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Window in Feldkirch
A window in a basement showing a tree in the fall. The lead can seal it powerfully, it reminds me of a computer game my siblings played...

A family photo where you least expect it
Unless you're a musician. Last week I traveled to Feldkirch Austria to visit an art and music festival. My friend works in the production...

On the way to Volmerswerth
I spotted these geese. They were grazing and took no notice of me. It is not the first time I am going there to try and find the exact...

A dove in Oberkassel
Only while editing the video pieces of my project, I noticed that while Johann was reading Frieda and Georg's letter in front of...

Stolpersteine in Ergo-Platz
Yesterday I saw the stepping stones being installed in the pavement next to the tall Ergo building, a family crew came to video the...

Sheep on the Rhein bank
When I went down to the bank of the Rhein for the starting point of the route my great grandmother took back home on July 11th 1931 the...

34 minutes, 2.7 km
In the Düsseldorf address book from 1936 Georg Lindmeyer's office was registered at Steinstraße 78 on the 3rd floor. I went there today...

Corner of Hellweg and Bruchstrasse
What used to be Alter Hellweg in the 20's of the previous century is now called Bruchstrasse. In a drawing made by the police of the...

Murder at the church's backyard
On February 8th 1929 the body of an 8 years old girl was discovered on the edge of the courtyard of the St. Vinzenz church near the (then...

Annemarie Kahler
I have no information about this photograph. I am guessing it is my great aunt (on the right) with a friend having some laughs while...

220 meters
After spending the entire day on Salierstraße looking for people to film reading the Lindemeyer letters I went down to the Rhein bank and...

12 minutes
It takes 12 minutes to walk from Schorlemerstraße 26 to Salierstraße 4 in Oberkassel. I often wonder whether those two families ever met....

Konrad Köhler
I think he was in the middle of saying something. In 1938 at 16 years old you're just happy with what you get from the photography...

Ulrike and Georg Krause
Having the time of their lives in yet another Christmas (far more relaxed occasion) party taken 12 years later, with friends Loni and...

Jonas Krause
My dad is really pleased with himself in this super staged photo of him and his family. The special occasion is his acceptance to high...

A round flag
I spotted a flag wrapped around a water heater on a roof. Next to it a ladder gave an indication to how it was hanged.

A missing saddle
At the border of the Kibbutz I noticed a child's bicycle leaned against the old rusty wire fence. The saddle was missing, but it seemed...

Hartmut Jäger
At 19, Hartmut Jäger was already married and about to become a father. Unfortunately he did not see his child until she was 4 years old, ...

A bird's wing
I noticed the remains of a bird on the pavement. It was probably eaten by an animal, but half of its wing remained intact.

Inspection
I was observing a house for a long period of time. It is visible in the back behind the large cactus. Though huge and impressive, on a...

A house
I had to go on a business trip to Israel, for reasons I can't yet specify here. I took this photograph in a Kibbutz in the North-Eastern...

Rudolf (Rudy) Walbrecht
Rudy used to sit on Sundays afternoon with his robe on the couch and listen to records. The couch was just opposite the window so that he...

Paul Walbrecht
I remember my grandmother Gerda kept this photograph in the living room for constant display. It's her brother's grave who died when he...

Gerda Richter
One of the many trips she had along the Rhein with her sister. The island on the right of the photo had many ghost stories around it for...

Lara Krause
That 60's teenage girl looking towards the camera with the black cat sitting on top of her head is my mom. The tram ticket is for lines...

Hanno Richter
In recent memories I have of my grandfather he looks as young as he is here. Looking back at this photograph I pay attention to the view...