Patrick Bienert born 1980, is a German photographer. He studied photography at the Staatliche Lehranstalt für Fotografie in Munich. His photographic longterm projects are grounded on cultures
and identity in relation to the history and its traces between the land and its inhabitants. In the last
ten years he mainly worked on the borders of Eastern Europe on several projects concerning
youth culture. He has published the books Wake up Nights (2017) and East End of Europe (2020).
His photographic projects have been exhibited at Deichtorhallen, Calvert Foundation, Webber
Gallery, Amphithéâtre de Carthage, Ngorongoro, Tbilisi Photofestival, Store Studios London and
Ofr Galerie. Between his personal projects he has worked on commissions in the field of fashion for clients such as Jil Sander, Burberry, Maryam Nassir Zadeh, Mugler, OAMC and Valentino. Editorial projects have been have been published in The New York Times Magazine, Double Magazine,
Paper Journal, Luncheon Magazine and Zeit Magazin.