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Ute von Koerber from the association «Lachen hilft» (laughing helps) performs as hospital clown «Vitamine» in her apartment in Potsdam for 11 year old Pauline. Pauline takes part by videoconference from the children’s ward of the Carl-Thiem-Klinikums Cottbus alongside hospital clown «Frollein Cloudine» (Helga Schimonsky) from Hannover.
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Tanja Selmer (red) as hospital clown «Tiffy» and Julia Gotzmann (blue) as hospital clown «Fridolina», both from the association «Lachen hilft» (laughing helps), perform in the yard of the home fo the elderly Haus am Mariengrund Brandenburg an der Havel for residents.
Very happy getting 1st and 2nd place of dpa Pictures of the Year 2019 in the category Arts & Entertainment. Big congrats to all awarded colleagues!
1. Dragqueen Aquaria performs at „RuPaul’s Drag Race” at the Berliner Tempodrom.
2. A boy looks at the artwork „I. . . I. . . I. . .” by Ryan Gander at the Galerie Esther Schipper during Berlin Gallery Weekend, while being held back by his mother.
I’m happy to share a new picture gallery with press photography, briefly recapitulating last year. 2018 was filled with interesting stories and encounters as part of my freelance work for the German Press-Agency (dpa) and it’s really been a joy working in a great team and within a big network.
Please click HERE for impressions of the aftermath of the forest fires in the summer east of Athens, the “Unteilbar” demonstration in Berlin that gathered around 240 000 people against far-right politics, a seemingly floating 3D pedestrian crossing in Thüringen and more.