Tim Kirchhof

Tim Kirchhof was born in Schleswig-Holstein in 1995. After finishing school in Neumünster, he first studied social work in Kiel and then worked as a sex educator and in open youth work. During his first degree he was already turning his photography into a profession, and in 2022 he began his second degree, in Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography, in Hannover.

At Hochschule Hannover, Tim wants to bring his background in social work into his photographic projects. His focus is therefore on finding and testing ways of telling stories about social issues. These go beyond journalistic reportage and are complemented by staged documentary work and artistic approaches.

Contact:
Timckirchhof@posteo.de
www.timkirchhof.com

Stories by Tim

Silence

‘We want to give dying a place of the greatest possible security’.

At Hospiz Luise in Hannover, carers accompany people on their final journey – and turn fear into a sense of safety.

Water

New shores: floating islands between art and ecology.

Floating platforms like the ‘Zukunst’ in Hannover create green open spaces – a concept that is catching on around the world.

A houseboat floats towards the viewer on a calm river lined with green trees. In the background rises Hannover’s Ihmezentrum tower block.

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Traces

Lost place in the Harz: the abandoned Harzgerode sanatorium

Where children were once treated for tuberculosis, silence now reigns – a walk through crumbling walls.

Masculinity

The social pull of masculinity

What does it mean to be a man today? On the pressure to conform, on uncertainty – and why simple answers are so seductive.

Comment and debate

Between reasons of state and journalistic integrity

The German-Palestinian journalist Farid Dabour on media, power and responsibility

Portrait of German-Palestinian journalist Farid Dabour in a leather jacket in front of a red wooden door – interview on media, reasons of state and journalism

Work

Gen Z and work: is the ‘lazy generation’ just a stereotype?

Lazy, spoilt, demanding? Gen Z is fighting for its reputation – and it’s their work ethic above all that’s being called into question. Is there anything to the stereotypes?

Pieces of fruit lie in a row against a white background. Stuck-on moustaches, hats and hair give them human features. The fruit is meant as a pun: in German, ‘faul’ means both ‘rotten’ and ‘lazy’ – just like Generation Z, supposedly.

Collecting

Hannover’s hidden source of raw materials: recycling at the Nordhafen

Uncertain trade routes, wars and new regulations are putting the recycling industry to the test. At the TSR site in Hannover’s Nordhafen, a whole sector can be seen changing.

Ideals

Wildwuchs works

Community-supported agriculture aims to make environmentally friendly farming possible. Our author wanted to know whether it works and visited a farm.

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