Bennett Encke
Photographer / Researcher
Frankfurt-born photographer exploring landscapes and urban edges in transition. Motivated by curiosity and the urge to explore, I often find myself in hidden, extreme, and peripheral spaces, using a geography-informed perspective to examine how infrastructures, environments, and social life shape one another. My work takes an open-ended approach to the multiple promises of society and the contestations they leave in space.
Specialisation: ○ WASTELANDS ○ INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT ○ URBAN RENEWAL ○ RUINS ○ FRONTIERS ○ NIGHTSCAPES ○ SUBTERRANEAN ○ NOVEL ECOSYSTEMS ○ URBAN-RURAL-INTERFACES
Exhibitions
2026
ROFFARRIVAL – Zine Launch and Mini Exhibition. Time is the new space, Rotterdam.
2024
IM TUNNEL – Underground Cinema and Group Exhibition with Moshe Zoll, Carlito, and Ozkr. Site-specific show in a decommissioned highway tunnel near Frankfurt.
PILZEPELZE IM BUNKERBIOTOP – Group Exhibition with Werner Lorke. Exploration of mold, fungi, and architectural decay at Süddeutscher Kunstverein, Reusten.
FABRIK IM WOHNQUARTIER – Film Screening and Group Exhibition with Peng. Pop-up at old workshop site, Robert-Mayer-Straße 49, Frankfurt.
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY ASIA – Group Exhibition with Jovan Uljarevic. Pop-up at old workshop site, Robert-Mayer-Straße 49, Frankfurt.
2023
GHOST TOWER – Solo Exhibition. DKG23 (German Congress for Geography), University of Frankfurt.
2022
GRÖßE LAGE PREIS – Group Exhibition with Peng. Graphics & Photographs, Temporary showroom, Berliner Straße 37, Frankfurt.
2016
MEI GOLDISCH FRANKFURT – Group Exhibition with Stephan Morgenstern, Gernot C. Wohl, Daniel Eggli. Stadtgalerie Bad Soden, Bad Soden im Taunus.
Publications
2026
ROFFARRIVAL – Photo zine from a new hometown. Self-published, limited edition.
2024
LAMEBA – Photography by Bennett Encke, Peter Knaup, Werner Lorke, & Walter Schels; edited by Ronald Grätz. Published and distributed by Esefeld & Traub, Stuttgart.
2023
BESI, TRES XEMENEIES, BARCELONA – Photo book documenting underground spaces, abandoned structures, and urban adventures. Self-published, limited edition.