Thilo Koppen – Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography

Thilo Koppen

Portrait of Thilo Koppen

Thilo Koppen was born in Dresden in 2003. He discovered his interest in photography early on and uses it to show new perspectives. In his work he looks for deep emotions and stories that happen in the world around us. His focus is on documentary and portrait photography. Thilo began his studies at Hochschule Hannover in 2022.

Stories by Thilo

What is silence? Ten people, ten answers.

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

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Learning to dream lucidly: awake in your own mind’s cinema

Steering your dreams consciously, without apps and without hype: what sleep research knows about lucid dreaming.

A cyanotype: a photograph of a person, in blue.

Comment and debate

What some people see in a picture – and others miss

Transcultural perspectives show how differently people read images – and which hidden clues only some can see.

Irmela Mensah-Schramm: fighting Nazi slogans with a scraper and a heart

For decades one woman has been scraping messages of hate out of public spaces – she has removed more than 140,000 of them. The attacks go on.

“Let there be snow.”

Elias Holzknecht sheds light on the consequences of climate change in the Alps.

Power and control

Dülmen wild horses: truly wild or just a show?

The annual round-up in the Münsterland draws thousands – and raises awkward questions about how we treat animals.

A herd of Dülmen wild horses gallops across a dusty clearing during the traditional wild horse round-up. The horses are surrounded by trees and grass under a clear blue sky.

Success without studying?

What an upbringing without authority is like.

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