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Lithics explores the prehistoric origins of what it means to be human. In places once inhabited by Neanderthals, now surrounded by modern civilization, the work seeks traces of our humanity.
At its core lies the awareness of our own mortality—a consciousness that shapes our lives, thoughts, and actions, driving us to seek meaning and purpose.
The project blends historical research with an artistic perspective. Archaeological sites, artifacts, and everyday discoveries form a visual bridge between past and present, highlighting both the scientific significance and the emotional resonance of these traces. Lithics seeks to reflect on those moments when we confront the sense of our own smallness.
Exhibition Views
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Justus Lemm
Justus Lemm is a Berlin-based photographer and recent graduate of the Ostkreuzschule of Photography. His work engages with anthropological and sociological topics, examining how humans relate to the world and to one another. He often integrates themes of alienation and disconnection. His graduation project, Lithics, is a speculative, research-based documentary that traces early human history through landscapes and materials, probing the origins of human behavior, our evolving relationship with the environment, and the fragility of existence.
Alongside his artistic practice, he also works as a freelance photographer, specializing in editorial, portrait, and documentary contexts.
Email: mail@justuslemm.com
Phone: (+49)15754706944
instagram: @justuslemm
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- 2024 Deutscher Fotobuchpreis - Bronze, Lithics
- 2024 OD Photo Prize - Longlisted, Lithics
- 2024 Belfast Photo Festival - Shortlisted & Highly commended, Lithics
- 2024 PHMuseum Days - featured artist & project, Lithics
Exhibitions
- 2024 Der Greif Studio x Wasmeier Museum Group Exhibition, Lithics
- 2024 Der Greif Studio x mirror - Group exhibition “Through Empathy a Story Unfolds”, Lithics
- 2024 ACHTZEHN - Ostkreuzschule Graduation Exhibition at Konnekt.Berlin, Lithics
- 2023 Schloss Neuhardenberg - Group Exhibition “Entlang der Oder”
- 2023 EMOP Berlin - Group Exhibition “Urgent Present / Drängende Gegenwart”
- 2022 Müllrose - Group Exhibition “Entlang der Oder”
- 2022 Kurpark Bad Saarow - Group Exhibition “Entlang der Oder”
- 2022 Museum für Brot und Kunst, Ulm - Goldmarie und Fürstenkrone - Die Kartoffel in der Gegenwartskunst, In collaboration with Daniel Theiler