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About Nico Trinkhaus

Photographs
to remember

Nico Trinkhaus (Berlin, 1988 → Lisbon) is an award-winning landscape and cityscape photographer whose work has been exhibited across Europe. Through workshops and writing, he teaches photographers to cultivate a personal visual style and a more intentional practice. 

He describes himself as a photographer with aphantasia – “mind-blindness,” the inability to form mental images. Photography is both memory and a way to share the places and emotions he encounters.

Nico Trinkhaus

Nico Trinkhaus was born with the inability to “see” his memories and visualisation. It is why photography became the only way to recall vivid pictures of places he saw and the emotions they evoked.

Nico was born in 1988 in Berlin, Germany. Since his early years, he has been drawn to photography and computer graphics. His mind convinced him to start International Business Studies, the heart, however, pushed him to the decision to become a professional photographer after his studies.

After “Thunderstorm at Alexanderplatz” (2013) gained wide attention and a Sony World Photography Awards nomination, Nico’s work reached a broader audience. Since then he has received multiple international awards and is recognised within the travel-photography community.

Themes: Timeless Travel · Europe’s heritage · First Light.

Global
Recognition

Awarded across Europe and the US (EPE, NY, MUSE, Epson Pano, IPA). Exhibited at Lisbon Airport, the Royal Danish Theatre (Copenhagen Photo Festival), Somerset House (London) and more.

Selected
Awards

  • 2025 – Platinum, Gold & Honorable Mentions – European Photography Awards
  • 2025 – Silver & Bronze Winner – Master Photographers International, 10th Annual IIC
  • 2025 – Gold & Bronze Winner – WPE Awards, First Half
  • 2025 – Gold Winner – London Photography Awards
  • 2025 – Gold & Silver Winner – MUSE Photography Awards (USA)
  • 2024 – Gold Winner – European Photography Awards
  • 2024 – Silver Winner – Global Photography Awards
  • 2024 – Bronze Award – The Epson International Pano Awards (AUS)
  • 2024 – Honorable Mention – Budapest International Foto Awards
  • 2023 – Gold Winner – New York Photography Awards
  • 2023 – Platinum & Gold Winner – MUSE Photography Awards (USA)
  • 2023 – Honorable Mention – International Photography Awards
  • 2023 – Gold Winner – European Photography Awards
  • 2022 – 3rd place – International Photography Awards, Architecture (Industrial) category
  • 2022 – Gold Winner – European Photography Awards
  • 2022 – Silver Award – The Epson International Pano Awards (AUS)
  • 2022 – Silver Winner – Master Photographers International, 8th Annual IIC
  • 2022 – Silver Award – WPE Awards, Annual Final
  • 2022 – BronzeOne Eyeland World’s Top 10 Landscape Photographers
  • 2022 – Editor’s Pick – The Independent Photographer (FRA), Landscape Award
  • 2021 – Bronze WinnerMoscow International Foto Awards
  • 2021 – Honorable MentionPrix de la Photographie Paris
  • 2021 – Honorable Mention – International Photography Awards
  • 2021 – NomineeFine Art Photography Awards
  • 2018 – 2nd placeSociety of International Travel & Tourism Photographers (UK)
  • 2014 – CommendationSony World Photography Awards
As exhibited at Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport, 2025
  • 2025 –  Solo   – Lisbon, Portugal – Humberto Delgado Airport – Arte Institute – CORação – Colours of the Heart
  • 2025 – Group – Rome, Italy – Millepiani – LoosenArt – Rituals – Rome
  • 2025 – Group – Copenhagen, Denmark – The Royal Danish Theatre – Copenhagen Photo Festival – ‘Fremkaldelser | Into the Light’
  • 2025 – Group – Munich, Germany – Art Lab 2 – SPC Photo Awards – Munich
  • 2023 – Group – Poznań, Poland – Galeria Śluza – The power of an encounter. People who made Poznan.
  • 2023 – Group – Capbreton, France – Maison de l’Oralité et du Patrimoine-MOP – Regards Croisés : Nazaré – Capbreton
  • 2014 – Group – London, England – Somerset House – World Photo London

International
Exhibitions