Twenty years ago, on 3 October 1990, the Brandenburg Gate was not the only place where Germany's reunification was celebrated: Werner Mahler spent the night in Friedrichsthal, a district of Oranienburg in the province of Brandenburg.
© Werner Mahler/OSTKREUZ
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20 years ago - 3. October
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Books - Hijacked 2 on flakphoto.com + Interview with Mark McPherson
13.09.2010 | | Books/ExhibitionsWatch out for Julian Röder and Jörg Brüggemann being featured on Andy Adams' FlakPhoto.com in the next two days. FlakPhoto.com is a contemporary photography website featuring distinctive work from an international community of contributors. Andy Adams and Mark McPherson of Big City Press teamed up to present Australian and German photographers included in the seconded edition of the Hijacked book series. “Hijacked 2 – Australian and German Photography” was released last month. The book showcases 18 contemporary photographic position from Australia and 18 positions from Germany including two works by OSTKREUZ photograhers. Julian Röder is presented with his series “The Summits” and Jörg Brüggemann with “Same Same But Different”. Jörg Brüggemann also interviewed Mark McPherson, the publisher of the Hijacked books, about his Motivation and the differences between the Australian and the German photography scenes.
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Interview - Sibylle Fendt
08.09.2010 | | InterviewsEspen Eichhöfer: Welcome to OSTKREUZ! After working as a professional photographer for quite a long time, what are your main wishes regarding your junior membership at OSTKREUZ?
Sibylle Fendt: After eight years of working mostly on my own, I'm looking forward to being part of a community, to the exchange between the members, to collective projects and to having a share in the further development of the agency.
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Interview - Jörg Brüggemann - Metalheadz Indonesia
19.08.2010 | | InterviewsJörg Brüggemann has been working on a project on globalized Heavy Metal culture. In February he travelled to Indonesia to portray the local Metal scene with the help of a VG BildKunst scholarship. In the following interview Dawin Meckel asked him why he went there and what he experienced.
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Exhibition - Sibylle Bergemann, Ute Mahler & Werner Mahler - "Sibylle"
10.08.2010 | | Books/Exhibitions"Sibylle" listed among the most popular magazines in the GDR. From 1956 to 1990 it was published every two months in an edition of 200.000 copies, which used to run immediately out of stock. Until 1995 it was available all over Germany. The magazine's success is referred to its aspiration to combine fashion, photography and culture.
Three of OSTKREUZ' founding members, Sibylle Bergemann, Ute and Werner Mahler, are among the photographers who shaped the particular aesthetics of the magazine.
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Marco Dorn - Profile
06.08.2010 | | Inside OSTKREUZOur office has a new addition. Marco Dorn is our new apprentice and we would like to introduce him with a short profile.
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Heinrich Völkel - Interview
26.07.2010 | | VideosAs we mentioned it some days ago, students of the department for picture editing at OSTKREUZ school for photography produced three video interviews with OSTKREUZ photographers. Today, we introduce you to the interview with Heinrich Voelkel, who is speaking about his project "the terrible city" which he did in Gaza/ Palestine.
This time Peter Böhmer, Yasmin Klüh and Andrea Knobloch were responsible for concept and production. Viedo and editing: Kevin Mertens and Phillip Plum.
Thank you so much. You all did a great job on this interview.
Unfortunately the interview is only in German.
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Books - Andrej Kremenschouk - Come Bury Me
23.07.2010 | | Books/ExhibitionsAfter winning this year's German photo book prize in silver with his book No Direction Home, our photographer Andrej Krementschouk is now busy printing his new book Come Bury Me. The setting of this story is a dilapidated old cottage in the center of a small Russian town, where a group of homeless people have created a home for themselves at the edge of society.
The book will be published by Kehrer in August 2010.
Andrej Krementschouk:Come Bury me
Kehrer Verlag,
2010 80 Seiten, ca. 28
Euro ISBN-13: 978-3868281200
