Daniel Chatard (1996) is a German-French documentary photographer and visual researcher. He investigates themes revolving around power structures, collective identity, and trauma. Looking at landscapes as vessels of collective experiences and memories, he tries to develop new narratives and tells human stories in their environmental context.
Daniel graduated in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hanover, and in Photography & Society at the Royal Academy of Arts The Hague. He studied for an exchange semester at the Faculty of Journalism of the Tomsk State University in Russia. He currently lives in Hamburg and works as a freelance photojournalist with media outlets such as Die ZEIT, Der Spiegel, and Bloomberg.
Besides editorial assignments, Daniel works on long-term projects, slowly accumulating materials over time. He describes his approach as involved documentary, making his own relations to his subjects part of the work and using collaboration to create new knowledge. His first book Niemandsland was published by the Eriskay Connection in 2024. His work has been awarded at the World Press Photo Award, was a finalist of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award and got nominated for the Prix Pictet.
