Maya Uma Sehmer

Projects

I am Maya Uma Sehmer, a photographer based in Berlin.
Growing up between the UK and different cities in Germany exposed me to different ways of life. Curiosity about what lies beyond my own experience drives my work.
I am currently in my final year at Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie in Berlin.

Please contact me for my full portfolio.

All inquiries: mayasehmer@gmail.com
Instagram: @maya.uma.sehmer

Exhibitions, Awards and Publications

2026

Awarded with the Deutscher Jugend Fotopreis

‘ECHT JETZT’ Deutscher Jugendfotopreis, KIT, Düsseldorf

Solo show: ‘Tanztee in Weißensee’ Stadtteilzentrum Weißensee, Berlin

‘Anwesend’ with Spot Collective, GlogauAir, Berlin

‘What Is It Like’, Kaffeundkippen Magazin

Group exhibition and art market with Spot Collective, Cuore di Vetro, Berlin

2025

HfS Ernst Busch x Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, HfS Ernst Busch, Berlin

Solo show: ‘I Just Wanna Make You Sweat’ Werkstadt Kunst- und Kulturverein, Berlin

‘Truck Stop’, Kennich Magazin

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