Patrick Slesiona

Patrick Slesiona studied at Hochschule Hannover until 2022 and worked freelance as a portrait and documentary photographer for newspapers, magazines, agencies and companies. His pictures have appeared in publications including Süddeutsche Zeitung, DER SPIEGEL and DIE ZEIT.

In August 2024 Patrick Slesiona was awarded the coveted Stern scholarship and is now working full-time for the magazine for a year.

Contact:
Web: www.patrickslesiona.de
Instagram: @patrickslesiona

Articles by Patrick:

Final projects

Waiting for war.

For his bachelor’s project, photographer Patrick Slesiona travelled to Armenia. For years the democratic country has had to defend itself against its authoritarian neighbour Azerbaijan.

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Masculinity

The patriarchal obsession with virginity

Older men’s fascination with teenage girls runs deep in our culture. The Wecker case recently brought it back into the headlines. Films, music and the internet fuel hypersexualisation – with far-reaching consequences.

Comment and debate

Between reasons of state and journalistic integrity

The German-Palestinian journalist Farid Dabour on media, power and responsibility

Final projects

Sex work in the pandemic.

Helena Lea Manhartsberger researched Austria’s red-light districts for her bachelor’s thesis.

Silence

Groundhog Day for the humble sandwich: a homage

Simple, familiar, underrated: a photographic declaration of love to the simplest meal of the day.

Award winners

Coal mining.

Since 2017, graduate Daniel Chatard has been documenting the conflict in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Power and control

Circle in the air: a performance artist between the circus and the Reeperbahn

Greta lived between the circus ring and the nightclub – and struggled with a strain that hardly anyone talks about.

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