Martin Albermann

Martin Albermann (born 1992) lives and works as a freelance photographer in Freiburg im Breisgau. From 2012 to 2015 he trained as a photographer at the media centre of the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL) in Münster. He then worked as an inclusion assistant in Edinburgh and began studying social work in Freiburg. His interest in socio-political issues and documentary photography led him to start studying photojournalism and documentary photography in Hannover in 2018. His stories focus on everyday human life and spatial change.

Website: www.martinalbermann.de

Articles by Martin:

Final projects

Where Marx never was.

In his final project, Martin Albermann describes the transformation of the city of Chemnitz, caught between new beginnings and stagnation.

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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.

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Thin on top

TikTok routines, rosemary oil, transplants: the market for hair-loss treatments is booming. Hair may be just hair in the end – but it’s never quite that simple.

What holds us together

Reality TV: life in front of the cameras

Millions watch as strangers fall in love, fight and fail. But how much reality is there really in it?

Advice

Hannover? Go and study somewhere else.

That’s what our author thought, too. Until he moved there. Why the city is worth it once you stop comparing it with Berlin or Munich.

Comment and debate

Forever in your bytes

A conversation with ChatGPT about morality, diversity and parallels with Spike Jonze’s film ‘Her’

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