Roland Groebe

Roland Groebe is a German street photographer, living and working in Berlin.
Born in 1964, Roland came to photography later than most. He studied as a Mechanical Engineer. Having had a successful career in business, he started photographing the streets of Berlin in 2005.

He specialized in street photography, primarily focussing on the relationship between people, the city, disposed goods, and street signs. His shots are meant to connect the dots: What is the underlying code of interaction, how do we communicate with the world that surrounds us, both openly and subconsciously?

Roland Groebe often summarises his work under a common theme, e. g. tattoes, faces, or street. Roland Groebe’s street scene looks like a timeless classic that could’ve been already featured by magnum in the 60s.

As a freelance photographer, Roland works on the street on a variety of stories which focus on political, cultural and emotional isolation, alienation, loneliness, racism and discrimination.

His award winning captures are a bright mixture between vivid colors and contrasty black and white photos. He is “hunting” in the urban jungle for more than ten years and his instinct for motifs, contrasts and image composition is striking out in his captures...

His work was published at The Eye Photo Magazine, Stern Magazine, art-Das Kunstmagazin, National Geographic and We Street 2015 – Street Photography Book, WSP World Street Photography Book 2018.

He won the reader’s choice award of art-Das Kunstmagazin 2015.

We Street 2015 – Street Photography Book
Tokyo International Photo Award -2017 Honorable Mention Winner
WSP World Street Photography Book 2018.
MonoVisions Photography Award -2018 Honorable Mention Winner
Best Author Exhibit Around Short Street Stories Trieste Photo Days - Italy 2019
Finalist The Independent Photographer "Street" in 2019
Finalist German Street Photography Festival Hamburg 2019
ipa International Photography Awards - 2019 Honorable Mention Winner
Monochrome Photography Award -2019 Honorable Mention Winner
Monochrome Photography Award -2020 Honorable Mention Winner

Group Exhibitions
“Berlin 1020 Collective”, Alghero Street Photography Awards, Alghero, Italy 2018
Different Exhibitions at Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greek 2018
German Street Photography Festival Hamburg 2019