Born in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1991, the photographer has been studying photo journalism at college in Hanover since 2012. He spent the winter semester 2016/17 as an exchange student at the State University of Tomsk. His work has already appeared in many publications such as Geo, taz, deVolkskrant, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Wired Online and Zeit Online. In 2015, he received the Gabriel Grüner Grant; in the same and in the following year he won the Deutschen Jugend-Fotopreis, and in 2016 he also won the LensCulture Emerging Talent Award. Schnetz lives and works in Hanover.