 In 2017 she won the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize for her publication "Imperial Courts" (Roma, 2015).Lixenberg studied photography at the London College of Printing (1984–1986) and at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam (1987–1989).She has had work published in "Newsweek," "Vibe," "New York Times Magazine," "The New Yorker" and "Rolling Stone."