Lukas Martin

Lukas Martin was born in Fritzlar in 1999. After completing his bachelor’s degree in political science and history at the University of Kassel, he began studying Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography in Hannover in 2024.

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Collecting

The world’s largest Playmobil collection: 400,000 figures

It all began in a child’s bedroom – today Oliver Schaffer owns the world’s largest Playmobil collection, with more than 400,000 figures. A visit to his high-bay warehouse.

Masculinity

‘Being gay is not a choice’

Dirk and Thomas came out to their families only recently. Today they live together as a couple. In an interview with our author, they talk about their path to an open life.

Masculinity

‘I was a Hitler caricature from a bad Hollywood film’

He used to march through the streets in a leather coat, carrying the Reich war flag, giving hate speeches and dreaming of the great revolution. Today Axel Reitz works in extremism prevention.

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.

Collecting

Staging mortality: two photographers in a coffin

Two photographers lie down in a coffin and photograph each other. What sounds like breaking a taboo is an exploration of commerce and ritual – and of the question: is this allowed?

Collecting

The king of biros: 200,000 ballpoint pens in one collection

Clicky pens, special editions, promotional freebies: Heinz-Hermann has them all. The story of the biro, from Budapest to Brockel.

Close-up of a multi-tiered shelf holding brightly coloured boxes, each filled to the brim with ballpoint pens.

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