Sophie Boyer

A portrait photo of Sophie Boyer

Sophie Boyer, born in 1992 and raised in a village near Lingen (Ems), worked as a social worker in Berlin for seven years. During her master’s degree there, specialising in human rights, she focused on topics such as intersectional feminism, postcolonialism and immigration and flight. Since 2022 she has been studying ‘Visual Journalism & Documentary Photography’ at Hochschule Hannover.

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Stories by Sophie

What is silence? Ten people, ten answers.

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

Nordhorn Range: ‘There’s nothing we can do about it, in court or otherwise’.

For years, residents have been protesting against low-flying jets and bombing practice – and keep coming up against limits.

A soldier in camouflage uniform works at a computer in the control room of the Nordhorn Range, a military firing range. Another soldier can be seen at a different workstation in the background, while large windows look out over the site and the surrounding landscape.

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‘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.

Studying photography: How to find the right university.

An overview of the best-known programmes.

Photography students during a shoot in a studio with lighting equipment and a backdrop. A sign on the floor reads ‘FOTOSHOOTING’ and marks the entrance to the studio. From behind, you can see the outline of a young man studying photography.

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.

‘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.

Grey Grounds

More than 6,000 soldiers, two training areas, a town marching in lockstep. In Munster, the ‘Zeitenwende’ has long been part of everyday life. A photo essay about a place where people applaud the Bundeswehr.

Soldier with a rifle in a guardhouse at the entrance to a firing range

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.

Women sit talking at a beer table at an event in Magdeburg – dealing with racism after the Christmas market attack

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