THE DEATH OF THE US AMERICAN GEORGE FLOYD AT THE HANDS OF A POLICEMAN DROVE THE PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ONTO THE STREETS, ALSO IN MUNICH ON 6 JUNE 2020. HOWEVER, THE PLANNED SMALL AND QUIET PROTEST WITH 200 REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS TURNED INTO A LARGE DEMONSTRATION WITH MORE THAN 50.000 PEOPLE. ON K&Ouml;NIGSPLATZ THEY KNELT AND REMAINED SILENT FOR EIGHT MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS - EXACTLY AS LONG AS THE POLICEMAN IN MINNEAPOLIS PRESSED HIS KNEE INTO THE NECK OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN GEORGE FLOYD AT THE END OF MAY 2020 UNTIL HE SUFFOCATED. &raquo;8:46&laquo; HAS SINCE BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH POLICE VIOLENCE WORLDWIDE. &middot; K&Ouml;NIGSPLATZ MUNICH &middot; JUNE 6TH, 2020

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ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE &middot; CREATED DURING THE CORONA PANDEMIC 2020 / 2021 AND PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE BOOK &raquo;CALL IT CORONA&laquo; &middot; VERLAG EDITION BILDPERLEN 2023****UND AUF EINMAL WAR ALLES WICHTIG: MEINE MORGENDLICHE YOGAPRAXIS, DIE MATCHA-TEE-ZEREMONIE DANACH, SELBST DAS OBLIGATORISCHE H&Auml;NDEWASCHEN (UND DAZU ZWEIMAL &raquo;HAPPY BIRTHDAY&laquo; SINGEN) ODER DER BILDSCHIRM MEINES COMPUTERS, DER MICH T&Auml;GLICH BEGR&Uuml;SSTE... .

ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE

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PLEXUS SOLARIS · CYANOTYPIEN AUF BAUMWOLLSTOFF VON ANNA GRECKL

INCOMING CALL · KLANG INSTALLATION VON JOHANNA GONSCHOREK

GRAU GLEICH MITTWOCH · ENVIRONMENT VON MARLON FLEISCHER

HIT ME BABY ONE MORE TIME · SOUND SKULPTUREN VON MARIE JAKSCH

NACH DER ANGST IST VOR DER ANGST #3 · INSTALLATION & PERFORMANCE VON MINJAE LEE & JANINA TOTZAUER

AUSSTEUER · RAUMINSTALLATION VON GÜLCAN TURNA

GE-WICHTIGKEITEN · RAUMINSTALLATION & SKUPLTUREN VON KATHRIN PARTELLI

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APOCALYPSE NOW

TOGETHER AGAINST FAR RIGHT &middot; MORE THAN 300.000 CAN&rsquo;T BE WRONG &middot; IMPRESSIONS FROM THE POWERFUL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST RIGHT-WING RADICALISM AND RESURGENT NATIONAL SOCIALISM &middot; SIEGESTOR MUNICH &middot; JANUARY 21TH 2024****AWARD WINNING STORY FOR BEST JOURNALISM &raquo;BAYERN PHOTO 2024&laquo; THE JURY&rsquo;S STATEMENT: THROUGH ITS COMPOSTION AND COLOUR AESTHETICS, THE PRESS PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2024 UNDERLINES THE PROXIMITY TO THE PROTESTS IN THE EARLY 1930S AGAINST THE NSDAP BEFORE IT CAME TO POWER. ONLY THE DEMONSTRATORS&rsquo; CLOTHING REVEALS THE CONTEMPORARY REFERENCE. THE PICTURE COMBINES HISTORY AND THE PRESENT IN A FRIGHTENING WAY.****FUJILOVE &middot; ISSUE 114 &middot; SEPTEMBER 2025:&raquo;I SEE MY PICTURES AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIGHT AGAINST THE RESURGENCE OF RIGHT-WING CONSERVATIVE FORCES IN EUROPE&laquo; - RAYMOND ROEMKE IN THIS POWERFUL PHOTO ESSAY, RAYMOND ROEMKE DOCUMENTS MODERN RESISTANCE AGAINST FAR-RIGHT EXTREMISM IN GERMANY USING LIGHT, SHADOW AND VISUAL TENSION TO CONNECT PAST AND PRESENT. SHOT WITH THE X-H2 AND XF8-16MM / XF16-55MM ZOOMS, HIS IMAGES DRAW ON A DYSTOPIAN DOCUMENTARY AESTEHETIC TO ECHO THE FEARS OF HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF. THINK MUNICH&rsquo;S SIEGESTOR, ECHOS OF 1933 AND SOLOGANS LIKE &raquo;NEVER AGAIN FASCISM&laquo;, ALL PHOTOGRAPHED WITH QUIET DEFIANCE AND COMPOSITIONAL CONTROL.****EXHIBITIONS:2024 PRESSEFOTO BAYERN &middot; GROUP EXHIBITION BAYERISCHER LANDTAG &middot; MAXIMILIANEUM MUNICH2025 PRESSEFOTO BAYERN &middot; GROUP EXHIBITION BR&Uuml;CKEN-CENTER ANSBACH2025 DEIN BILD F&Uuml;R DEMOKRATIE FREELENS GROUP EXHIBITION &middot; STADTHAUS CELLE2025 PRESSEFOTO BAYERN &middot; GROUP EXHIBITION STADTMUSEUM &middot; FEMBOHAUS NUREMBERG

GEMEINSAM GEGEN RECHTS

AWARD WINNING PHOTO »PRESSEFOTO BAYERN 2024«

INTERVIEW BY MICHAELA SCHNEIDER / BJV REPORT

CATALOGUE BY BAYERISCHER JOURNALISTENVERBAND

VIDEO BY BORIS BERG / BR24 NACHRICHTEN · 
PHOTO BY MATTHIAS BALK / BAYERISCHER LANDTAG · 2024

PHOTO BY MATTHIAS BALK / BAYERISCHER LANDTAG · 2024

AWARD CEREMONY AT THE MAXIMILIANEUM WITH STATE PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT ILSE AIGNER AND COMPETITION WINNERS
BAYERISCHER LANDTAG · 2024

PROF. NOBEL WITH STUDENTS AT THE EXHIBITION IN THE BAVARIAN STATE PARLIAMENT · PHOTO BY ELKE NOBEL · 2024

EXHIBITION AT THE BRÜCKEN-CENTER ANSBACH · 2025

DEIN BILD FÜR DEMOKRATIE
FREELENS PHOTO EXHIBITION IN CELLE · 2025

TOGETHER AGAINST FAR RIGHT · MORE THAN 300.000 CAN’T BE WRONG · IMPRESSIONS FROM THE POWERFUL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST RIGHT-WING RADICALISM AND RESURGENT NATIONAL SOCIALISM · SIEGESTOR MUNICH · JANUARY 21TH 2024

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WEHRT EUCH, LEISTET WIDERSTAND
GEGEN DEN FASCHISMUS HIER IM LAND!
HALTET FEST ZUSAMMEN!
HALTET FEST ZUSAMMEN!

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