Katrin Bauer is a curator and writer based in Munich. Her curatorial research and written work is driven by an interest in photography’s representational politics and decolonial strategies in contemporary art production. She currently serves as assistant editor at Haus der Kunst München as well as co-curator and project coordinator of FOTODOKS in Munich. Prior to this, she has been working as research associate for Photography and Time-based Media at the Pinakotheken and as assistant curator at Fotomuseum Winterthur. Katrin Bauer is the recipient of the C/O Berlin Talent Award 2024 in the category ‘Theorist’, and worked as a visiting lecturer in the field of photography theory. She holds degrees from the Zurich University of the Arts and the University for Fine Arts, Design and Music, Freiburg.