Frank Thiel (German, b.1966) is a photographer known for his expansive, large-format color images, and has devoted much of his career to documenting the changing social and political landscape of Berlin over the last 20 years. Born in Kleinmachnow near Berlin, Thiel moved to West Berlin, Germany in 1985, and attended a training college for photography there from 1987 to 1989.

Committed to capturing the turbulent history of Berlin, his photographs highlight the emergence of new patterns of urban existence, as well as dealing with topics of state surveillance and the privatization of public space. In more recent work, he photographed the massive glaciers of Patagonia, shown in the exhibition Nowhere Is A Place, which opened at the Sean Kelly Gallery in New York City.

Thiel has exhibited in museums and galleries around the world, and his works are included in the collections of many major international museums, including the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea in Santiago de Compostela, Spain; the Reina Sofía in Madrid, Spain; the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa; the Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland; the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden; and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.

He lives and works in Berlin.