Ostkreuz. Kontinent

KONTINENT In Search of Europe is the new publication and exhibition project of OSTKREUZ-Agency of Photographers, Berlin. As in previous editions, a common topic was designated for agency members to work on for several years. KONTINENT is the seventh joint thematic publication of the agency members. Over the past three decades they have received recognition in Germany and abroad for their high-quality artistic, documentary photojournalism. As an artistic and political statement, the twenty-three photographers of the agency focus on the European present. In this project, the OSTKREUZ photographers explore various aspects of coexistence in Europe focusing on personal, social, and political phenomena as well as fundamental structures and historical developments. They always find access to complex content through pictures of people and their environments. The themes of the series range from questions of identity and security, renationalization, migration, and integration to a fundamental understanding of humanism, democracy, and freedom of expression. KONTINENT attempts to offer fruitful impulses for the current debate on Europe by asking questions such as: What connects us? How will our continent develop? And who exactly does “we” refer to when we are speaking about Europe?

Ostkreuz photographers
Jörg Brüggemann, Espen Eichhöfer, Sibylle Fendt, Johanna-Maria Fritz, Annette Hauschild, Harald Hauswald, Heinrich Holtgreve, Tobias Kruse, Ute Mahler, Werner Mahler, Dawin Meckel, Thomas Meyer, Frank Schinski, Jordis Antonia Schlösser, Ina Schoenenburg, Anne Schönharting, Linn Schröder, Stephanie Steinkopf, Mila Teshaieva, Heinrich Völkel, Maurice Weiss, Sebastian Wells und Sibylle Bergemann (1941-2010)

Ed.: Ingo Taubhorn and OSTKREUZ-Agentur der Fotografen
in collaboration with the Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Texts by Ingo Taubhorn, Johannes Odenthal, Falk Richter, Thomas Winkler and OSTKREUZ