FENDT, Sibylle - Gärtners Reise

Background information

"They had spent their entire life together traveling around Europe in a mobile home. In summer 2008, Lothar Gärtner decided to venture on one last journey with his wife, Elke. Two years earlier, Elke has been diagnosed with dementia. Lothar wanted to care for her in their home for as long as possible, to accompany her on her way. Ostkreuz-photographer Sibylle FENDT initially photographed Lothar and Elke at home before joining the couple on their last journey through Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, all the way to St. Petersburg. In photography projects that are often developed over several years, the photographer likes to focus on people who are at a dead-end or a fork in the road of their life stories.

Content

In discreet and yet intimate photographs, Ostkreuz-photographer Sibylle FENDT tells in her photo volume 'Gärtners Reise' a love story of growing apart, finding each other again, and then disappearing. The photographs, though taken on the road, are not documents of the trip but symbols for a journey into unknown territory. " (© Kehrer Verlag, 2012)

Additional information

The book design of the photo volume 'Gärtners Reise' by Sibylle FENDT is by Julia-Sophie KUON.

About german Ostkreuz-photographer, Sibylle FENDT (b. 1974)

Photo books by and with works by Sibylle FENDT