Anne Morgenstern

(*Leipzig, Germany) is a photographer based in Zurich, Switzerland. Her work explores human relationships and societal conventions, capturing quiet, subtle moments that reveal deeper narratives.

In 2023, she won the Hansel-Mieth-Prize for outstanding reportage together with Rudi Novotny (text) for Ich will eine normale Frau sein. Einfach so—the story of Ella—published in ZEIT Magazin. Her photobook MACHT LIEBE, awarded the Swiss Design Award in 2022, was published by Hartmann Books the same year. The series was shown in an accompanying solo exhibition, Indocile and Tender, curated by Danaé Panchaud, at the Centre de la Photographie Genève (2022) and most recently at KGold Gallery, Lesvos (2025).

For her book Land ohne Mitte, she spent time with residents of Saxony, documenting their daily lives and aspirations. The project won the German Photo Book Prize in 2016. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the International Center of Photography, New York; Deichtorhallen, Hamburg; Stadtmuseum Munich. The most recent exhibitions featuring her work include Chosen Family—less alone together at Fotomuseum Winterthur (curated by Nadine Wietlisbach) and Liminal Moments at the gallery Lullin + Ferrari (Zurich, Switzerland).

Her photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including AnOther Magazine, Best Fashion, BLAU Magazin, Bolero, Brand Eins, Das Magazin, Das Wetter, Der Spiegel, DU Magazin, FAZ Quarterly, Galore, Hochparterre, Konfekt, Libération, Max Joseph, Marie Claire, Monocle, NZZ Magazin, Republik, SZ Magazin, The Financial Times, VOGUE Germany, VOGUE Greece, Weltkunst, ZEIT, and ZEIT Magazin, among others.

 
Selected works

Anne Morgenstern, from the series Sunset Sour, 2024, Digital Fine Art Pigment-Print on ILFORD Gold Fiber Silk, 100 x 70 cm, Ed. 5 + 2AP

Anne Morgenstern, from the series Sunset Sour, 2024, Digital Fine Art Pigment-Print on ILFORD Gold Fiber Silk, 48 x 34 cm, Ed. 5 + 2AP

Anne Morgenstern, from the series Sunset Sour, 2024, Digital Fine Art Pigment-Print on ILFORD Gold Fiber Silk, 70 x 50 cm, Ed. 5 + 2AP

Anne Morgenstern, from the series Macht Liebe, 2022, Digital Fine Art Pigment-Print on ILFORD Gold Fiber Silk, aluminum silver glossy frame, 48.5 x 141 cm (je 48.5 x 34.5 cm), Ed. 5 + 2AP

Anne Morgenstern, from the series Macht Liebe, 2022, Digital Fine Art Pigment-Print on ILFORD Gold Fiber Silk, aluminum silver glossy frame, 48.5 x 70.5 cm (each 48.5 x 34.5 cm), Ed. 5 + 2AP

Anne Morgenstern, from the series Macht Liebe, 2022, Digital Fine Art Pigment-Print on ILFORD Gold Fiber Silk, brass frame, polished and waxed, 91 x 65 cm, Ed. 5 + 2AP

Anne Morgenstern, from the series Macht Liebe, 2022, Digital Fine Art Pigment-Print on ILFORD Gold Fiber Silk, brass frame, polished and waxed, 91 x 65 cm, Ed. 5 + 2AP

Installation shot of the exhibition Liminal Moments 1 featuring works by Anne Morgenstern, from the series Macht Liebe, 2022, Digital Fine Art Pigment-Print on ILFORD Gold Fiber Silk, brass frame, polished and waxed, each 91 x 65 cm, Ed. 5 + 2AP

Group Shows with Lullin + Ferrari

Liminal Moments 1

with Anne Morgenstern, Anne-Lise Coste, Franziska Furter, Pierre Haubensak, Slawomir Elsner

 

Surprise, Surprise!

100th exhibition at Lullin + Ferrari

Michael Bauch, Anne-Lise Coste, Slawomir Elsner, Franziska Furter, Clare Goodwin, Bob Gramsma, Sebastian Hammwöhner, Pierre Haubensak, Mirjam Blanka Inauen, Anna Krammig, Anne Morgenstern, Valentina Pini, Sebastian Utzni

16 November 2024 – 23 January 2025