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

2025
Four Winds
Photobook
Handmade Offset Prints
(64 Pages, thread-sewn)
Edition of 50

2021
Rebuilding Bhuj
Photobook
Softcover, Handmade Offset Prints
(64 Pages, thread-sewn)
Edition of 50

2019
After Red, Yellow & Blue
(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
(2 × 90 photographs from Venice and Modena)

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

2015
Altius, Citius, Fortius,
7 Handmade Offset Prints
(60 × 90 cm)
Edition of 5

2014
Concrete Remains
Softcover, FM Offset
(64 pages, 19.5 × 27 cm, thread-sewn)
Edition of 250

2013
Embassies
Handmade Offset Prints
(70 × 100 cm)
Edition of 5

2011
Virage
(9 Inkjet Prints, 20 × 30 cm)

2011
Arcades
(Laser Copy, 19 × 28.5 cm)
Edition of 10

2010
Copies
(Book with 500 original A3 Xerox copies)

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 UG
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
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
together with University of Arts and Sciences
Nagoya, Japan (G)

2010
Copies
Galerie Capitalgold
Düsseldorf, Germany (G)