Kai Löffelbein was born in Germany in 1981 and studied documentary photography in Hanover. He has since worked in South America, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe, devoting himself to long-term projects that capture the impacts on common people and the environment left by socio-political and economic phenomena. Löffelbein has exhibited internationally and his awards include the Henri Nannen Prize, the UNICeF Photo of the Year award, The New York Photo award, the DaYs JaPaN International Photojournalism award, the FotoVisura Photography Grant and the Px3 Prix de la Photographie. He is one of the Critical mass Top 50 selected artists and recently received a grant from the magnum Foundation.