Bruce Eesly (b.1984) is a visual artist and gardener based in Berlin, Germany. Working with photography, archives and generative imaging technologies, his work blurs fact and fiction to question narratives of technological progress.
Eesly is interested in the status of photography in the age of AI and the increasing algorithmisation of our world. Reimagining archives and speculating on alternative histories, he employs artificial intelligence as both subject and collaborator in his work. As a gardener, his perspective is informed by a curiosity about the history and impacts of industrial agriculture. His approach involves humour and questions the assumptions of photographic truth by intentionally embracing fiction and deception.
Bruce Eesly’s work was presented at the Rencontres d'Arles (Arles, FR, 2024), Fotoraum (Cologne, DE, 2025), Jimei x Arles International Photography Festival (Xiamen, CN, 2024) and Hangar Photo Art Center (Brussels, BE, 2025), among others. His self-published book New Farmer was nominated for the PHotoESPAÑA Best Photography Book of the Year Award and is one of the winners of the PhotoBookMuseum Dummy Award 2024.
NOWPanoràmic, Granollers, Spain.
2025Fotoraum, Cologne, Germany.
2025Jimei x Arles, Xiamen, China.
2024Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France.
2024PhEST, Monopoli, Italy.
NOWBiennale Némo, Paris, France.
NOWElektron, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
2025Hangar, Brussels, Belgium.
2025Réseau LUX / Mesnographies, Paris, France.
2025OD Photo Prize, London, UK.
2024Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin, Germany.
2024Ffoto Cymru, Swansea, United Kingdom.
2024Mesnographies, Les Mesnuls, France.
2023Oslo Negativ Festival, Oslo, Norway.
2025FELIFA Best Published Photobook. Special Mention.
2025Dear Dave Fellowship. Finalist.
2024Dummy Award. Winner.
2024Haus am Kleistpark Art Prize. Finalist.
2024PHotoESPAÑA Best Photobook of the Year. Finalist.
2024OD Photo Prize. Finalist.
2023Preus Museum. 2nd Place Winner.
2025Overstandard, Denmark. Review.
2025Berlin Art Link, Germany. Review.
2025Westart, WDR, Germany. Feature.
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.
Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich, Germany.
The Møller Collection, Oslo, Norway.
The PhotoBookMuseum, Cologne, Germany.
Preus Museum, The National Museum of Photography, Horten, Norway.