Climate Realities – Stories From a Changing World

This year’s Hamburg Portfolio Review (HPR) exhibition brings together international photographic works that address the visible and invisible consequences of climate change, the loss of biodiversity, the social challenges of ecological transformation, and the fragile symbiosis between humanity and nature. The works open a dialogue between global perspectives and local realities – portraying environmental crises, human resistance, and visionary ideas for the future.

Selected from 1,438 submissions from 98 countries to the HPR 2025, the sixteen featured photographers present a wide range of visual strategies: from longterm documentary projects and investigative reportage to poetic and conceptual approaches.

Photo: Mas Agung Wilis Yudha Baskoro

This is a subject that is anything but "someday" – yet on the international political stage, it still receives far too little attention. While decision-makers postpone and dilute action, these images document what is already reality: destroyed ecosystems, shifting livelihoods, endangered species, and people who resist, adapt, and survive.

With works of: Mahdi Barchian (Iran), Mas Agung Wilis Yudha Baskoro (Indonesia), Nicholas Bosoni (Italy), Fabio Cian (Italy), Maíra Erlich (Brazil), Jasper Hill (Germany), Telke Jungjohann (Germany), Jaakko Kahilaniemi (Finland), Skander Khlif (Tunisia), Paloma Laudet (France), Lee-Ann Olwage (South Africa), Francis Ogunyemi (Nigeria), Axel Javier Sulzbacher (Germany), Marina Sycheva (Russia), Lana Tannir (Croatia), Thomas Victor (Germany)

Curated by Nina Röder and David Kern