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Venezuela – The absentees

Ligedya Rodriguez daughter emigrated to Australia five years ago. Mother and daughter exchange information every day via Whatsapp, but still, Rodriguez says, “I feel orphaned.” Family is the most important bond in Venezuela, a failed state. Family provides meaning in […]


Colombia – The permeable border

The Arauca river, about ​​100 meters wide, is the border line and a lifeline between Colombia and Venezuela. It is a permeable border, through which people pass and also contraband. A photo story from the turbulent waters that separate the inseparable.


Colombia – Virtual Course on Photography

Last three days, I held two workshops with colleagues of German cooperation agency GIZ about photography with smartphone and journalistisc writing. For more information about these workshops, please see the following section of my webpage.


Germany – Grant for photos of Venezuelan migration

My photographic investigation about life conditions of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia was selected for a scholarship by VG Bild (Germany). Preliminary title of the investigation: “The new underclass of Latin America”.


Colombia – A former rebel in the Senate

On behalf of the biggest Finnish news magazine Suomen Kuvalehti, I portrayed former guerrilla fighter and current senator Omar de Jesús Restrepo Correa with two of his bodyguards.


Colombia – Portrait with Lenin

On assignment for the biggest Finnish news magazine Suomen Kuvalehti, I portrayed former guerrillla fighter and current city council of Bogotá, Leidy Carolina Sarmiento.


Colombia – Verschwunden, nicht vergessen

Mehr als 80.000 Menschen gelten in Kolumbien als vermisst. Die Familien wünschen sich Gewissheit über das Schicksal ihrer Lieben. Die Wahrheit soll ein friedliches Zusammenleben fördern. On photo assignment for akzente published by GIZ. Read complete article written by Karen […]


Colombia – War of fireworks at the Perse

The night of the candles, la noche de las velas, has a long tradition in Colombia. Same night, in underdog neighbourhood La Perseverancia, young people divert themselves with firing fireworks at each other. Police doesnt interfere. Its as chaotic as […]


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