Fabian Zapatka was born in 1978 and spent his childhood in Munich. He dropped out of school early and moved to Berlin. After a few years as an actor in film, he began his career as a photographer in 2006. Large publications in renowned German and international magazines soon followed. He works regularly among others for the magazine of the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit, Geo, Spiegel and Stern. His work is shaped by the documentary examination of people and the realities of their lives. In 2015 he published his first solo book Perspectives 1 about an animal experiment at Distance Over Time. The photographic essay Vater was published by Kerber Verlag at the beginning of 2021, as a solo book as well.