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Ole Witt

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Ole Witt

Food Sync

One day the fossil fuel engine is replaced by electric motors, coal power plants are upgraded to regenerative energies - and also the food industry will change permanently. One approach that will play an important role in this field is „tech food“. 
Startups and companies are researching ways to use technology to reduce resources in food production, to establish new crops as sources of protein or to lower food waste through digital networking. Some tech-food approaches seem like visions from a science fiction story - and yet they are already part of our present: Protein-rich microalgae are cultivated in kilometer-long glass tubes, producing a hundred times more biomass than conventional grain fields. Pilot projects exist in which people take part of their diet intravenously, and an insect larva is being cultivated that could revolutionize existing food cycles. Food Sync gives insight into this tech scene and underlines that not only Silicon Valley can do technological pioneering work.

Ole Witt

Ole Witt realizes documentary long-term projects and works as a freelance photographer in Berlin. He studied photojournalism and documentary photography at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hanover. In 2017, he received a scholarship to study "Photography Design" at the national Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, India. His work has been published in magazines like Stern, Spiegel or Wired and has been exhibited at several international festivals. Ole Witt is among the finalists of different photography awards. With his work "Help Desk - Random Acts of Administration" he wins the Kolga Newcomer Award in 2018. Since 2019, in addition to his work as a photographer, he works as a freelance photo editor for various projects.