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Louisa Marie Summer, born 1983 in Munich, is a portrait and documentary photographer. She holds a University Diploma in Photo Design from the University of Applied Sciences Munich and a Master of Fine Arts in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
Summer is an artist concerned with inequality between social classes. Through subtle and intimate images she examines issues of social structure, inequity, identity, and survival.
Solo Exhibitions
2026 - "Ah, if only the war was over..." Kapelle der Versöhnung, Berlin
Spurensuche in der Ukraine, raumB1, Utting am Ammersee, Germany
2025 - Spurensuche in der Ukraine, Rothener Hof, Borkow, Germany
2024 - Gefangensein: multiperspektivische Betrachtungen, BHROX bauhaus reuse, Berlin, Germany
2019 - Louisa Marie Summer - A Series of Life, Kunst Galerie Fürth, Germany
Frauenbilder, Adana Cement Art Gallery, Andana, Turkey
2018 - Frauenbilder, Gallery Goethe-Institut, Ankara, Turkey
Black and Color, Ferding’s, Munich, Germany
2017 - Border Walks, Narva Kremholmn Factory, Estonia
2016 - Border Walks, Photography Museum Tallinn, Estonia
What Remains of The Future -Siberia, Ober Gallery, Kent, CT
Jennifer’s Family, Kunstverein Viernheim, Germany#
Brazil – up close, Gallery Edition Camos, Munich Germany
What Remains of The Future -Siberia, Erasmi & Stein, Munich, Germany
2015 - certain places, Kunstverein Bobingen, Germany
2013 - 2015 A Tale of Two Villages, Committee of Regions, Brussels, Belgium
Centro Riojano in Madrid, Spain, and Imagen, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
2013 - Jennifer’s Family and video Respect Goes a Long Way,
Centre National de l’Audiovisuel, Luxembourg, LU
2012 - Jennifer’s Family, Imago Fotokunst, Berlin, Germany
Jennifer’s Family, Ober Gallery, Kent, CT
Dress Up, Bar Antiquariat, Munich, Germany
Awards and Grants
2021 - VG Bild Kunst Grant – Projektförderung Locked down – Ansichten aus dem Straffvollzug
2014 - Latin American Photography 3 collection
2012 - Mary Clerc Scholarship
New Vision Award, Missouri Photo Workshop
2011 - Reportage by Getty Images, Emerging Talent
Joop Swart Master Class Nomination
2010 - Lens Culture International Exposure Awards, 3rd Prize
Prix Pictet Nomination
2009 - T.C. Colley Scholarship Award for Excellence in Photography, RISD
2008 - RISD Graduate Photography Fellowship
2007 - European Prize of Architectural Photography, Commendation
Public Collections
Centre National de l’Audiovisuel, Photography Arcive Luxembourg, LU
Raymond Learsy and Melva Bucksbaum Collection, Sharon, CT
RISD Archive - Special Collection, Providence, RI
University of Applied Siences, Department of Design, Munich, Germany
Geschichtswerkstatt Neuhausen, Munich, Germany
Professional Experiences
2010 till now - Freelance photographer and artist
2012 - Missouri Photo Workshop, Troy, MO
2010 - Eddie Adams Workshop XXIII, Jeffersonville, NY
2009 - Festival Descubrimientos PhotoEspaña, Madrid, Spain
2007 - Two month worked and lived in the Republic of Georgia
Workshop with Photographer, Writer, Critic Alan Cohen, Munich, Germany
2005 - Five month worked and lived in Calcutta, India
2002 - Design Intern at Waechter & Waechter, Communication Design Company, Munich, Germany
Teaching Experiences
2025 - Photography Workshop, Lopé National Park, Gabon, Central Africa
2016 - Visual Storytelling Workshop, emerg'e Berlin, Germany
2010 - 2016 Photography Teacher for non-profit organization fresh art and non-profit organization Rehabilitation Through Photography
Photography Workshops at Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
2012 - Guest Lecture for Ostkreuzschule, New York, NY
2011 - Photo Workshop, Washington Irving High School, New York, NY
2009 – 2008 Teacher Assistant for Advanced Digital Photography and Art and Design Collaboration at RISD, Providence, RI
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Eager to address human needs and to give voice to those living on the margins of society and those not heard in their communities, her work is comprehensive yet conscientious.
Summer’s work has been nationally and internationally published and recognized. In 2012 Schilt Publishing published her book Jennifer’s Family. Her images have been exhibited internationally and are collected by museums and art dealers such as Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy.
Group Exhibitions / Screenings
2025 - CIVILIZATION, Kunsthalle München, Germany
2022 - IN WAVES #womenincovid, Berlin and Telliskivi Creative City, Tallinn, Estland
2021 - HOMO POESIE, Kunsttempel Kassel, Germany
2017 - Global Control and Censorship - Border Flights, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
Faces of Halsnøy Island, Sunnhordland Museum, Halsnøy, Norway
Gwanghwamun International Art Festival, Sejong Museum of Art, Gongju, South Korea
2016 - 2017 The Fence, Brooklyn (NY), Boston (MA), Atlanta (GA), Houston (TX), Santa Fe (NM), Durham (NC), and Denver (CO), USA
Border Walks, The Photographic Art Fair Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia
2015 - Water Memory, Space Debris Art, Istanbul, Turkey
Eyes on Main Street, Historic Downtown Wilson, North Carolina
2014 - P/ART producers art fair, Phenox-Hallen Hamburg- Harbourg, Germany
2013 - The Russian Moment – 20 World’s Leading Photographers’ Expedition in Russia, Alexander Garden and the Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Distaff Side, The Granary, Sharon, CT
2011 - All Your Art Are Belong to Us, The Active Space, Brooklyn, NY
A different Luxembourg, Centre Culturel de Rencontre Abbaye de
Neumünster, Luxembourg, LU
Video Respect Goes a Long Way, Screening at 1st International Photography Festival, Bursa, Turkey
Pusan World Open Art Festival, Pusan Culture Center Grand Museum,
Pusan, South Korea
Lens Culture International Exposure Awards, Spéos Gallery, Paris, France
VII Gallery, New York, NY and Gallery 291, San Francisco, CA
2010 - BunDang International Art Show – An Aesthetics of Unity, Seong Nam Art Center, Sunae Dong, South Korea
Feeling Nature: 7th Gongju International Art Festiva, Limlip Art Museum,
Gongju, South Korea
RISD 2010 Photography MFA Graduate Show, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA
Danziger Projects, New York, NY
Thesis Show 2010, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI
Gwanghwamoon International Art Festival 2010, Sejong Culture Center,
Seoul, South Korea
Face on the Bar Room Floor, Gelman Gallery, Chace Center, Providence, RI
Five by Seven: MFA Photography Biennial, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2009 - Heimat auf Zeit: Fotografien aus den Rummelsberger Anstalten,
German Society of Christian Art Gallery, Munich, Germany
Mountain – Water – Human: 6th Gongju International Art Festival, Limlip Art Museum, Gongju, South Korea
EXPOSURE: The 14th Annual PRC Juried Exhibition, Photographic
Resource Center, Boston, MA
Everything is Fine / The Market is Fine, RISTIE’S Gallery, Providence, RI
Facing Expectations + Dwelling Places, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
North American Graduate Art Survey, Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2008 - Photo Triennial Exhibition, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Beam me up, House of Presence, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, Germany
European in Munich, Münchner Kommunalreferat, Munich, Germany
Mein Lieblingsplatz / My Favorite Place, European Architectural Photography Prize Exhibition, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Architekturzentrum Kassel, Photokina Cologne, Germany
2007 - Megobrebi! Searching for the Future, University of Applied Sciences, Munich, Germany
2006 - Schau mich an, Regarde-moi, University of Applied Sciences, Munich, Germany, and Ecole de Condé de Lyon, France
Umherschweifen und Wildern, School of Art and Design, Zurich, Switzerland
2005 - Das Eigene Sehen – Fotografische Empfindungen, Technikzentrum, University of Applied Sciences, Munich, Germany
Ich mag es wenn das Licht angeht, Kulturzentrum Giesinger Bahnhof, Munich, Germany
2003 - Nymphenburger Strasse, Geschichtswerkstatt und Kulturreferat, Munich, Germany
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