Bennett Encke

Photographer / Visual Artist

Born and raised in Frankfurt (Germany), with a background in photography and geography and with a strong inclination toward high vantage points, peripheral zones, and landscapes at the edge of use and abandonment. My photographic work is shaped by an interest in urban imaginaries, planning histories, and infrastructure – spaces where social ideas, narratives of progress, and their frictions become visible. Hereby, I capture the world in moments suspended between liminal states and irreversible transformation.

Specialisation: ○ WASTELANDS ○ INFRASTRUCTURE ○ URBAN RENEWAL ○ FRONTIERS ○ NIGHT ○ UNDERGROUND ○ ECOSYSTEMS ○ URBAN-RURAL-INTERFACES

Exhibitions & Publications

ROFFARRIVAL (2025): Photographic Zine.

IM TUNNEL (2024): Underground Cinema and Group Exhibition with Moshe Zoll, Carlito, and Ozkr. A site-specific show in a decommissioned highway tunnel near Frankfurt.

PILZEPELZE IM BUNKERBIOTOP (2024): Group Exhibition with Werner Lorke. An exploration of mold, fungi, and architectural decay at the Süddeutscher Kunstverein in Reusten.

LAMEBA (2024): City Reader on Barcelona. Photography by Bennett Encke, Peter Knaup, Werner Lorke, and Walter Schels, edited by Ronald Grätz, published and distributed by Esefeld & Traub.

FABRIK IM WOHNQUARTIER (2023): Film Screening and Group Exhibition with Peng. Pop up at the old workshop site in Robert-Mayer-Straße 49, Frankfurt.

STREET PHOTOGRAPHY ASA (2023): Group Exhibition with Jovan Uljarevic. Pop up at the old workshop site Robert-Mayer-Straße 49, Frankfurt.

BESI, TRES XEMENEIES, BARCELONA (2023): Photo book documenting a range of underground spaces, abandoned structures and finest urban adventures in Barcelona. Self published in limited edition.

GHOST TOWER (2023): Solo Exhibition. Photo series “Ghost Towers” presented at DKG23 (German Congress for Geography), University of Frankfurt.

GRÖßE LAGE PREIS (2022): Group Exhibition with Peng. Temporary showroom of grafics and photographs about city, society and the self popped up, Berliner Straße 37, Frankfurt.

MEI GOLDISCH FRANKFURT (2016): Group Exhibition with Stephan Morgenstern, Gernot C. Wohl, Daniel Eggli in Stadtgalerie Bad Soden, Bad Soden im Taunus.