Josefin Pilar Junge

Josefin Pilar Junge (born 2005) is originally from Hamburg and lived in Berlin for a while.

She is politically engaged and interested in culture, society and people’s personal stories.

She has been studying Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography at Hochschule Hannover since the 2024 winter semester.

Contact:
jopilar5@gmx.de

Stories by Josefin

Masculinity

Misogyny in the feed: when algorithms shape reality.

Misogynistic content spreads rapidly on social media. For many young women, it is no longer a digital phenomenon but part of everyday life. An investigation into quiet radicalisation, a lack of prevention and the consequences in real life.

Portrait of Luise in a black scarf and blue jacket against a yellow wall – investigation into misogyny on social media

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Advice

Which camera for photography? Professionals explain why the technology comes second.

Analogue or digital, full frame or APS-C, mirrorless or DSLR? Magnum photographer Nanna Heitmann and lecturers at Hochschule Hannover explain why good photos depend not on the camera brand but on the person behind it.

Numerous digital and DSLR cameras hang by their straps in an equipment loan room – which camera for photography and a photography degree?

Career paths

‘If you bring interest and a bit of staying power, it’s one of the best jobs in the world.’

Graduate Jonas Wresch talks in an interview about what it takes to work as a photojournalist.

Standbild aus dem Video über den Fotografen Jonas Wresch

Water

‘It’s like dancing in the water’

Flexibility, timing and blind trust: how a demanding sport shapes young athletes.

Two synchronised swimmers from SGS Hannover stand vertically upside down in a pool, with only their legs visible above the water.

On the margins

The war that stays invisible: exploring Poland and Moldova

How the Russian invasion shows itself in the border regions – and at the same time stays hidden. Pictures from the threshold of Europe.

Collecting

Hannover’s hidden source of raw materials: recycling at the Nordhafen

Uncertain trade routes, wars and new regulations are putting the recycling industry to the test. At the TSR site in Hannover’s Nordhafen, a whole sector can be seen changing.

Award winners

My house wrapped in clouds

Armina Ahmadinia returns to the Caspian Sea. Her photographic work tells of the retreating water, the loss of familiar places and a quiet longing for closeness and home.

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