Juliane Herrmann

In the last years she has been curating photography exhibitions as Facing Gender – f2 Fotofestival, in the Kulturort Depot, Dortmund, (2021) and Beyond III – [post]koloniale Gegenwart, in the Altes Pfandhaus, Köln (2021).

• Name — Juliane Herrmann • Born — 28 April 1989 • Birthplace — Jena, German Democratic Republic • Field — Photography • Training — AKV St. Joost, Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts • Works — Man among Men • Elected — FREELENS e.V. board member, Female Photoclub e.V. board member

Herrmann's visual research focuses on closed group identities. She works with the stereotypical image on those groups to create a deeper analysis by mean of humanistic documentary photography. She started working on German student fraternities known as Studentenverbindung, for example at Corps Saxonia Jena, one of the German Student Corps in Jena. Her most recognized work is "Man among Men" a visual approach to Freemasonry in an international context. It shows portraits of Freemasons, photographs of their lodges and rituals, including ordinary pictures of the daily life in the lodges and the regular activities of the Freemasons, documented during 5 years of research. Herrmann's work was published as a book in 2017 for the 300-year jubilee of modern Freemasonry, being controversial discussed within Freemasonry as it may have revealed many of its secrets. Nevertheless, as Herrmann's work was published by the magazine of the German national weekly newspaper Die Zeit in 2015, it was described by freimaurer-wiki.de, a website affiliated with the Freemason community, as a "clear up of outdated prejudices." Since 2018 she is working with Scout groups in Germany, following them in summer camps, assemblies, hikes and big events such as the 24th World Scout Jamboree. A selection of pictures of scouts from different countries was exhibit in the MOUNTAINVIEW Gallery of Kunstraum Fuhrwerkswaage in Cologne, in 2021.