Germany | Short Story | November 2018

Stille

Stille – jener Zustand, in der die eigene Existenz in sich gekehrt ist, während die Welt wie ein gewaltiger Sturm an einem vorbeizieht. Das innere Universum ist dabei dem äußeren … Germany | Short Story | November 2018

Nostalgie

Nostalgie – ein Begriff, mit dem jeder auf seine Weise konfrontiert wird. Sie stellt Vergangenes in ein unvorstellbar schönes Licht dar und verwaist die Gegenwart in den kalten, trüben Schatten. … Germany – Nürnberg | Documentary | December 2019

Hotel Deutscher Hof

Zentral, verkehrsgünstig, nah am Puls der Stadt – das sind die Eigenschaften, die ein gutes Stadthotel ausmachen. Das ist heute so und das war vor über einem Jahrhundert nicht anders. … USA – Alaska | Documentary | January 2014

Nome, sweet Nome

There are a lot of of stories where the city’s name originally came from. Some say that the first settlers asked the natives what this piece of land was called. … Italy – Genova | Publication | August 2014

Concordia

An essay from Christoph Schaden for the photo book Concordia by White Press with images by Jonathan Danko Kielkowski. Svalbard | Expedition | July 2015

Arctic Coal

Halfway between mainland Europe (600km south) and the North Pole (1000km north) lays a archipelago called Svalbard. One of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas. Formed by over 400 islands, shaped … Svalbard – Grumantbyen | Expedition | July 2015

From Barentsburg to Longyearbyen 1/3

Out of the countless mines and mining-settlements on Svalbard there are only two active ones left. One is the Russian town of Barentsburg and the other one in the Norwegian … Svalbard – Colesbutka | Expedition | July 2015

From Barentsburg to Longyearbyen 2/3

After being stuck with two slightly shitty options to get out of Grumantbyen and to the Rusanovodden Cabin, we chose the one that seemed to be the least shitty one … Svalbard – Longyearbyen | Expedition | July 2015

From Barentsburg to Longyearbyen 3/3

As we returned from Colesbutka to our cabin, we received some bad news. The weather was changing and the forecast predicted some upcoming extreme fog that would stay for the … 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 …