Alexander Hagmann (*1981) is founder and editor of 'dieMotive - Zeitschrift zur Kultur der Fotografie', as well as producer of the dieMotive podcast and developer of the card game FOTOGRAFENRATEN. He studied photography at the FH Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts, where he completed his Master in Photography - Photographic Studies with Prof. Susanne Brügger and Dr. Christiane Kuhlmann. Besides his project dieMotive, Alexander Hagmann works as a freelance photographer and designer and regularly publishes short interviews with photographers and artists. Hagmann sees himself as a communicator for photography. He lives and works in Hamburg and is a member of the DFA as well as an appointed member of the DGPh.