Germany – Thüringen | Story | October 2015

Time Capsule

The steel rope crunches like a guitar string during tuning. Nobody speaking. With each pull the tension rises. The rattling of small pebbles on our helmets can be heard sporadically. Svalbard – Longyearbyen | Story | July 2015

Crane Camping

Around midnight at the Airport in Longyearbyen. We had about 9 hours to get some sleep and pick up a rifle at the local expedition equipment store. In the morning … Svalbard – Longyearbyen | Story | July 2015

Gruve 2

Short story and report about the abandoned coal mine and according to the locals Santas summerhouse, "Gruve 2" in Longyearbyen. Svalbard – Barentsburg | Urban Stroll | July 2015

Barentsburg

Located on the south side of the Isfjord on Svalbard the Russian town Barentsburg, is one of the northernmost, permanently inhabited settlements in the world. Surrounded by nothing than ice and … Norway | Story | June 2015

Up North

Decades of mining activity in Norway and Svalbard changed the countries’ faces permanently and left countless marks in their landscape. In the summer months of 2015 Alexander Pyka and I … Germany – Nürnberg | Urban Stroll | April 2014

Cars and other Hazardous Waste

Germany – Fürth | Documentary | January 2014

SBA Fürth

Millions graves and high tech ruin, the Müll-Schwelbrennanlage in Fürth Germany. After only one year in service it was closed down in 1998 and remains abandoned ever since. Germany – Nürnberg | Development | February 2014

Schwesternwohnheim

Vor etwa sechs Jahren startete ich meinem ersten Blog “Gesichter der Stadt” mit einem Artikel über das Schwesternwohnheim am Nordklinikum. Das 33 Meter und 11 Stockwerke hohe Gebäude stand seit 2002 über 10 Jahre lang … Germany – Leipzig | Urban Stroll | April 2015

Ruin Sight Seeing Tour Leipzig

On one of my free weekends back in April 2015 I decided to visit the German city of Leipzig. The city has a rich industrial history and is known as … Germany – Leipzig | Urban Stroll | April 2015

Jute Spinning Factory

  The spinning and weaving mill factory was built in 1896. Besides packaging materials, high-pressure sutures and coated fabrics were  produced here. Surviving the war and the GDR the company …