Peter Funch

Peter Funch, born in 1974 in Denmark, is a photographer whose work exists in a space where time feels suspended. Currently based in Paris, he has also lived and worked in New York for thirteen years, developing a practice that intertwines social commentary, cinematic storytelling, and a keen observational eye. Graduating as a photojournalist from the Danish School of Journalism in 1999, Funch has consistently explored the interplay between human behaviour, narrative, and temporality.

His projects often inhabit multiple registers simultaneously, from social sculpture and portraiture to time-based art, producing images that feel at once contemporary and timeless. Through both still and motion work, he constructs perceptive visual stories that reflect on humanity, existence, and the Anthropocene, all while maintaining a distinctive Nordic calm and dry humour. Exhibiting internationally and working across books, editorial, and advertising, Funch combines technical precision with poetic resonance, inviting viewers into worlds that are quietly profound, meticulously observed, and endlessly engaging.

Born 1974 in Denmark
Lives and works in Paris, France


EDUCATION

Photojournalist, The Danish School of Media and Journalism, Denmark, 1999

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025

Baldwin Gallery, Tennessee State
University, US

Double Mirror, Project Pressure presents Peter Funch & Klaus Thymann, Le
Biclore – Maison du Danemark, Paris, France

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, Danish Architecture Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

2024

The Imperfect Atlas, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark 

2021

Compositions, V1 Gallery II, Copenhagen, Denmark

Screen Time from Robert
and Renee Drake Collection, Samek Art Museum, Lewisburg PA, US

 2020

42nd and Vanderbilt (public installation), Fondation Vevey Ville D’images, Switzerland 

2019

42nd and Vanderbilt (public installation), CONTACT Photography Festival, Toronto, Canada

2018

42nd and Vanderbilt,
Eighteen, Copenhagen, Denmark

2014


Last Flight: An
American Anthology, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2013

The New Street Types of New
York, Alice Austen House, New York, USA

2011

Babel Tales Redux, V1 Gallery, New York (KWPF Space),
USA

Babel Tales, Book Launch,
Invisible Exports, New York, USA

2010

Babel Tales, Colette, Paris, France

Babel Tales Addendum,
V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Danish Diaries, The Danish Pavilion, Shanghai, China 

2009

Dream Amsterdam
Foundation, Dream Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Babel Tales, Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands

2008

The Eye of the Beholder, A Solo Project at Voltashow
Art Fair, New York, USA

2007

Patent
& Varemærkestyrelsen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Babel
Tales, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2003

Las Vegas - Made by
Man, Gallery Kling & Bang, Reykjavik, Iceland

Las Vegas - Made by Man, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen,
Denmark

SELECTED GROUP
EXHIBITIONS

2025

Fortune Teller, V1
Gallery, Copenhagen, DK

Photos on Fridges,
Harkawik Gallery, New York City, US

Landscapes, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen , DK

Tiny Vices archive
20th-anniversary exhibition curated by Tim Barber, The Hole, NYC, US

2023

a touch of playfulness, Stiftung Reinbeckhallen, Berlin, Germany

Meltdown: A Visualization of Climate Change, Kühlhaus Berlin, Berlin,
Germany

INDEX NATURAE, Omnefest 2023, Castelfranco Veneto, Giorgione, Italy

2022

Meltdown: A Visualization of Climate Change, Whirinaki Whare
Taonga, New Zealand

Meltdown: A Visualization of Climate Change, Nelson Provincial Museum Pupuri Taonga O Te Tai Ao, New Zealand

2021

In Reality – Fotografisk
Center 25 Years, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

Go, Sophienholm,
Sophienholm, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

42nd and Vanderbilt
(group exhibition), The National Collection Of Photography, The Royal Library,
Copenhagen, Denmark

Lumiere Nordiques (group
exhibition), Abbaye Jumieges, Jumieges, France

Meltdown: A Visualization
of Climate Change, Museum And Galleries Of Ljubljana Institute, Slovenia

2020

Babel Tales, part of Street. Life.
Photography, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland

The Imperfect Atlas,
part of Fotobokfestival Oslo 2020, Oslo, Norway

The Imperfect Atlas,
part of Project Pressure at Landskrona Photo Festival, Landskrona, Sweden

42nd and Vanderbilt, part of A History Of Photography: Daguerreotype To
Digital, V&A, London, UK

Meltdown: Visualizing Climate Change, Horniman Museum, London, UK

MINE IV, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

 2019

Bad Moon Rising, Paris Photo, Chris Duncan &
Peter Funch, V1 Gallery, Grand Palais, Paris, France

MINE III, V1 Gallery,
Copenhagen, Denmark 

Street. Life. Photography, Kunst Haus Wien, Wien, Austria

Meltdown – A visualization of Climate Change, Project Pressure, Natural
History Museum, Wien, Austria

The Danish Photo Book 1919 – 2019, Malmö Kunsthall, Malmö, Sweden

2018

Triennial of Photography, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany

Photography To End All Photography, Photobiennalen, Brandts, Odense, Denmark

Face To Face, The Ruth Youth Wing, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

2017

Ramt Af Byen, Danish
Architecture Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark

2016    

Friendships, Nivaagaards
Museum, Nivå, Denmark

2015

Hamster and Hipster – The Aesthetics
of the Mobile Phone, Museum Angewandte kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2014

New York, New York, Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg,
Denmark

Volta, V1 Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

2013

Summer Reading, The Hole,
New York, USA

State of The Art, Copenhagen
Photo Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark

2012

Tonight We Won’t Be Bored,
V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Terra
Cognita Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen/Oranjewoud. Photofestival Noorderlicht

PARATY EM FOCO photo festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Paper Match Halmlageret/Carlsberg, Copenhagen Denmark

Hello Materials, Danish Design Center,
Copenhagen, Denmark

An Øje for The Hole, The Hole, New York, USA

Mods vs. Rockers, The Essential Collection & V1 Gallery, Brooklyn NY, USA

Broken Language, Armory Show New York, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Continental Drift, Volta8 Basel, Switzerland

2011

Ny Dank Fotografi, Fotografisk Center,
Copenhagen

LIVING Frontiers of
Architecture III and IV 2011 at LOUISIANA, Denmark

Volta, V1 Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

OneShot,
Kunstpakhuset, Ikast, Denmark

WHAT’S HE BUILDING IN THERE? Fuse Gallery, New York.

The Eye is a lonely Hunter: Images of Humankind, 4.
Fotofestival Mannheim Ludwigshafen Heidelberg

Role and Ritual, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany

The Practice of Everyday Life, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Germany

2010

NEW WORK NEW YORK, Tiny Vices, New York

Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark

Gallery, Contemporanea Granada, Spain.

OneShot, Allmänna Galleriet 925, Stockholm, Sweden

Volta 6 Basel, Switzerland

Art Copenhagen, Denmark

2009

OneShot, Werkstette Copenhagen

Art Copenhagen, Denmark

Volta5 Basel, Switzerland

Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

2008

The Destruction of
Atlantis, Union Gallery, London, UK

Fogtdals
Fotografpriser 2008, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

Charlotte Fogh Contemporary, Aarhus, Denmark

Art Copenhagen, Denmark

Voltashow Basel,
Switzerland

Voltashow, The Eye of the Beholder, a Solo Project Art
Fair, New York, USA

2007

Spitting Image, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Zoo Art Fair London, UK

Art Copenhagen, Denmark

Preview Berlin, Germany

Voltashow Basel, Switzerland

2006

DNA (Diesel New Art),
Winners exhibited in Denmark, Sweden and Norway

There is a U in Us, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Preview Berlin, Germany

Art Copenhagen, Denmark

2005

Random Happenings, V1
Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Face to Face - New Portraits, Lumas, Berlin, Germany

Art Copenhagen, Denmark

2004

A Celebration of Rebellion, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen,
Denmark

Art Copenhagen, Denmark

2003

Foam Photography Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2001

On Contempo, Kunsthallen, Copenhagen, followed in Zing
Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

EinZweiDrei.com in Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen with
the project Crossin Red Town

Crossing Red Town, Arles Photo Festival, France

Crossing Red Town, Gallerie d'Essai, France

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS 

2018

Direktør Einar Hansen & hustru fru Vera
Hansens Fonds ´Kunst-, Design- og Arkitekturpris´ (Art, Design and architecture price)

2008

Palle Fogtdals Photo Award, Copenhagen, Denmark

2006

New Photographers 2007, curated by Lewis Blackwell

Winner of Diesel New Art in the Photo category

2003

Student at the 10th annual World Press Photo Joop
Swart Masterclass, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Finalist at SXSW Web Awards

2002

1st prize from Danish School of Journalism with
portraits from World Trade Center, Aarhus, Denmark

2001

1st prize, Best in
open Class in Danish Press Photo of the year, with the portraits from World
Trade Center

Crossing Red Town, awarded at the Arles Photo
Festival, France

2000

1st prize in best photojournalist project of the year,
from The Danish School of Journalism

Awarded in open class for the project Crossing Red
Town, in Press Photo of the Year

1999

1st prize, Best Daily Picture in Danish Press Photo of
The Year

SELECTED PRESS

 2025

Peter Funch: The Photographer of Modern Life, Mette
Sandbye in Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, At Last Books, 2024

Review of Book and Exhibition, Tomorrow and
Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Torben Weirup in Kristeligt Dagblad, 2024

Interview and the making of Tomorrow and
Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Paris 2024

2024

Portfolio in Photonews, DE with text by Florian
Ebner, Issue nr.2/24, 2024

À New York, Peter Funch humanise les foules,
Fisheye Magazine, 2024

Catalog text for The Imperfect Atlas at
Fotografisk Center by Laura Ifversen, Peter Funch, 2024 

2023

Rough Version with Peter Funch An interview with
Francesca Gavin in the style of Rough Version on NTS, At Last Books, 2023

2021

Peter Funch, The Imperfect Atlas, James
Cockroft, 2021

 2020

Peter Funch, The
Imperfect Atlas, review in Collector Daily

The Nearest Truth Ep.
28, podcast interview with

Street, Life, Photography, Kunsthaus Vienna, Vienna [Catalogue]

2019

Conversation Between Peter Funch and William Pym,
Berlin / London, Via Email, October 8-14

The Imperfect Atlas, published by TBW Books and V1 Gallery, ISBN 978-1-942953-42-5

2018

Motivation
For Director Einar Hansen And Wife Vera Hansen’s Foundations Annual Art, Design
And Architecture Award Nov 2018

Review Of 42nd And Vanderbilt By Jörg M. Colberg, Conscientious Photo Magazine
2018

Review Of 42nd And Vanderbilt By Teju Cole, New York Times Magazine Mar 2018

Portfolio Of 42nd And Vanderbilt In Politiken Mar. 2018

Review Of 42nd And Vanderbilt Exhibition At Eighteen Gallery By Mette Sandbye,
Weekendavisen Mar. 2018

Review Of The Book 42nd And Vanderbilt In Bomb Magazine Jan. 2018

Interview 42nd And Vanderbilt At Art, Das Kunstmagazine Feb. 2018

Interview 42nd And Vanderbilt At Der Spiegel Jan. 2018

2017

Mention
42nd And Vanderbilt In Focus Magazine, Issue 23, 2017

Interview 42nd And Vanderbilt At Itsnicethat.com Oct. 2017

Portfolio The Imperfect Atlas Osmos Magazine Cover Issue 11 & Portfolio
Issue 12, 2017

42nd
and Vanderbilt, published by TBW Books, ISBN 978-1-942953-31-9

2015

Expedition
Mt Baker, PDN Magazine,

Portfolio, M. Le magazine du Monde 10 pages.

Profile At Kunsten.nu By Bodil Johanne Monrad. Artist Of The Week Jan 2015

Interview Paper Journal Oct. 2015

2014

Studies of Last Flight, published by Études Books N°10,
ISBN 978-2-36962-004-4

Mt. Baker’s Shrinking Glaciers, Portfolio, New
Yorker, November, 2014

Paper Journal Best Of Instagram Vol. 1, Editor
& Design: Patricia Karallis

Peter Funch: Last Flight, Interview In Vice by
Matthew Leifheit 03/07 2014

World atlas of Street photography, Thames &
Hudson. Release Oct. 2014

From Steel to Silver, Information, Review by
Rune Gade, p16-17.

Talk Magazine, The reality issue, interview Issue 28.
p.30-39

The Room Magazine, The journey, Portfolio,
p.74-77

Album, Monograph, Morel Books

World atlas of Street photography, Thames &
Hudson. Release Oct. 2014

Talk Magazine, The reality issue, Issue 28

Text For Studies Of Last Flight By William Pym 2014

2013

Peter Funch and the constructed moment, Interview,
http://www.inthein-between.com

An Introduction To Triptychs: Version 01, Edition of 30 zines

Peter Funch – Step, Repeat, End. Text by Richard
Rhodes, Next Level Magazine no. 23 / Copenhagen Issue

2012

Terra Cognita Catalog,
Noorderlicht Photofestival, Aurora Borealis, ISBN/EAN: 978-90-76703-48-0

Peter Funch: Men in The Mirror Part V, Lemon Magazine
no. 5, King of Pop Issue

Aggregation Moment, Surface China Magazine, Issue 40

O Acaso Pensado do fotógrafo Peter Funch, O Globo,
page 4.

Obras do acaso, Fohla de Sao Paulo

2011

The New Yorker
26.10.11 Babel Tales Redux exhibition review

TIME.com 21.09.11 Interview
and exhibition feature

The New Yorker
12.09.11 Babel Tales Redux exhibition write up

The Eye is a Lonely Hunter: Images of Humankind, 4.
Fotofestival Mannheim Ludwigshafen Heidelberg. Published by Kehrer. ISBN
978-3-86828-240-5

LIVING: Frontiers of Architecture III-IV, Louisiana
Museum of Modern Art, Page 186. ISBN 987-87-91607-93-6

New York: A Photographer's City. Edited by Marla
Hamburg Kennedy and published by Rizzoli.

ISBN:
978-0-8478-3584-3

2010

Babel Tales, V1
Gallery & Peter Funch

Street photography Now published by Thames and Hudson.
Edited by Sophie Howarth and Stephen

McLaren

Interview Juxdapoz, Issue #113 June 2010

2009

Art World Magazine Issue 11, 4 pages

Interview In New York Times “Amsterdam Diaries” June 2009

It's nice that Magazine Issue 2, 8 pages

Wired Magazine UK "Perfect Timing is an art' 2
pages

VPRO Dutch magazine Cover

DeTelegraaf Interview “Foto’s Peter Funch op derde
Dream Amsterdam – Het ballet van Fietsen” 1/4 page

DeVolkskrant debate “collectiet stadsgedrag” 1 page

Bright.nl “Straatbeeld” Juni-july issue 2 pages

Time out Amsterdam July “The hot seat” Interview 1
page

NRC NEXT “Levens die elkaar kort kruisen”
interview 2 pages

NRC
Handelsbladet Culture “Op Zoek naar de kleine afwijking” Interview Cover and 2
pages

Hetparool Kunst og Media “Spelen met de
Amsterdamse werkelijkheid” 2 pages

Adformatie “De waarheid van Peter Funch”
august issue 3 pages

MS Berlingske “Hvad Øjet ser” 2 pages

The book Babel Tales with 40 images to be published by
Chris Boot LTD

2008

Next Level Edition 14 White Issue 6 Pages

Politiken Magasinet, 6 pages

Art World Review Exhibitions Armory Tweak p. 123

10 Paper - London, UK

2007

Berlinske Tidende 12.04.07 review by Torben Weirup

Politiken 06.04.07 2 pages and cover on culture
section

2006

British Journal of
Photography, New Photographers 2007, 6 pages

The Independent 26.06.06, New Photographers 2007, 6
pages

2005

Represented in web design portfolio by Taschen

British Journal of Photography 6 pages and coverstory

2004

Leica photograpie International #4, 3 pages

1999

Released the book Et Andet Sted Hen for HT
(Hovedstadens trafikselskab) with Uffe Larsen as text writer

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Victoria & Albert, London, (UK)

The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen,
(DK)

West Collection (US)

Reinhardhallen,
Berlin, (DE)

New York Public Library (NYPL) Print
Collection, New York, (US)

West Collection, Collegeville, PA, (US)

Nykredit
Collection (DK)

Jens-Peter
Brask Collection (DK)

Statoil
Art Collection (NO)

The
Drake Family Collection (NL)

SELECTED EDITORIAL
WORK

The New
Yorker

New York Times Magazine

New York Magazine

Time magazine

Fast Company, Next Level

Adbuster, Neon

Big Magazine

Intersection Magazine

Kilimanjaro Magazine

S Magazine

Garage
Magazine

Numero
Magazine

V Magazine