+49 151 240 941 35
mail@patrickslesiona.de
@patrickslesiona

Photographer with a background in photojournalism and documentary photography — studied Visual Journalism at Hochschule Hannover, worked as a staff photographer at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and stern magazine. Now based in Hamburg, I freelance as a portrait and documentary photographer as well as a visual journalist for newspapers, magazines, agencies, and companies. Always curious about new projects — feel free to get in touch anytime.

Selected Awards & Exhibitions

2025 | "Station 67", Hansel-Mieth-Preis 

2024 | "stern - Stipendium" 

2024 | "MTTWBWA", VG-Bild-Kunst 

2023 | "Maybe Tomorrow There Will Be War Again" VGH Preis 2023, Honorable Mention, GAF Galerie für Fotografie, Hannover

2023 | "MTTWBWA", Hamburg Portfolio Review, FREELENS Galerie, Hamburg

2023 | "MTTWBWA“,  B.A. Visual Journalism & Documentary Photography, GAF Galerie für Fotografie, Hochschule Hannover

2023 | TruePicture, Nomination

2023 | Canon Student Development Programme, Girona/Perpignan 2023

2023 | "Blaue Flecken", DUMMY AWARD 2023, Shortlist

2014 | "Zwei Seiten", Multimedia Award, LUMIX Festival for Young Photojournalism, Hannover

2014 | Staff Photographer at Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 

Selected Clients 

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, F.A.Z.-Magazin, Süddeutsche Zeitung, SZ Magazin, DER SPIEGEL, DIE ZEIT, Zeit Wissen, 11 Freunde, LeMonde, Stern, Manager Magazin, Capital, Focus, DONNA, TAZ, Surprise, WOZ, fluter, Vice, WirtschaftsWoche, ZDF, wdv Verlag, Deutsche Bundesbank, Google, TÜV SÜD, DBMobil

Foundations & NGOs

Robert Bosch Stiftung, Volkswagen Stiftung, Goethe Institut, Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Bildungsstätte Anne Frank e.V.

Agencies

muehlhausmoers, SZ Scala, territory, Getty Images, Nur Photo Agency