Johannes Ernst is a photographer and book designer based in Leipzig.
His work focuses on architecture and the built environment through photographic series and publications.
Works & Publications

2025
Four Winds, Photobook (Handmade Offset Print, 64 Pages, Edition of 50)

2021
Rebuilding Bhuj, Book publication, 2021 (Handmade Offset Print, 64 Pages, Edition of 50)

2019
After Red, Yellow & Blue, Ahmedabad; light box, Duratrans print, 60 × 40 cm

2018
Verso, 30 Handmade Offset Prints in a case, 28 × 42 cm, Edition of 5

2018
Scarpa / Rossi, Double projection, 180 photographs from Venice and Modena (G)

2016
Statement of Place, 9 C-prints, 20 × 30 cm

2015
Altius, Citius, Fortius, photographic study of the Olympic complex, Athens; 7 handmade offset prints, 60 × 90 cm, edition of 5

2014
Concrete Remains, Book (Black-and-white FM offset, 64 pages, 19.5 × 27 cm, Ed. 250)

2013
Embassies, photographic study of former embassy buildings in Bonn, examining architecture, national identity, and political representation; handmade black-and-white offset prints, 70 × 100 cm

2011
Virage, 9 inkjet prints, 20 × 30 cm

2011
Arcades, Edition of 10, laser copy, 19 × 28.5 cm

2010
Copies, Book with 500 original A3 Xerox copies, unique work

Exhibitions

2025
Casual Collaborations, Forum für Kunst und Architektur, Essen, Germany (G)

2024
Transfer, HGB Leipzig, AdBK Nürnberg, AdBK München, Germany (G)

2022
Jahresgaben, F.A.K. – Förderverein Aktuelle Kunst, Münster, Germany (G)

2021
Rebuilding Bhuj, India, Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany (S)

2020
Responses, MMB Gallery, Mumbai, India (G)

2019
Moderne Ikonografie, Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, Germany (G)

2018
Verso, Diploma, HGB Gallery, Leipzig, Germany (S)

2017
Red Desert Now – 30 Artists and the Legacy of Michelangelo Antonioni, Photographische Sammlung, SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany (G)

2016
Red Desert Now – 30 Artists and the Legacy of Michelangelo Antonioni, Ospitale di Rubiera, Reggio Emilia, Italy (G)

2015
The Authorities Are Badly Informed, Galerie 3 Ringe, F/Stop Satellite, Leipzig, Germany (G)

2015
Irregular Moon, curated by Anna Voswinckel & Osservatorio Fotografico, Il Garage, Ravenna, Italy (G)

2014
1 Tisch 4 Bücher und Fotografie, Das Japanische Haus, Leipzig, Germany (G)

2013
The City as a Dimension, HGB Gallery, Leipzig, Germany, with University of Arts and Sciences, Nagoya, Japan (G)

2010
Copies, Galerie Capitalgold, Düsseldorf, Germany (G)