Espen Eichhöfer
#Photographe
- Exposition
« On borders », a collective exhibition by OSTKREUZ
A woman flees her homeland for a distant country. Two enemy armies face each other across a fence. The World Court condemns a war criminal. A desert gives birth to a new nation. A people topple their country’s dictator. And in a back courtyard someone takes a shot of heroin.
In their new joint exhibition, the 18 photographers of the OSTKREUZ agency tell stories about borders. They explore what borders mean to people and how people shape their lives along borders.
First of all, a border is not more than an imaginary line drawn to mark a difference. This ends here, something else starts over there. Most crossings occur smoothly, but once a barrier has been constructed, it can only be crossed at a border checkpoint. A barrier emphasizes differences via fences, walls, and ges... - Exposition
Die Zigeuner von W by Espen Eichhöfer
In Weilau, Uila in Romanian, there is a village in mountainous Transylvania, Romania, founded in 12. century by Saxons. The Saxons no longer live there, they left gradually in the past century. The only ones who have stayed in the village are the gypsies, who have settled there since around 1800. Although the German term "Zigeuner" has developed a profoundly negative connotation in the past, that's how they define themselves. They live in the village permanently and speak German. The Norwegian photographer Espen Eichhöfer, living in Berlin, visited the village in 2006 and documented the characteristics of this little rural community....
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A woman flees her homeland for a distant country. Two enemy armies face each other across a fence. The World Court condemns a war criminal. A desert gives birth to a new nation. A people topple their country’s dictator. And in a back courtyard someone takes a shot of heroin.
In their new joint exhibition, the 18 photographers of the OSTKREUZ agency tell stories about borders. They explore what borders mean to people and how people shape their lives along borders.
First of all, a border is not more than an imaginary line drawn to mark a difference. This ends here, something else starts over there. Most crossings occur smoothly, but once a barrier has been constructed, it can only be crossed at a border checkpoint. A barrier emphasizes differences via fences, walls, and ges...
In Weilau, Uila in Romanian, there is a village in mountainous Transylvania, Romania, founded in 12. century by Saxons. The Saxons no longer live there, they left gradually in the past century. The only ones who have stayed in the village are the gypsies, who have settled there since around 1800. Although the German term "Zigeuner" has developed a profoundly negative connotation in the past, that's how they define themselves. They live in the village permanently and speak German. The Norwegian photographer Espen Eichhöfer, living in Berlin, visited the village in 2006 and documented the characteristics of this little rural community....