Ellen Auerbach Fellowship for Photography

The Ellen Auerbach Fellowship is a development fellowship for international photographers. The photographer Ellen Auerbach (1906 - 2004) endowed the fellowship as a follow-up to the Academy exhibition “Die Fotografin Ellen Auerbach” (The Photographer Ellen Auerbach) (1998). The fellowship was first awarded in 2006, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Ellen Auerbach’s birth. It is financed by her estate.

The Ellen Auerbach fellowship holders belong to the circle of the Young Academy and are included in the annual fellowship programme. It is possible to view works by Ellen Auerbach in the Akademie der Künste Archive.

The fellowship is awarded on a biennial basis and has a value of 20,000 Euros, of which 10,000 Euro is allocated for an exhibition and a small catalogue. Personal application is not possible. The Ellen Auerbach laureates are recommended by Academy members, experts, or international curators and are selected by a members’ jury.

Laureates

2006 Yto Barrada
2008 Steve Sabella
2010 Anasthasia Khoroshilova
2012 Natalie Czech
2014 Julian Röder
2016 Stephanie Kiwitt
2018 Annette Frick
2020 Ferhat Bouda
2023 Joanna Piotrowska
2024  Ilit Azoulay