Tengbeh Kamara is a Dutch-Liberian photographer (1996) based in Amsterdam. Their portrait and documentary work explores intimacy, memory, and identity.

Tengbeh’s artistic practice balances between documentary, autobiographical and political fields. Being a black and queer photographer, Tengbeh often documents those experiences. However, Their curiosity also draws them to explore more identities and social issues than just their own.

Tengbeh is part of a new generation of photographers characterized by their inclusive, daring and critical eyes. Tengbeh makes visible what has systematically been ignored, resulting in beautiful, powerful and colorful photographs.

Awards

• 2025 - #1 Category Portrait, De Zilveren Camera

• 2025 - Winner SO Awards

• 2024 - Shortlisted SO Awards

• 2023 - De Volkskrant: Emerging Talents Of 2023 (#3 Photography)

Exhibitions

• 2025 – Why You Left, Who You Left, Melkweg Expo
  2025 – The Trans Yearbook, Rijksmuseum Twenthe – Somewhere Between Hope and Fear
  2025 – In The Days After, Cultuurkoepel Oosterkerk – De Zilveren Camera
  2025 – In The Days After, Museum Hilversum – De Zilveren Camera
  2025 – The Trans Yearbook, Museum MORE – Reality Check: 10 Years of Realism in the Netherlands
  2025 – In The Days After, Melkweg Expo – SO AWARDS ‘24
  2024 – Why You Left, Who You Left, UNFAIR24
  2024 – Dorma Photo, Le Château, St. Louis, Senegal
  2023 – Heimwee, Nieuw Dakota – Yes, I Do
  2023 – Gay Games 1998, Amsterdam Museum
  2022 – TROTS, Natural History Museum Rotterdam
  2021 – Utopia, NDSM Fuse – Beyond Photography