Email: timm (@) timmsonnenschein.com
Timm Sonnenschein is a German-born UK based documentary photographer and educator. As a dedicated idealist his photographic work is informed by a search for social and political justice. He seeks to empathise with those he photographs and has been using photography as a tool to create critical observations of social awareness and change. His work attempts to open a dialogue, which encourages empathetic insights that aim at strengthening dignity and respect within an often divided society.
He is the designer and co-editor of Born of Fire and the Void Buddhist zine. As a senior lecturer within Birmingham City University’s School of Visual Communication he is directing the delivery of their Wuhan, China based Birmingham Institute of Fashion and Creative Art (BIFCA) partner course.
He is a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order and was given the name Alokavira (Sanskrit ‘Hero of Light’) during his ordination in 2004.
Timm is a member of the National Union of Journalists and the photo agency Report Digital.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Wuhan, with Love, JH Club, Wuhan, China
2018 Division, Resistance & Empowerment, Parkside Gallery, Birmingham
2007 Der Seenotkreuzer Bremen, Travemunde, Germany
2005 Guhyaloka - The Secret World, Birmingham Buddhist Centre, Birmingham
2005 Guhyaloka - The Secret World, BIAD, Birmingham
2004 Der Seenotkreuzer Bremen, Gromitz, Germany
Group Exhibitions
2025 Lungta/Windhorse assemblage, 马Ma Group Exhibition, Gallery 18.9, Wuhan, China
2020 Wuhan documentary photographs, Viscom Staff Show, Parkside Gallery, Birmingham
2017 Together in the national interest, New Street Station, Birmingham
2011 Selected Journalistic Images, Wymondham College
2007 Cherish House Documentary, Curzon Street, Birmingham
2006 Cherish House Documentary, Rencontres d'Arles, France
2005 Pinhole Photographs, The Mailbox, Birmingham
2004 The Lifeboat Bremen Documentary, AOP Gallery, London
2002 Cherish House Documentary, City Space Gallery, Birmingham
1999 Seaman and Mermaid, ACC Gallery, Weimar, Germany