Florian Hetz began photographing in 2007, after suffering from encephalitis that left him with partial memory loss. During his recovery, the days often blurred together, and he used the camera to record and structure his daily life. From 2016, his photography developed into a deliberate artistic exploration of the unreliability of memories. What began as documentation became a means for memories to be re-ordered.
Florian Hetz’s images are often unsettling and feature shifting perspectives. They show how fragments of memory are pieced together to form a whole. His photographs address both absence and presence, and play with the tension between what remains and what disappears. These precise and intimate compositions demand intense scrutiny, and can sometimes feel unsettling.
His work has been exhibited internationally. His solo show at the Everyday Gallery in Antwerp, Unusual Experiences, was longlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize in 2025. In autumn 2025 he will release his fourth publication.
Florian Hetz lives and works in Berlin and Los Angeles.
