Kristin Schnell is a German, baltic sea-based photographer who creates artificial sceneries for her birds to perform on.

In her pictures, she presents birds, animals, and their captivity as a symbol of the cage that she, and humans in general, tend to put themselves in. The intention of the work is to show the complex and impactful relationship between humans and animals.

Schnell is an active member of the Künstlerbund Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Recent exhibitions include the Center for photographic art (2022), FMoPA (2021), Gallery huit Arles (2021) and in summer 2022 she had her first solo exhibition at the Photo Triennale Hamburg.

Kristin Schnell has worked as a freelance photographer since 1995. She participated in the Lensculture Masterclass (2019/2020). Since then she has been nominated and received several awards such as: Aesthetica Art Price (longlisted 2022) IPA 3rd winner (animals/pets 2021), Life Framer winner (Animal Kingdom, 2020), PX3 Prix de la photographie Paris (Gold and Bronze, 2020). In 2021 she took part in the International Photography Competition at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts (3rd place winner) and was a finalist of the Fresh 21 (Klompching Gallery, New York 2021). Her photos were created in real time and were not subsequently constructed at the computer. Her work has been featured at the Stern Magazin, Brigitte Wir, Geo, Zeit, ProfiFoto Magazin, Lensculture and Humble Arts Foundation.