Background information
After 'Östlich von Eden', 'Deutschlandbilder', 'Ostzeit', 'Die Stadt', 'Über Grenzen' and '25 Jahre OSTKREUZ', 'Continent. In Search of Europe' is the seventh joint thematic publication by the members of the Ostkreuz Photo Agency, who have made a name for themselves nationally and internationally over the last three decades for high-quality artistic documentary photojournalism. As an artistic and political statement, the 23 photographers focus on the European present with their photo series and different perspectives. In this project, the Ostkreuz-Fotograf:innen explore various aspects of coexistence in Europe, focusing on personal, social and political phenomena as well as fundamental structures and historical developments. The themes of the various series of pictures range from questions of identity and security, renationalization, migration and integration to a fundamental understanding of humanism, democracy and freedom of opinion. 'KONTINENT' wants to offer fruitful impulses for the current debate on Europe and asks, among other things What connects us? How do we live together? How will our continent develop, how will its people live together? And who exactly is meant by 'we' when we speak of a 'we' in Europe?
Content
The photo compendium, 'Continent. In Search of Europe', published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, contains color and b/w photographs of the participating Ostkreuz photographers and, with the series, addresses the most important issues currently preoccupying the European population.
Participating Ostkreuz photographers
- Jörg BRÜGGEMANN, Sibylle FENDT, Johanna-Maria FRITZ, Annette HAUSCHILD, Harald HAUSWALD, Heinrich HOLTGREVE, Tobias KRUSE, Ute MAHLER, Werner MAHLER, Dawin MECKEL, Thomas MEYER, Frank SCHINSKI, Jordis Antonia SCHLÖSSER, Ina SCHOENENBURG, Anne SCHÖNHARTING, Linn SCHRÖDER, Stephanie STEINKOPF, Mila TESHAIEVA, Heinrich VÖLKEL, Maurice WEISS, Sebastian WELLS und Sibylle BERGEMANN)
Photo books by participating Ostkreuz photographers
- BERGEMANN, Sibylle
BRÜGGEMANN, Jörg
FENDT, Sibylle
FRITZ, Johanna-Maria
HAUSCHILD, Annette
HAUSWALD, Harald
HOLTGREVE, Heinrich
KRUSE, Tobias
MAHLER, Ute
MAHLER, Werner
MECKEL, Dawin
MEYER, Thomas
SCHINSKI,Frank
SCHLÖSSER, Jordis Antonia
SCHOENENBURG, Ina
SCHÖNHARTING, Anne
SCHRÖDER, Linn
STEINKOPF, Stephanie
TESHAIEVA, Mila
VÖLKEL, Heinrich
WEISS, Maurice
WELLS, Sebastian