Halina Hildebrand was born in Poland in 1953 and grew up between New York, London, Matelica, and Munich. Before turning to photography, she trained as a healing practitioner in Munich and Taipei and ran private practices in Munich and Berlin for nearly two decades. The empathy and attentiveness of that work remain at the core of her artistic practice. From 2007 to 2012 she studied photography at BerlinPhotoWorkshops with Peter Oehlmann, Robert Lyons, Mark Curran, Doug Dubois, and Eva Leitolf, and at the Ostkreuz School of Photography with Thomas Meyer. Her work has since been shown widely in Germany, the United States, and Israel. Hildebrand’s projects move between documentary and fine art photography. In Israel she has documented the aftermath of the October 7 attacks, giving visibility to families of hostages and the destruction of communities. In Asia she has portrayed nuns, farmers, and children on the margins of society. Her fine art work—such as the series Oma, Opa und das Böse an sich—explores silence, memory, and the intergenerational transmission of trauma, often through multiple exposures, archival fragments, and symbolic imagery. Across both strands of her work, Hildebrand seeks moments of truth and dignity. Whether in a war-torn home, a quiet ritual, or an unexpected smile in the fields, her images reflect a photographer who listens deeply—with her eyes as much as with her heart.