About & Contact

Jonathan Danko Kielkowski (b. 1988, Nuremberg) is a documentary and artistic photographer based in Fürth, Germany. He studied Design at the Nuremberg Institute of Technology and works at the intersection of architecture, industry, and cultural memory. His projects often explore transformation, decay, and hidden infrastructures, resulting in publications such as Concordia (White Press, 2016), Unterirdisch (Dumont, 2016), Pyramiden (White Press, 2019), and Concordia – Another View (GWH Verlag, 2022).

Biography

May 7, 1988 – Born in Nuremberg
1994–2006 – Waldorf School in Wendelstein
2006–2009 – Lothar-von-Faber School Nuremberg, Department of Design
2010–2015 – Nuremberg Institute of Technology Georg Simon Ohm, Design with a focus on Illustration, 3D Visualization, and Photography
2012–present – Freelance photographer and 3D designer

Private
Children:
– July 5, 2011: Georg
– June 14, 2018: Greta
– November 12, 2020: Anton

Lives in Fürth with his wife Verena and their children.

Contact
For inquiries, a friendly chat, or feedback, please write to:

Jonathan Danko Kielkowski
Vacher Straße 204
90766 Fürth, Germany

or via email at
mail@jd-kielkowski.com

Exhibitions

“Acht am Werk”, Stadthaus Hersbruck, Hersbruck, Germany, July 2012
“Photokina” 3D art exhibition, Cologne, Germany, September 2012
“Quelle-Großversandhausfotografie” Weinerei, Nürnberg, Germany, April 2013
“Fotofever – Photography Art Fair”, Louvre, Paris, France, November 2015
“LA Art Book Fair” MOCA, Los Angeles, USA, Februar 2016
“JDK CONCORDIA” 25 Books, Berlin, Germany, May 2016
“Vienna Photo Book Festival” Vienna, Austria, June 2016
“Arcana Books on the Arts” Los Angeles, USA, July 2016
“Rencontres d Arles 2016” Arles, France, July 2016
“BYOPapers Arles” Arles, France, July 2016
“EMOP Berlin” Helmut Newton Stiftung, Berlin, Germany, October 2016
“Paris Photo” Grand Palais, Paris, France, November 2016
“Düsseldorf Photoweekend” Photo Book Salon, Düsseldorf, Germany, February 2017
“Vom Untergang” Nuernberg Künstlerhaus, Nürnberg, Germany, June 2017
“RAW 17” Photofestival Worpswede, Germany, September 2017
“Slow Boat – 10 Years of White Press” together with Frederic Lezmi & Koji Onaka Forum für Fotografie, Cologne, Germany, November 2017
“Pyramiden” Forum für Fotografie, Cologne, Germany, January 2019
“JDK Werkschau” Meistersingerhalle Nürnberg, November 2019
~~“RAW 20” Photofestival Worpswede, Germany, September 2020~~
~~“JDK” Choisi Bookshop Lugano, Switzerland, May-June 2020~~
~~“Fotoart Basel 2020” Basel, Switzerland, June 2020~~
“FORUM 051: Jonathan Danko Kielkowski – Die Ästhetik des Wandels” Stadtmuseum München, Munich, September 2021
“10 Years after”, Bernsteinzimmer, Nürnberg, February 2022
“Concordia” Het Scheepvaart National Maritime Museum, Amsterdam, October 2022
“Evolving Structures” Aedes Architekturforum, Berlin, Juli-August 2025

Books and Magazines

Heft 3 “Schöne Heimat” Magazin – Editorial “Denkmalabbrüche nach Gutsherrenart”, 2013
“Nürnberg Heute Nr.94” Magazin – Documentation „Auf Drehortsuche“, Summer 2013
“Nürnberg Heute Nr.97” Magazin – Editorial “Und Action!”, Winter 2014
“Concordia “ White Press, ISBN 978-3000520815, February 2016
“Vanity Fair – Italy” Magazin, March 2016
“ART” Magazin – Pictures of the Month, March 2016
“Photonews” Magazin – Portfolios, March 2016
“German Underground” DuMont, ISBN-10: 3770188861, October 2016
“Chip Photo Video” Magazin – Fotografie Extrem, October 2018
“Pyramiden” White Press, ISBN 978-3-946667-02-5, February 2019
“Concordia – Another View” GWH Verlag, September 2022
“Nürnberg – Sie bauten eine Stadt”, Wikom Media Verlag, ISBN 978-3-949986-90-1, Dezember 2024
“Evolving Structures” Aedes Architekturforum, ISBN 978-3-943615-90-6, Juli 2025

Press

NN Interview, 2011
SRB Interview, 2012
Video – Franken TV “Weinerei Exhibition”, 2014
Curt Magazin, 2013
NZ German Newspaper, 2014
Video – TF1 France National Television News Report, 2016
Stern, 2016
Vice Germany, 2016
Vice International, 2016
Vice China, 2016
The Guardian, 2016
Spiegel Online, 2016
The Huffington Post, 2016
The Huffington Post Germany
De Volkskrant dutch newspaper print and online, 2016
Frankfurter Rundschau german newspaper print and online, 2016
FAZ German newspaper print and online, 2016
NZ German newspaper, 2016
GEO, 2017
Mashable, 2017
DIY Photograhy, 2017
Bayern 2 – Radio Reisen – Radio Show (My part at minute 20), 2017
Bayern 2 – Radio Reisen – Radio Show (My part at minute 16:24), 2018
WDR3 Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2018/19 – radio Show (part about my exhibition at minute 0:55), 2019