Photographer / Dortmund
Crisis regions, developing countries, social documentaries, portrait
Contact us
Phone: +49 179 50 92 659
Email to Frank Schultze
www.frankschultze.de
Life
Born in 1959, he hails from Daun (Eifel) and studied visual journalism under Professor Adolf Clemens in Dortmund.
Since graduating in 1992, he has worked for all major German-speaking and international magazines and newspapers such as Geo, Star, Chrismon, Mirror, Focus, Nature, Sea and The time. Member of the Zeitenspiegel reporting agency since May 2000.
Awards
- 2017: Otto-Steinert-Prize 2017 Finalist with „12thMemoRise“ Young Muslims Against Violence and Terror
- 2019: Shortlisted for the Vonovia Award with „12thMemoRise“ Young Muslims Against Violence and Terror
- 2023: Shortlist for the Felix Schoeller Award 2023 in the Sustainability category
- 2023: PR Image of the Year 2023 with „Flight from Ukraine“ and 1st Prize in the „NGO Image“ category“
- 2024: VG Bild Art Grant „Entrenched Island“ Taiwan
- 2024: 3rd place at „Black & White Spider Awards 2024“ with „Out of Ukraine #2“
Participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions.
Projects
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Frank Schultze, ReportageFerry of Hope
Photographer Frank Schultze, author Angela Köckritz
Published in „Mare“ on October 10, 2025A few hundred meters and a world conflict lie between Taiwan's Kinmen islands and mainland China. Recently, a ferry has resumed its route across the strait. Can it mediate?
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Frank Schultze, ReportageBeirut, my love
Photographer Frank Schultze
Appeared in „Digit“ 2-2025 in June 2025In a photo essay, reportage photographer Frank Schultze illuminates the lifestyle of the multicultural Mediterranean city of Beirut.
The essay is also on Digit.de published.
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Frank Schultze, ReportageGreen Gold
Photographer Frank Schultze, Author Michael Gleich
Published in „Stern“ 44/2023 on October 24, 2023Out of greed for palm oil, an ingredient in spreads and skin creams, rainforests are being deforested. In Malaysia, farmers are now growing sustainably – and thus helping orangutans survive.
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Frank Schultze, ReportageWhat remained of the Ahr Valley
Photographer Frank Schultze
Published on „Fluter.de“ on February 8, 2023A flood wave devastated Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia in the summer of 2021. More than 130 people died in the Ahr Valley alone. What does it look like there today?
Published on Fluter.de.
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Frank Schultze, ReportageLearning to be free
Photographer Frank Schultze, author Jelca Kollatsch
Published in „Chrismon Plus“ in June 2022He was once a slave – today, Brahim Ramdhane is campaigning against oppression and bondage in Mauritania. He passes on what helped him as a child: education.
The article was also published on Chrismon.de published.
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Frank Schultze, ReportageFrom Ukraine
Photographer Frank Schultze
Published in „Taz“ on April 8, 2022On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Around 8.5 million people subsequently fled their homeland. They reached the borders of neighboring Western countries on overcrowded trains, buses, on foot, or in cars. Many helpers welcomed the often traumatized and exhausted refugees. They could rest in reception camps behind the borders. Helpers provided them with food and clothing and brought them to safe accommodations.