

Advice

Studio lighting: techniques, lighting set-ups and tips for photographers.

The right light makes or breaks a studio shot. We explain the most important techniques and lighting set-ups – and how to achieve perfect studio lighting step by step.

Masculinity

Born to perform?

From engine to muscle, from horsepower to watts: a bike shop reveals how men relate to technology and status today – and whether anything has really changed.

What holds us together

All sweetness and light in the Ore Mountains? When staying put becomes resistance

Altenberg in Saxony looks idyllic – until you look more closely. A portrait of a young man standing up to the rise of the far right.

Ideals

Portrait of a displacement

Vivid graffiti, buzzing events – the Koch-Areal in Zurich was an alternative place to live. Its eviction sparked a debate about community and gentrification.

Collecting

Staging mortality: two photographers in a coffin

Two photographers lie down in a coffin and photograph each other. What sounds like breaking a taboo is an exploration of commerce and ritual – and of the question: is this allowed?

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