You´re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn´t lose it.
Robin Williams
Exhibitions, Projects & Publications
Exhibitions 2026
01.-05.04.26
“Postcards: Images and Whispers”, Melina Cultural Center, Athens, Greece.
https://www.womensphotofestival.org
06.-08.03.26
Ikshana International Photography Festival, Kolkata, India.
https://www.pciphotography.com
23.01.-31.10.26
The Wall, 9th Edition. Paphos, Cyprus. Organized by the Cyprus Photographic Society.
Projects
13.09.25 24HourProject Ambassador for Düsseldorf, Germany.
30.08.2025 Büdchentag, Photographer for Büdchentag e.V. Düsseldorf, Germany.
03.04.-13.04.25 24HourProject Exhibition, tbd Kunstvilla, Hamburg-Altona, Germany.
Exhibitions 2025
01.10. - 31.12.25 Market Day,
Solo Exhibition, Café Krimphove, Münster
30.10. - 17.11.25 24HourProject Exhibition, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
24.10. - 24.11.25 Mexico Street Photo Fest, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
26.09. - 28.09.25 Rome Photo Lab Finalists Exhibition Villa Altieri, Rome
https://www.romephotolab.it/en/program
26.09. - 28.09.25 PSP Finalists Exhibition Villa Altieri, Rome
https://purestreetphotography.com/grant
05.09. - 25.09.25 Moments of Life.
Treviso Photographic Festival
https://www.trevisophotographicfestival.com
14.08. - 14.09.25 Parallel Worlds,
Bilker Bunker, Düsseldorf
20. - 27.06.25 In Search of the Light - Glimpses of Hope for Humanity. International Group Exhibition by Women Photographers, Paris, France.
13. - 14.06.25 FACES - The Contemporary Portrait. Palazzo Bovara, Milano, Italy.
09. - 11.05.25 Progressive Photography Show, International Group Exhibition, Livorno, Italy.
19.04. - 18.05.25 Seen by Her. A Women’s Street Photography Exhibition, Doss Photo Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Exhibitions 2024
27.12. - 30.12.24 Cities by Night - International Group Exhibition, Galleria dei Miracoli, Via Del Corso 528, Rome, Italy.
16. - 21.12.24 Krem de Photographie - International Group Exhibition, La Galerie Ephemere, 2 rue Paul Lafargue, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France.
25.10. - 03.11.24 Trieste Photo Days. International Photography Festival, Trieste, Italy.
24. - 25.08.24 Happening Happenstance - International group exhibition curated by Everything is Ephemere and Noice Magazine, ephemere gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
19.06. - 28.06.24 100 Years - 100 Women. A Street Photography Exhibition curated by Latife Baudet, Paris, France.
20.04. - 28.04.24 Familiar Strangers - Portrait Photography, International group exhibition, ephemere gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
28.02. - 05.03.24 Xposure International PhotographyFestival, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Exhibitions 2023
14.12. - 18.12.23 Effestival 4.0 Street Photography Festival, Anagni, Italy.
28.08. - 22.10.23 Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Unexposed Collective Exhibition, Ballarat, Australia
Festivals
06.-08.03.26 Ikshana International Photography Festival, Kolkata, India. www.pciphotography.com
09. - 11.05.25 Progressive Photography Show Livorno, Italy.
10.01. - 15.06.24 ProgresFestival 2024
https://www.progresfestival.com
Awards
Finalist Rome Photo Lab 2025
Finalist Pure Street Photography Grant 2025
Semi-Finalist Sony Alpha MXSPF Contest 2025
Honorable Mentions in the category Street Night Shot, Paris Street Photo Awards 2024
Honorable Mentions in the category Reflections, Paris Street Photo Awards 2023
Publications & Podcast
Books & Zines
The Theatre of Real Life, Vol. 26, Lichtblick School Cologne, 2025.
https://heyzine.com/flip-book/6d040750f4.html
Progressive Photography Show 2025, Hardy, Batsceba (publ.), Genova, Italy, 2025.
https://www.progressive-street.com/progressive-photography-showrayme
Anarchy No 2, Murayama, Anne (publ.), Tokyo, Japan, 2025.
https://www.ephemere.tokyo/publications/p/anarchy2
Familiar Strangers, Murayama, Anne (publ.), Tokyo, Japan, 2024.
https://everythingisephemere.com/products/p/familiar-strangers
Magazines
Special Edition - Street and Documentary Photography, Vol. 1- 2025, 08/2025.
“Im Gespräch mit Isabelle M. Coordes”, written by Bettina Kardell in: Meet the Street Magazin, 3/2025
https://www.meet-the-street-magazin.de/
The Female Gaze: Girl Gaze No. 6: On the Unique Vision of Female Photographers - Women on the Streets, written by Diana N. Jeon in: FRAME Magazine, published 29.10.24.
Discovering Hidden Visual Treasures, written by Isabelle Coordes in: Edge of Humanity Magazine, published 29.09.24.
https://www.edgeofhumanity.com
In-Visible Pain. A self-portrait, written by Melanie Megs in:
The Pictorial List, published 02.08.24.
https://www.thepictorial-list.com
In-Visible Pain. A Self Portrait, written by Isabelle Coordes in: ProgresFestival Magazine, published: 25.05.2024.
https://www.progresfestival.com/isabelle-coordes-self
Interview Series
“Urban Rhythms at Rimac River: Peruvian photographer Arturo Canedo captures the human beat in Downtown Lima”, written by Isabelle Coordes, in: ProgresFestival Magazine, 03.07.25.
https://www.progresfestival.com/streets-unleashed
“The human being has always been the focus of my photography.” A conversation with Tuna Angel” written by Isabelle Coordes, in: ProgresFestival Magazine, 17.06.25.
“Seeing Beyond the Obvious. A conversation with Wolfgang Zurborn” written by Isabelle Coordes. ProgresFestival Magazine, 24.04.25.
https://progresfestival.com/virtual-guests/
Features
In Amber Shades, Her Side of the Street 11/24. https://medium.com/her-side-of-the-street/in-amber-shades-a108eafdf311
French Connection, Her Side of the Street, 06/24.
https://medium.com/her-side-of-the-street/french-connection
Street Surprises, Her Side of the Street, 03/24.
https://medium.com/her-side-of-the-street/street-surprises-444dc3314f68
Street Shooters of February 2024, Street Photography Magazine, 02/24
https://streetphotographymagazine.com/street-shooters-of-february-2024/
You‘ve got a Message, Her Side of the Street, 12/23 https://medium.com/her-side-of-the-street/youve-got-a-message-b557f5d63291
Down Under, Her Side of the Street, 11/23
https://medium.com/her-side-of-the-street/down-under-cf8345d727ec
Best Hands, Her Side of the Street, 06/23
https://medium.com/her-side-of-the-street/best-hands-1716befa2608
Soul of Street 06/23
A Second Look, Her Side of the Street, 01/23
https://medium.com/her-side-of-the-street/a-second-look-f7b9adba4a75
Podcast
Weekly52: Folge 344 Moin Isabelle Coordes, published 11.11.23.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1B8nlTUnV6psHmJ6xUQcp8?si=LMDQB-G2R1CKkKIRhYD0sg
Online Features
My work has been featured by the following Street Photography Collectives:
Women in Street • Unexposed Collective • Progressive Street • Street Me Up •. Lonewalkers SNP • Eroded Street • Everything is Ephemere • Storytelling and Street Photography • WeGallery • AASP Australian Association of Street Photographers • Street Macadam • Collateral Eye, The Pictorial List, Women Street Photographers and more.
Network
Author and Curator for
Progressive Street Photography
Member of Unexposed Collective
Member of Women in Street
Member of Women Street Photographers
Ambassador and Curator for 24HourProject