THE SONIC BLOG Fotografie ist Kunst | Photography is Art

To finance his diploma “BIG L” about life at the Bolivian salt lake Salar de Uyuni, the photographer Daniel Hofer has launched a special edition of his works.

In this salt lake the world’s largest untapped reserves of lithium are suspected. The exploitation will change the region and the country sustainable.

The profit from the special “BIG L” edition will be used to 100% for the production of Daniel Hofer’s diploma.

From a donation of 50 € (students: 25 €) you can choose an image from 15 motives.

“Gray is my color. There are a thousand shades of grey. For me black and white are always the darkest and the lightest grey.”

Michael Schmidt

Pauline Magnenat, born in 1988, lives in Paris and London.

Kay Röhlen shows in which way different political, economic or documentary positions can produce diverse and completely divergent city Images on the basis of own examples in his speech at the Projektraum Fotografie Dortmund on 5th August 2010 at 7 pm.

“I just don’t understand the obsession with shooting fewer frames – this is art, not golf.”

Jack Johnson

Malte Wandel relates in his thesis “Einheit, Arbeit, Wachsamkeit” to the History of ‘Madgermanes’, former Mozambican contract workers of the GDR.

Even today, 20 years after their return to Mozambique, the majority of this group is not reintegrated in any way; they live in great poverty and fight against the Mozambican government. The GDR gave up to 80% of their pay as pension to the government of Mozambique – money they should receive upon their return to Mozambique.

But the government holds them down and tries to sit out the conflict. The ‘Madgermanes’ don’t get their money from the government.

Zweites Büro, the newly established studio and showroom of Juliander Enßle, Marc Hinz and Moritz Kappen, in Dortmund shows photographs, videos and interviews by Malte Wandel (visit by appointment).

“Monday reflects the routine and frustration of people who, as time goes by and without really being conscious about it, have made decisions and assumed manners and responsibilities that hardly succeed in fulfilling their expectations.” – Päivi Koskinen about ‘Monday’

The recent work of the Ukrainian-born photographer Boris Savelev shows some interesting street views.

“Photographs open doors into the past but they also allow a look into the future.”

Sally Mann