Ingar Krauss (East Berlin, Germany, 1965) lives and works in Berlin and Zechin (Brandenburg, Germany). After learning a trade, performing military service, and working for many years as a psychiatric caregiver, he turned to photography in the mid-nineties and has since realized several photographic projects, in Germany and abroad. He has participated in numerous international group exhibitions, such as at the Hayward Gallery in London, the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne, the MACRO – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma, the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, and the International Center of Photography in New York. His works have been presented in solo exhibitions at the Goethe Institute in Paris, the Velan Center in Turin, the Kunsthalle Erfurt, and the Guardini Foundation in Berlin, as well as at galleries in Milan, Paris, New York, Atlanta, Stuttgart and Berlin. His publications include books by Hatje Cantz, Thames & Hudson, PowerHouse Books, Mondadori Electa, Kerber and Hartmann Books. His work is part of institutional and private art collections. The artist is represented by Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris; Galerie Springer, Berlin and Jaeger Art, Berlin.