Michael Trammer – Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography

Michael Trammer

Michael Trammer is a journalist and filmmaker from Hannover. Since August 2025 he has been an editor on ‘Cooked’, a format from the public broadcasters’ online network funk. In his reportages, he likes to work in multimedia and investigative formats on exploitation, social inequality, migration and group-focused hostility.

As a reporter, researcher and author, he has worked on productions for ARD (NDR, SWR, WDR) and ZDF, among others. He has also published in various German daily and weekly newspapers (taz, Die Zeit, RND). Trammer is a trained media designer for image and sound and studies Visual Journalism & Documentary Photography at Hochschule Hannover. Many of his photos have also been published in major German newspapers and magazines.

With the journalism collective ‘Freelance Underground’, he produced multimedia reportages on the situation of refugees on Lesbos in early 2020, on the so-called Balkan route in 2021 and on the Ukrainian-Polish border shortly after the start of the Russian invasion in 2022. The reports won awards including third prize in the multimedia category of ‘College Photographer of the Year 2020’ and the Grimme Online Award in 2022. Together with colleagues, Trammer now runs the co-working space ‘laporte studio’ in Hannover, which aims to offer low-threshold access to the basics needed for journalistic and creative work.

Contact:
mail@michaeltrammer.de

What holds us together

The Magdeburg attack: how do you cope with the violence?

Almost a year after the attack on the Christmas market, the trial has begun – while many of those affected are grappling with racist assaults.

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MS Norröna: by ferry across the North Atlantic to Iceland

From Denmark via the Faroe Islands to the far north: a passage through the rugged beauty of the sea.

A crew member stands in the interior of the MS Norröna, where several empty tables and chairs stand in front of large windows. The soft light of early evening creates a dreamy atmosphere.

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.

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.

What is silence? Ten people, ten answers

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

“For a long time, parents in Iran believed that good girls would not dance in public.”

Shirin Abedi returns to her native Tehran for a report on ballerinas.

Taking a break – out of sight

In the back room, in the warehouse, on crates in the back yard: breaks are part of the working day – and often happen out of sight. Quiet, unremarkable, indispensable.

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