About Documentary Photographer Dmitrij Leltschuk

Dmitrij Leltschuk was born in 1975 in Minsk, Belarus. Before moving to Germany, he worked as a freelance journalist. From 2002 to 2007 he studied audio-visual media at the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg. Since 2007 Dmitrij Leltschuk worked as a freelance photographer for magazines such as mare, GEO, Der Spiegel, Hinz & Kunzt, etc. In his works Dmitrij focuses mainly on documentary and reportage photography. His photographs have been exhibited at international photo exhibitions in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Belarus and Russia. In 2013 his book «The Sand People of Schoina» / “Les hommes de sable de Choina” has been published in French and German, also, in collaboration with Dominique de Rivaz, the documentary “Elegy For a Lighthous / Élégie pour un phare” has been released, where Dmitrij worked as a cameraman.

Self portrait of documentary photographer Dmitrij Leltschuk
Photographer Dmitrij Leltschuk

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

2026

Hamburg, Galerie Commeter / Persiehl & Heine, Hamburg, Germany

2016

Reindeer Herders at the Arctic Circle, Coalmine Gallery, Switzerland

2015

Scotland, Galerie Commeter / Persiehl & Heine, Hamburg, Germany

2013

Les hommes de sable de Choina, Galerie In Situ, Morges, Switzerland

2012

The Sand People of Shoyna, Art-Liga Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia

2009

kunst:raum köpfe, Galerie der Stiftung kunst:raum sylt quelle, Rantum (Sylt), Germany

2008

Unfinished Color: Children in Belarusian Orphanages, Villa Ichon, Bremen, Germany

Selected Exhibitions

2016

Bis zum letzten Tropfen (Until the Last Drop), Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg, Germany

2009

Blickwinkel. A Science Photo Walk, Levantehaus, Hamburg, Germany

2008

home bound – On the (Un)Sheltered Nature of Human Life, Galerie der Stiftung kunst:raum sylt quelle, Rantum (Sylt), Germany

2006

Poetry in Images, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

2006

good.by, Brotfabrik Cultural Center, Berlin, Germany

2005–2006

Alternative Views, Berlin, Germany / Minsk, Belarus

2005

Pronomen, Mir Foto Gallery, Minsk, Belarus

Residencies & Awards

2006–2007

Artist Residency Grant, Stiftung kunst:raum sylt quelle, Sylt, Germany

Awards and Nominations

Publications