An external lighting device for a motor vehicle, wherein the external lighting device comprises a design screen and at least one capturing device comprising an image-capturing device and a carrier medium, wherein the carrier medium is designed as an optical waveguide, on which an in-coupling region and an out-coupling region are provided, wherein the carrier medium comprising the in-coupling region and the out-coupling region is designed as a capturing element, adapted to a surface shape of the design screen, for the design screen; the in-coupling region is designed as a holographic element comprising a first deflection structure, which is configured to couple light incident on the first deflection structure from the surroundings into the carrier medium; the carrier medium is designed to transmit the coupled-in light from the in-coupling region to the out-coupling region by means of internal reflection; the out-coupling region is designed as a holographic element comprising a second deflection structure, which is configured to couple the transmitted light incident on the second deflection structure out of the carrier medium; and the image-capturing device is designed to capture the light coupled out of the capturing element at the out-coupling region and to provide it as image data that correlates with the captured light, wherein the external lighting device comprises a light source, a sensor device and an evaluation device, and a sensor out-coupling region is provided on the carrier medium, wherein the light source is designed to emit pulsed light into the surroundings; the first deflection structure of the in-coupling region is configured to couple light (100") emitted by the light source and reflected by an object in the surroundings into the carrier medium; the carrier medium is designed to transmit the coupled-in reflected light from the in-coupling region to the sensor out-coupling region by means of internal reflection; the sensor out-coupling region is designed as a holographic element comprising a third deflection structure, which is configured to couple the reflected light (100") coupled into the carrier medium out of the carrier medium; and the sensor device is designed to capture the light (100") coupled out at the sensor out-coupling region and to provide it in the form of sensor data describing a time of flight of the light (100") that is emitted by the light source, reflected by the object, and has been captured by the sensor device; and the evaluation device is designed to provide distance data describing a distance between the object and the capturing device by evaluating the sensor data. the carrier medium comprising the in-coupling region and the out-coupling region is designed as a capturing element, adapted to a surface shape of the design screen, for the design screen; the in-coupling region is designed as a holographic element comprising a first deflection structure, which is configured to couple light incident on the first deflection structure from the surroundings into the carrier medium; the carrier medium is designed to transmit the coupled-in light from the in-coupling region to the out-coupling region by means of internal reflection; the out-coupling region is designed as a holographic element comprising a second deflection structure, which is configured to couple the transmitted light incident on the second deflection structure out of the carrier medium; and the image-capturing device is designed to capture the light coupled out of the capturing element at the out-coupling region and to provide it as image data that correlates with the captured light, wherein the external lighting device comprises a light source, a sensor device and an evaluation device, and a sensor out-coupling region is provided on the carrier medium, wherein the light source is designed to emit pulsed light into the surroundings; the first deflection structure of the in-coupling region is configured to couple light (100") emitted by the light source and reflected by an object in the surroundings into the carrier medium; the carrier medium is designed to transmit the coupled-in reflected light from the in-coupling region to the sensor out-coupling region by means of internal reflection; the sensor out-coupling region is designed as a holographic element comprising a third deflection structure, which is configured to couple the reflected light (100") coupled into the carrier medium out of the carrier medium; and the sensor device is designed to capture the light (100") coupled out at the sensor out-coupling region and to provide it in the form of sensor data describing a time of flight of the light (100") that is emitted by the light source, reflected by the object, and has been captured by the sensor device; and the evaluation device is designed to provide distance data describing a distance between the object and the capturing device by evaluating the sensor data.