The small hamlet of Luetzerath on the edge of the Garzweiler open pit lignite mine was occupied for over a year by environmental activists in order to prevent the dredging by RWE. To make the eviction by the police more difficult, activists hung themselves in ropes and climbed on mono-, duo- and tripods. To make the long hours in the air more comfortable, some of them sat in swings, thus the name "swing-force". In January 2023, the occupation was evicted, the trees cut down and the remaining buildings demolished.

July 2021 has seen one of the most devastating floods in Germany. A complete region was destroeyed by the highwaters of river Ahr. Almost 140 died, infrastructure and memories were destroyed. Ths flood is regarded by many as an effect of climate change.

Ende Gelaende is a NGO, that is known for spectacular rallies against coal digging companies. By storming into open cast mines or blocking railway tracks, that transport coal to the nearby powerplants with hundreds of activists, dressed in white or red painter´s suits, they try to change the policies of the German government towards a more climate friendly energy politics.

Since 2012 the Hambach Forest is occupied by climate activists, who protect the forest from clearing by living in treehouses, that are build upto 28 meters high. Next to the Hambach Forest is a big browncoal open mine, run by RWE corp., that is digging away the forest, but now had to stop due to the occupation and a judgement to stop the clearing. Regulary the treehouses get evicted and destroyed, but the activists keep coming back.

Since 2012 the Hambach Forest in Germany is occupied by climate activists, who protect the forest from clearing by living in treehouses, that are build upto 28 meters high. Next to the Hambach Forest is a big browncoal open mine, run by RWE Corp., that is digging away the forest, but now had to stop due to the occupation and a judgement to stop the clearing. Regulary the treehouses get evicted and destroyed, but the activists keep coming back. I have started this longterm reportage in September 2018 shortly before the grand scale eviction of activists and destruction of the treehouses and continue working on it, showing the work and live of the climate activists in this symbol and hotspot of civil disobidience.

Since 2012 the Hambach Forest is occupied by climate activists, who protect the forest from clearing by living in treehouses, that are build upto 28 meters high. Next to the Hambach Forest is a big browncoal open mine, run by RWE corp., that is digging away the forest, but now had to stop due to the occupation and a judgement to stop the clearing. For some, the activists are like forest spirits, coming out and disappearing behind the bushes. Clandestine, sometimes inviosible. Like the animals, that live in the forest. With a thermal camera I ve photographed their activities somewhere sometime. The pictures look like coming out of a surveillance camera, as it it also used by the police to observe the activists and control their hidden movements.

Auroville, the City Of Dawn, is an experimental townshop in southern India, founded almost 50 years ago to become a place of human unity, regardless of race, belief for people from all over the world to live together in peace and progressive harmony. Today Auroville has more than 2.600 citizens and shortly before its anniversary struggling with its past and future. My Conceptual Series "Living in Utopia" consists of portraits paired with quotes and pictures of buildings in a strange light, that resembles neither day nor night.

Auroville is an experimental townshop in southern India, founded almost 50 years ago to become a place of human unity, regardless of race, belief for people from all over the world to live together in peace, spirituality and progressive harmony. Today Auroville has more than 2.600 citizens and shortly before its anniversary struggling with its past and future. My Reportage "Living in Utopia" shows the lives of its people between spirituality and contemplation.

The Carrera Panamericana is by far the toughest old-timer rally in the world. Every year in October more than hundred cars, some worth over a million Euros race through the deserts and jungles of Mexico. And, almost every year, drivers die on the sometimes slippery roads. I've followed the rally - not so fast - with my iPhone.

The carnival in Cologne has a darker side. Weeks before hundreds of thousands of people celebrate in the streets of the German city, in the halls of an old hall, men congregate, seemingly without having a lot of fun. there are music and jokes on the stage, but this event is also in place to do shadow business, to renew contacts and do deals the short way. Of course, wearing funny hats or red noses are some kind of funny camouflage...

In the north of Kolkata, India, the seats of the bicycle rikshaws are beautifully glued with wallpapers, showing fruits and vegetables and pictures of some favourite filmstars, often in a romantic or in a fighter pose. A passenger taking his seat is allured into a worls that is mor colourful than the surrounding streets of the city.

In the small alleys around Kolkata University in India hundreds of small book stalls are clustered to fi ll up every little place. They cater for all of the student interest, from comic books to physics. In the congested spaces, there is hardly a chair to sit for the seller.

Where the holy river Ganga fl ows into the sea the annual bathing festival of Ganga Sagar takes place every year. Just before the sun reaches over the horizon, hundreds of thousands devotees fl ock into the salt waters to perform their ritauls. The series is part of my ongoing project “ACT of Faith” which portrays people in religious contexts with a heavily darkened background to create a theatrical atmosphere.