Since 1945, the German-Polish border has been formed by the 460-kilometre-long Oder-Neisse line, which generally follows the Oder and Lusatian Neisse rivers and meets the Baltic Sea in the north. Granica is a series about the lifeworld of postmodern society far away from the demographically young and growing agglomerations. It deals with peripheral areas and interspaces that document the historic process of separation and transformation in central Europe.
¬ photographs from 2012 – 2016
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border crossing Dobieszczyn – Hintersee
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Küstrin-Kietz
view across the Oder towards Kostrzyn nad Odrą
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Kostrzyn nad Odrą
view across the Oder towards Küstrin-Kietz
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Küstrin-Kietz
former barracks
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Kostrzyn nad Odrą
remains of the old town of Küstrin (destroyed in 1945)
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Kostrzyn nad Odrą
remains of the old town of Küstrin
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Kostrzyn nad Odrą
exit of border market 'Kostrzyn bazar'
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Kostrzyn nad Odrą
boat storage
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Słubice
electricity tree and garage yard
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former bunker facility
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Eisenhüttenstadt
residential area Fürstenberg (Oder)
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Eisenhüttenstadt
ruins of the Oder bridge (blown up in 1945)
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Ratzdorf
lamp post
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Ratzdorf
water level station at the Oder
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Guben
train station
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Forst
view across the Neiße with former footbridge (destroyed 1945) towards Zasieki
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Zasieki
view across the Neiße with former footbridge towards Forst
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Zasieki
closed gas station
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Zasieki
weathered stairs at former Neiße bridge
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Zasieki
view under destroyed footbridge towards Forst
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Bad Muskau
office chair in Muskauer Park
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Görlitz
view across the Neiße towards Zgorzelec
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Zgorzelec
view across the Neiße towards Görlitz
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Zgorzelec
residential building
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Zgorzelec
church 'Józefa Robotnika i Barbary' located in an industrial area
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Sieniawka (Gmina Bogatynia)
Turów Coal Mine
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Zittau
German-Polish-Czech tripoint
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GRANICA – photobook
softcover, size: 20 x 16 cm
80 pages, 60 colour photographs
self-published in 2016
Since 1945, the German-Polish border has been formed by the 460-kilometre-long Oder-Neisse line, which generally follows the Oder and Lusatian Neisse rivers and meets the Baltic Sea in the north. Granica is a series about the lifeworld of postmodern society far away from the demographically young and growing agglomerations. It deals with peripheral areas and interspaces that document the historic process of separation and transformation in central Europe.
¬ photographs from 2012 – 2016
__
border crossing Dobieszczyn – Hintersee
__
Küstrin-Kietz
view across the Oder towards Kostrzyn nad Odrą
__
Kostrzyn nad Odrą
view across the Oder towards Küstrin-Kietz
__
Küstrin-Kietz
former barracks
__
Kostrzyn nad Odrą
remains of the old town of Küstrin (destroyed in 1945)
__
Kostrzyn nad Odrą
remains of the old town of Küstrin
__
Kostrzyn nad Odrą
exit of border market 'Kostrzyn bazar'
__
Kostrzyn nad Odrą
boat storage
__
Słubice
electricity tree and garage yard
__
former bunker facility
__
Eisenhüttenstadt
residential area Fürstenberg (Oder)
__
Eisenhüttenstadt
ruins of the Oder bridge (blown up in 1945)
__
Ratzdorf
lamp post
__
Ratzdorf
water level station at the Oder
__
Guben
train station
__
Forst
view across the Neiße with former footbridge (destroyed 1945) towards Zasieki
__
Zasieki
view across the Neiße with former footbridge towards Forst
__
Zasieki
closed gas station
__
Zasieki
weathered stairs at former Neiße bridge
__
Zasieki
view under destroyed footbridge towards Forst
__
Bad Muskau
office chair in Muskauer Park
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Görlitz
view across the Neiße towards Zgorzelec
__
Zgorzelec
view across the Neiße towards Görlitz
__
Zgorzelec
residential building
__
Zgorzelec
church 'Józefa Robotnika i Barbary' located in an industrial area
__
Sieniawka (Gmina Bogatynia)
Turów Coal Mine
__
Zittau
German-Polish-Czech tripoint
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GRANICA – photobook
softcover, size: 20 x 16 cm
80 pages, 60 colour photographs
self-published in 2016
Born and raised in a small East German industrial town close to the Polish border, he graduated in urban planning at HCU Hamburg (2012) and photography at Ostkreuzschule Berlin in the class of Werner Mahler (2016). His work focuses mainly on the built environment and altered landscape.
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