​"Hey, I'm Kristian, professional photographer since 2008, I'll capture your beauty in artful images forever."

​​I have been honored and fortunate to have received the following awards:

  • ​Finalist "Deutschlands bester Fotograf", Kategorie "Ästhetischer Akt", 2010, 2011 und 2012 (Leserrang 1)
  • Sieger "Deutschlands bester Fotograf", Kategorie "black&white", 2012
  • nominiert für den internationalen "eros award 2011"
  • nominiert für den internationalen "black&white spider award", 2012
  • Doppel-Sieg beim internationalen "eros award 2012" 1. Platz in der Kategorie professional "erotic, provocative, sensual" und 1. Platz in der Kategorie professional "lines, curves, shapes"
  • nominiert für den internationalen "Photography Masters Cup 2013", Kategorie "Professional, Nude"
  • Sieger Leservoting "Akt und Erotik" digitalphoto 2013
  • nominiert für "Fotograf des Jahres 2013" (digitalphoto)
  • 3. Sieger ("honor of distinction", professionals) beim internationalen "black&white spider award", 2013
  • Goldmedaillen-Gewinner "Photo Art Championchip 2013"
    Finalist "Zebra Award (Black and White Photographer of the Year 2014, Fine Art)"
  • Platz 1 "Fotograf des Jahres 2014" (Akt & Erotik, digitalphoto)
  • 3fach Nominierung "black&white spider award", 2014, professionals nude
  • "IPA 2014", Fine Art Nudes Pro, Honorable Mention (International Photography Awards, 8-68936-14)
  • "ND awards" 2014, fine art nudes, Honorable Mention
  • "Monochrome Awards 2014", Professional Nudes, Honorable Mention
  • "Photoshoot Awards" 2015, Nudes, Honorable Mention
  • "Fine Art Photography Awards", 2015, 2nd winner in NUDES Professional
  • 2-fach nominiert für den "black&white spider award" 2015
  • "international photographer of the year 2015 (ipoty)" Honorable Mention, professionals nude
  • Nominee in Nude "black&white spider award" 2016
  • Winner "One Eyeland Photography Awards" 2016, Fine Art Nude Bronze
  • "10th International Color Awards", Honorable Mention, Nudes
  • "Monovisions Award 2017", Honorable Mention, Nudes
  • nominiert für "Black&White Spider Awards 2017", Nudes
  • 3rd Place Winner in Nudes Professional "CHROMATIC
  • INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2017"
  • Finalist "One Eyeland Photography Awards" 2018, Fine Art Nude
  • nominiert für "Black & White Spider Award", 2018
  • Gewinner "Germany´s TOP 10 Black & White Photographer nude2018" One Eyeland
  • Silber-Medaille "World´s TOP 10 Black & White Photographer nude 2018" One Eyeland
  • Gewinner GOLD-Medaille "TRIERENBERG SUPER CIRCUIT 2018, black&white"(weltweiter Wettbewerb mit 123.000 Fotos aus 117 Ländern; pro Fotograf*in/Kategorie maximal 4 Fotoeinreichungen)
  • Nominee at the "12th Annual International Color Awards", Nudes - Professional
  • "PhotoShoot Awards NUDE 2019": Finalist “urban nude” & Merits „body parts”
  • Winner "MonoVisions Black and White Photography Awards 2019", NUDE
  • nominiert für "Black & White Spider Awards, 2019 "nude professionals"
  • ​"One Eyeland Photography Award 2019" Bronze - Fine Art - Nudes, Professional
  • "13th Annual International Color Awards" Nominee in Nudes professional
  • "PhotoShoot Awards NUDE 2020": Finalist & Merits “urban nude”
  • "Fine Art Photography Awards", 2020, Nude professional finalist
  • Selected Photographer "Urban 2020 Photography Awards", street
  • Fotograf des Jahres 2020 "street" (digitalphoto), 2. Platz
  • 1. Platz "Germany´s TOP 10 black and white photographer 2020" One Eyeland
  • Silber-Medaille "World´s TOP-10 black and white photo contest 2020 - nude" One Eyeland
  • nominiert für ""Black & White Spider Awards, 2020 , nude professionals"
  • Bronze-Medaille "One Eyeland Awards - fine art nudes, 2020"
  • Silber-Medaille "One Eyeland Awards - fine art nudes, 2020"
  • "35awards" selected top photographer, street life in bright colors, 2021
  • Gewinner GOLD-Medaille "TRIERENBERG SUPER CIRCUIT 2021, streets&paths" (größter Wettbewerb der Welt mit 130.000 Fotos aus 120 Ländern; pro Fotograf*in/Kategorie maximal 4 Fotoeinreichungen)
  • Finalist "PhotoShoot Awards, NUDE 2021, body parts"
  • 1st place "6TH 35AWARDS, Nude 18+ - Viewers Choice, 2021" (unter 26.200 Fotograf*innen aus 173 Ländern)
  • Honorable Mention - Black & White Nude Photo of the Year 2021 "Monovisions Award 2021", Nude
  • 1st place - Black & White Nude Photo of the Year 2021 "Monovisions Award 2021", Nude
  • 1st place "One Eyeland Awards "Germany´s Top 10 Black & White Photographer 2021"
  • Silber-Medaille "One Eyeland Awards "WORLD´s Top 10 Black & White Photographer 2021, nude"
  • 2 fach Auszeichnung "Honorable Mention"
  • - " Black & White Spider Awards, 2021", nude professionals
  • Honorable Mention - "Chromatic Awards Photography 2021", nudes professionals
  • 2 x Bronze- Award "One Eyeland Awards - fine art nudes, professional 2021"
  • "best photographer - 35AWARDS - 2022", black & white nude
  • "great photographer - viewers choice 35AWARDS - 2022", 100 best photos
  • Nominee & honorable mention at the "15th Annual International Color Awards", Nudes - Professional 2022
  • 3fach Nominierung "Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA) 2021/2022 , nudes professional"
  • 1st place "MUSE photography awards 2022, nudes professional"
  • 2 photos "best of nomination - 7th 35AWARDS ", nudes
  • 4th place "100 best photos - 7th 35AWARDS ", nudes (unter 470.800 Fotos von 124.800 Fotografen)
  • 6th place "best photographers of the competition- 7th 35AWARDS -nude18+", (124.800 Fotografen aus 174 Ländern)
  • Platinum Winner "London Photography Awards 2022", nudes
  • Silver Award & Bronze Award "WPE Worldcup Photography Award, 1st half 2022", fine art nudes
  • 3x Platin & 5x Gold "European Photography Awards 2022"
  • Nominee at the "Black and White Spider Awards Awards", Nude - Professional 2022
  • Gold Award "New York Photography Awards 2022", professional nudes
  • 2 Bronze Awards "World´s Top 10 Photographer Black and White - One Eyeland 2022", nudes, professional
  • dodho nude photography awards 2022, finalist
  • Monochrome Awards 2022, nude, professional, honorable mention
  • Platinum Winner "MUSE Photography Awards 2023", nudes professional 
  • Nominee "Color Awards 2023", nudes professional
  • 3 Gold Awards "London Photography Awards 2023", nudes professional
  • Bronze Award "PX3 - Prix de la Photographie, Paris", fine art nudes
  • Platinum Award "European Photography Awards 2023", fine art nudes professional
  • "Great Photo Award 2023", honorable mention, nudes
  • "35awards - black and white nude 2023" best of contest
  • ​3 x "IPA 2023" Official Selection, 1 honorable mention, fine art nudes
  • 2nd winner and honorable mention, "Black & White Spider Awards", 2023", nude professionals
  • Finalist, World´s Top 10 Photographer Black and White - One Eyeland 2023", nudes professional
  • Gold-Award "One Eyeland Awards 2023 - fine art nudes, professional"
  • Nominee "Color Awards 2024", nudes professional
  • Gold Winner, "Global Photography Award 2024", professionals mix media

​Press reviews

​"A true master in the field of nude photography is photographer Kristian Liebrand. His work is characterized by unique creativity. There the nudity almost becomes a minor matter. His photography is extraordinary, his images leave room for the viewer's imagination."
stern-Magazin, 09/2017

"​Kristian Liebrand works with high artistic standards, to give expression to a woman. His works are a harmonious composition of light, shadow, creativity and unusual perspectives. perspectives. Stylishly he stages his models and creates thus worlds between elegant seduction and erotic charm - artistic light pictures light pictures, which captivate the viewer.“ 
just.bocholt-Magazin, 10/2010

 "​Kristian Liebrand is one of the best German nude photographers. A man with ideas, taste and feeling.“ 
Berliner Kurier, 07/2019

  "​Kristian Liebrand is a nude photographer from Bochum, who attracts attention not only with his professional professional works, but also with free projects, which he implements both creative as well as technical at the highest level."
digitalphoto Magazin, 10/2020

"​The nude photographer Kristian Liebrand has made a name for himself through his extraordinary image ideas made an international name [...]
are fabulous photographs that show a new, unprecedented facet of artistic nude photography." 
PRINZ-Magazin, 12/2011

Exhibitions

Aktfotograf Kristian Liebrand

Miscellaneous

  • ​born 1973
  • Wedding photographer from 2005 to 2008
  • Nude photo studio in Bocholt from 2008 to 11/2015
  • New building photo studio in Bochum, opened 01/2016
  • Publisher of various nude photography picture books.
  • private and commercial customers from all over Germany and abroad (Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, England...) 
  • founder of the charity projects "With a bathtub against poverty in Africa" and "Mutspenden - fight against blood cancer" as well as "www.nude-for-nature.de" (more than 35,000 € collected donations) 
  • bookable for photo shoots worldwide