INFO

Ilka & Franz are an award-winning Photo & Director Duo based in London (UK). Their work blurs the lines between disciplines as they apply their aesthetic and humour to still life, portraiture, film and animation. While their uninhibited use of colour is vibrant and bold, their conceptual undertones are often subtle and of child-like naivety. The duo shoot, art direct, build, style and retouch, and work on commercial and editorial commissions in the UK and abroad.  


CLIENTS:
Brands // Adidas, Amazon Kindle, Cadbury, Google, Haribo, HP, IKEA, LU, N26, Nectar, Nivea, Onken, Oreo, Papa John’s, Pizza Express, Toblerone, Virgin Active, Vodafone & many more.
Mags // Cosmopolitan, Guardian Feast, Guardian Saturday/ Weekend, New Scientist, Observer Magazine, Der Spiegel, Wired UK & DE, Women’s Health Magazine, Die Zeit, & many more.
Book Covers // Naoise Dolan The Happy Couple, Grace Dent Comfort Eating

AWARDS:
British Journal of Photography - Portrait of Humanity Vol. 5 (2023) - Shortlist
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2022 - Honourable Mention
AOP Awards 2021 - Finalist
2021 Sony World Photography Awards - Shortlist (Portfolio & Creative Category)
AOP Awards 2020 - Finalist
Production Paradise Spotlight Awards 2020 - Shortlist
2020 Prix de la Photographie de Paris (PX3) - Gold (Fine Art/ Still Life)
2020 Prix de la Photographie de Paris (PX3) - 2nd Place (Fine Art)
2020 Prix de la Photographie de Paris (PX3) - Honourable Mention
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2019 - Honourable Mention
Prix de la Photographie (PX3) 2019 - Honourable Mention
One Eyeland Awards 2018 - Finalist
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2018 - Honourable Mention
Production Paradise Spotlight Awards 2018 - Shortlist
Prix de la Photographie (PX3) 2018 - Bronze

Moscow International Foto Awards 2018 - 2nd Place
2017 Tokyo International Foto Awards - Silver & Honourable Mention
One Eyeland Awards 2017 - Silver
GoSee Awards 2017 - Finalist
PDN The Look 2017 - First Place
Prix de la Photographie (PX3) 2017 - Honourable Mention
Magenta Foundation Flash Forward 2017 - Winner
2017 PDN Objects of Desire - Winner
One Eyeland Awards 2016 - Finalist
One Life Awards 2016 - First Place
PDN Faces 2016 - First Prize
GoSee Awards 2016 - Finalist
One Eyeland Awards 2015 - Finalist

PRESS/ INTERVIEWS:
Creative Bloq
Photo Presse 03/22
Ball Pit Magazine
Communication Arts
Computer Arts Magazine
Desktop Magazine
Lürzer's Archive
Page Magazin
Trendland
Vice
Visual Fodder
We Heart
World Photography Organisation
& many more.

EXHIBITIONS:
YES Exhibition, Bern, 2024
CROP Exhibition, Motel Studios, London, 2022
Sony World Photography Awards 2021 Exhibition at Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin - 2021/22
Unique and/or Singular, Seeeds Gallery, Paris - 2021
Feature Shoot Print Swap, Foley Gallery, New York City - 2021