Born in Bochum in 1987, he lives between Hamburg and Berlin. In 2013, Heinrich Holtgreve completed his studies in photography at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences. He has been a member of the Ostkreuz agency since 2016. His long-term project Das Internet als Ort (The Internet as a Place) has been exhibited at venues such as the Deichtorhallen Hamburg, the German Museum of Technology as part of the permanent exhibition Das Netz (The Net) and at the Photo21 festival in Melbourne. He is publishing the current chapter of the project in collaboration with Moritz Metz in the form of the Internet Explorers podcast. In addition to commissioned work for media outlets such as Die Zeit, GEO, SZ Magazin and The Guardian, he works for clients in the cultural sector such as Urbane Künste Ruhr and the Kunstmuseum Bochum.

Since the beginning of 2023, he has been leading workshops on the topics of AI and photography. After teaching at HAW Hamburg, FH Bielefeld and HfK Bremen, he has been a lecturer and workshop leader at the Ostkreuzschule since 2021.