Kristian Liebrand Last updated October 03, 2025  Background Since 2010 Liebrand has received achievements in international photo contests.
His works have been published in a fine nude art book entitled  more than nude – fine art photography  ( ISBN     3-000-38318-2 more than nude - exclusive edition  book published in 2014 [ 10]   [ 11]   [ 12]   [ 13]   [ 14]  
Between 2008 and 2015 Liebrand lived and worked in Bocholt, Germany . 2016 he moved to Bochum  where he built a new photo studio, called "Visible" along with many photo sets on a 360 square meters. [ 15]   [ 16]   [ 17]  
Between 2014 and 2016 he published the charity calendar, Mehr als eine Badewanne  (more than a bathtube ) aimed at fighting against the lack of water in Africa. [ 18]   [ 19]   [ 20]  
In 2023 Liebrand sparked controversy by successfully suing a craft business for €10,000 (including legal costs) for copyright infringement for posting a copyrighted image on its Facebook  business page without a license. [ 21]  
In 2025 Liebrand has been nominated as juror for the European Photography Awards and joins the international jury board.
Achievements and awards  [ 22]   [ 23]   [ 24]   [ 25]  
2010: Finalist Deutschlands bester Fotograf  (Category Ästhetischer Akt ) 2011: Finalist Deutschlands bester Fotograf  (Category Ästhetischer Akt ) 2012: Finalist Deutschlands bester Fotograf  (Category Ästhetischer Akt ) 2012: Winner Deutschlands bester Fotograf  (Category black&white ) 2011: Nominated for Eros award 2011  2012: Nominated for Black & White Spider Award  2012: 2 Wins at Eros award 2012  2013: Nominated for Photography Masters Cup 2013  (Category Professional, Nude ) 2013: Winner User Voting Akt und Erotik  (digital photo) 2013 2013: Nominated for Fotograf des Jahres 2013  (digital photo) 2013: 3. Winner (honor of distinction , professionals) Black & White Spider Award  2013: Gold medal Photo Art Championship 2013  2014: Finalist Zebra Award (Black and White Photographer of the Year 2014, Fine Art) 2014: Winner Fotograf des Jahres 2014  (Akt & Erotik, digitalphoto) 2014: Nominated for Black & White Spider Award , 2014, professionals nude 2014: IPA 2014, Fine Art Nudes Pro, - Honorable Mention (International Photography Awards, 8-68936-14) 2014: ND awards 2014, fine art nudes, - Honorable Mention 2014: Monochrome Awards 2014, Professional Nudes,- Honorable Mention 2015: Photoshoot Awards 2015, Nudes, Honorable Mention 2015: Fine Art Photography Awards 2015, 2nd winner in NUDES Professional 2015: Two nominations for the Black & White Spider Award  2015 2015: International photographer of the year 2015 (ipoty) - Honorable Mention, professionals nude 2016: Nominee in Nude Black & White Spider Award  2016 2016: Bronze Medal One Eyeland Photography Awards  2016, Fine Art Nude 2017: Honorable Mention in Nudes Monovisions Award  2017: 3rd Place Winner in Nudes Professional CHROMATIC INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS  2018: Finalist One Eyeland Photography Awards , Fine Art Nude 2018: Winner Germany´s TOP 10 Black & White Photographer  2018: Silver medal World´s TOP 10 Black & White Photographer  2018: Gold medal TRIERENBERG SUPER CIRCUIT 2018 , black&white 2019: Nominee at the 12th Annual International Color Awards 2019: Finalist PhotoShoot Awards Nude 2019 , urban nude & merits in category body parts 2019: Winner MonoVisions Black and White Photography Awards 2019 , Nude 2019: Nominee at Black & White Spider Awards, 2019 , Nude Professionals 2019: Nominee at the 12th Annual International Color Awards 2020: Bronze medal One Eyeland Photography Award 2019 , Fine Art - Nudes Professional 2020: Finalist & merits PhotoShoot Awards NUDE 2020 , urban nude 2020: Finalist Fine Art Photography Awards , Nudes Professional 2021: Silver medal One Eyeland Awards , fine art nudes 2021: Gold medal Trierenberg Supercircuit , streets & paths 2021: Finalist PhotoShoot Awards, NUDE, body parts  2021: 1st place 6TH 35AWARDS, Nude 18+ - Viewers Choice  2021: Honorable Mention Black & White Nude Photo of the Year 2021 - Monovisions Award , nude 2021: 1st place Black & White Nude Photo of the Year 2021 "Monovisions Award , nude 2021: 1st place One Eyeland Awards "Germany´s Top 10 Black & White Photographer  2021: Silver medal One Eyeland Awards - WORLD´s Top 10 Black & White Photographer , nude 2021: 2 Honorable Mentions Black & White Spider Awards, 2021 , nude professionals 2021: Honorable Mention - Chromatic Awards Photography 2021 , nudes professionals 2021: 2 Bronze Awards One Eyeland Awards - fine art nudes, professional 2021  2022: best photographer - 35AWARDS - 2022 , black & white nude 2022: great photographer - viewers choice 35AWARDS - 2022 , 100 best photos 2022: Nominee & honorable mention 15th Annual International Color Awards , nudes professional 2022: 3 nominations Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA) 2021/2022 , nudes professional 2022: 1st place MUSE photography awards 2022 , nudes professional 2022: 2 photos best of nomination - 7th 35AWARDS, nudes  2022: 4th place 100 best photos - 7th 35AWARDS, nudes  2022: Platinum Winner London Photography Awards, professional nudes  2022: Silver Award & Bronze Award WPE Worldcup Photography Award, 1st half 2022, fine art nudes  2022: 3x Platin Awards & 5 Gold Awards European Photography Awards 2022  2022: Nominee at the "Black and White Spider Awards Awards", nude - professional  2022: Gold Award "New York Photography Awards 2022", professional nudes  2022: 2 Bronze Awards World´s Top 10 Photographer Black and White - One Eyeland 2022, nudes professional  2022: finalist dodho nude photography awards 2022  2022: honorable mention  Monochrome Awards 2022, nude, professional                 2023: platinum winner  MUSE Photography Awards 2023, nudes, professional                  2023: nominee  Color Awards 2023, nudes, professional  2023: 3 Gold Awards  London Photography Awards 2023, nudes, professional  2023: Bronze Award   PX3 - Prix de la Photographie, Paris,fine art nudes, professional  2023: Platinum Award  European Photography Awards 2023,fine art nudes, professional  2023: honorable mention  Great Photo Award 2023,fine art nudes, professional  2023: best of contest  E35awards - black and white nude 2023,nude, professional  2023: 1 honorable mention and 3 Official Selections  IPA 2023,fine art nudes, professional  2023: second winner and honorable mention   Black & White Spider Awards 2023, Paris,nude, professional  2023: Finalist   World´s Top 10 Photographer Black and White - One Eyeland 2023, nudes professional  2024: Nominee   Color Awards 2024, nudes professional  , " 2024: Gold Winner  Global Photography Award 2024", professional mix media   Exhibitions 2011: January: Adiamo, Oberhausen, Germany 2012: March: Adagio, Berlin, Germany 2012: August to October: Große Freiheit 36, Hamburg, Germany 2013: July to September: Gallery Long Island City, New York, USA 2013: October: Gallery Merikon, Vienna, Austria 2014: June to July: The Modern Nude , The Brick Lane Gallery, London, United Kingdom 2015: November to December: Wasser spendet Leben , Gallery stilwerk, Dortmund, Germany 2016: August to October: Gallery Hartlauer, Linz, Austria 2016: September: GIESERS Kalender 2017 , Bocholt, Germany 2016: November: Wasser spendet Leben , Bochum, Germany 2018: Oktober: Glas Hennes Kalender , Frechen, Germany 2019: September: Mundwerk - Mutspenden , Berlin, Germany 2020: December: 2020: Museo Civico del Territorio di Cormòns (Gorizia), urban 2020 photography award, Italy  2022: September: Charity-Vernissage Nude for Nature, historic train station, Wuppertal, Germany  2023: November: Trierenberg, Neue Rathaus, Linz, Austria  2023: November: PX3, Galerie24b, Paris, France  This page is based on this 
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