Leonard Mikoleit

Leonard Mikoleit

Leonard Mikoleit was born in Gelsenkirchen in 2001. From the age of five he grew up in Cali, Colombia, where he studied advertising, graduating in 2021. Since 2019 he has been photographing art, human rights and Colombian domestic politics. In 2022 he began studying Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography at Hochschule Hannover.

Stories by Leonard

What is silence? Ten people, ten answers.

Ten very different lives, one question – captured in short, powerful video portraits.

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Masculinity can be deadly

Women attempt suicide more often – and yet 71.5 per cent of people who die by suicide in Germany are men. A search for answers.

Blurred silhouette of an upper body against an orange background

Burkinis at the swimming pool: the weight of other people’s stares

Just going for a swim – and being watched the whole time. Our author tells of prejudice at the poolside.

What makes a good photo reportage: characteristics, examples and tips.

A clear focus on the people in the story, powerful pictures, strong storytelling: using examples, we show you the hallmarks of a photo reportage that grips and stays in the mind.

A woman holds two cameras up to her eyes.

What holds us together

The Blatten landslide: when permafrost makes the Alps unstable

When warming sets the rock sliding: how climate change is putting entire high-mountain communities at risk.

From trying to photograph the wind.

Lithuania has the highest suicide rate in Europe. Hannes Jung examines the background in his work.

Varena, Lithuania on February 21, 2016: Teresa dances in her kitchen. 19 years earlier, her husband took his own life.

‘People here knock on a lot of doors’

In eastern Malmö, a neighbourhood is struggling with its reputation – and with the hope that doors will open for the people who live there.

Anas in the dappled shade of the trees in Rosengård. He wants to become a model and move away from Sweden to gain new experiences.

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