Bruce Eesly (b.1984) is a visual artist and gardener based in Berlin, Germany. Working with photography, archives and artificially generated images, his work blurs fact and fiction to disturb commonly accepted historical narratives.
He is interested in the status of photography in the age of AI and its role in shaping our relationship to the natural world. As a gardener, his work is informed by a curiosity for the history and impacts of industrial agriculture and the absurdities of our technological worship.
Bruce Eesly’s work was presented at the Rencontres d'Arles (Arles, 2024), Haus am Kleistpark (Berlin, 2024), Jimei x Arles International Photography Festival (Xiamen, 2024) and Hangar Photo Art Center (Brussels, 2025), among others. His self-published book New Farmer has been nominated for the PhotoBookMuseum Dummy Award and PHotoESPAÑA Best Photography Book of the Year Award.
NOWFotoraum, Cologne, Germany.
NOWElektron, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
NOWHangar, Brussels, Belgium.
2025Jimei x Arles, Xiamen, China.
2025OD Photo Prize, London, UK.
2024Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France.
2024PhEST, Monopoli, Italy.
2024Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin, Germany.
2024Ffoto Cymru, Swansea, United Kingdom.
2024Mesnographies, Les Mesnuls, France.
2023Oslo Negativ Festival, Oslo, Norway.
2024Dummy Award. Winner.
2024Haus am Kleistpark Art Prize. Finalist.
2024PHotoESPAÑA Best Photobook of the Year. Finalist.
2024OD Photo Prize. Finalist.
2023Preus Museum Open Call. 2nd Place Winner.
2025ARTE, Germany/France. Feature.
2025Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany. Review.
2025BX1 Mont des Arts, Belgium. Review.
2024Fisheye, France. Feature.
2024Blind, France. Feature.
2024The Guardian, United Kingdom. Review.
2024Libération, France. Review.
2024El País, Spain. Review.
2024Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Germany. Interview.
2024 U La Repubblica, Italy. Interview.
20241000 Words, United Kingdom. Review.
2024fotomagazin, Germany. Review.
2024Generazione Critica, Italy. Review.
2024De Standaard, Belgium. Feature.
2024Stir the Pot, Overlapse, United Kingdom. Feature.
2024Republik, Switzerland. Editorial.
2023Fotografi Magazine, Norway. Feature.
The Rencontres d'Arles Collection, Arles, France.
The Møller Collection, Oslo, Norway.
The PhotoBookMuseum, Cologne, Germany.
Preus Museum, The National Museum of Photography, Horten, Norway.