{"id":21719,"date":"2023-06-30T13:16:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T13:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?p=21719"},"modified":"2023-07-19T13:40:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T13:40:42","slug":"jana-may-bachelor","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/final-projects\/jana-may-bachelor\/","title":{"rendered":"Jana May Bachelor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n    <div id=\"lead-in-block_d70c263c216d9b8a32f52ac2d0c3ddbc\" class=\"block-lead-in typo--default font-size--xl has-spacing--m width--default\">\n        <h1>Because I have always been James.<\/h1>\n<p>Jana Mai accompanied a young transman in her bachelor thesis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">\r\n    <span class=\"posted-on\"><a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/final-projects\/jana-may-bachelor\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-06-30T13:16:28+02:00\">30.06.2023<\/time><\/a><\/span> <span class=\"meta-text\"> Fotos und Text: Jana Mai<\/span><\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\r\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"photo-block--slider splide has-spacing--m\" data-splide='{\"arrows\":true, \"autoplay\":false}'>\n    <div class=\"splide__track\">\n        <div class=\"splide__list\">\n\n                \n\n                    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--wide-left with-title splide__slide\">\n\n                        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n                                class=\"slide__image\"\n                                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mai-Jana_Weil-ich-schon-immer-James-war_02-1050x750.jpg\" \n                                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mai-Jana_Weil-ich-schon-immer-James-war_02-1050x750.jpg 1050w, 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                                        <span class=\"post__image__title\">Photo by Jana Mai<\/span>\n                            \n                        <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n                        \n                    <\/figure>\n                \n                        \n\n                    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--wide-left with-title splide__slide\">\n\n                        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n                                class=\"slide__image\"\n                                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mai-Jana_Weil-ich-schon-immer-James-war_04-1050x750.jpg\" \n                                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mai-Jana_Weil-ich-schon-immer-James-war_04-1050x750.jpg 1050w, 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                                        <span class=\"post__image__title\">Photo: Jana Mai<\/span>\n                            \n                        <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n                        \n                    <\/figure>\n                \n                       \n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    \n        <div class=\"slider__navigation\">\n            <div class=\"slide__count\"><\/div>\n        <\/div><!-- .slider__navigation -->\n\n        <div class=\"splide__arrows gallery-slider__arrows\">\n\n            <button class=\"splide__arrow splide__arrow--prev gallery-slider__arrow\">\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"7\" height=\"11\" viewBox=\"0 0 7 11\" fill=\"none\">\n                <rect width=\"7.3498\" height=\"1.15101\" transform=\"matrix(-0.716725 -0.697356 -0.716725 0.697356 6.60693 10.1616)\"\/>\n                <rect width=\"7.70647\" height=\"1.15101\" transform=\"matrix(-0.716725 0.697356 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But how much of it is actually self-determined? Photographer Jana Mai&#8217;s work &#8220;Because I&#8217;ve Always Been James&#8221; is a sensitive exploration of the identity of James &#8211; a young trans man on his way to a self-determined self. Over the course of several months, she accompanies James, capturing the nuances of his coming-of-age in subtle and soulful moments.  <br\/><br\/>Born in 1989 in a small settlement near the former Kazakh capital Almaty and raised in Germany. Fascinated and moved by the life stories of people on many of her travels in Europe, Africa and Asia, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janamai.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jana Mai <\/a>has since been concerned with questions of collective memory as well as the sense of home and belonging and the relationship between traditional culture and identity. In 2021, she was awarded the World Report Award in the Student Award category, and this year she will receive the <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/news-en\/stern-prize-for-nanna-heitmann\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">STERN scholarship<\/a>. Jana Mai works as a freelance portrait and documentary photographer for STERN, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, DER SPIEGEL and DIE ZEIT, among others.  <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-spacing--m has-spacing--default\">\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <nav id=\"section-navigation-block_aa63c2bc742be43f01206c0438db38ad\" class=\"section-navigation has-spacing--m\">\n        <ul>\n\n                \n                    <li>Das k\u00f6nnte dich auch interessieren<\/li>\n                \n            \n            \n                        \n                        \n\n            \n            \n            \n                        \n                        \n\n            \n\n        <\/ul>\n        \n    <\/nav>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"four-columns-teaser has-spacing--m\">\n\n    \r\n<article class=\"post-teaser post-68217 magazin type-magazin status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry magazinkategorie-ausgezeichnet\">\r\n\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-categories\">\n\t<a class=\"post__tag\" href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/magazin-kategorie\/ausgezeichnet\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ausgezeichnet<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/ausgezeichnet\/noemi-ehrat-the-abortion-plot\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\r\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">The Abortion Plot.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"entry-excerpt\">Noemi Ehrat zeigt Abtreibung als allt\u00e4gliche Praxis. Ihr Langzeitprojekt fragt nicht nach dem Warum, sondern nach dem Wie: sachlich, ruhig und jenseits politischer Schlagzeilen.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\r\n\r\n\t<figure class=\"post__image\">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/ausgezeichnet\/noemi-ehrat-the-abortion-plot\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\r\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-350x263.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-image--two-column--small size-post-image--two-column--small\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-350x263.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-1400x1050.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-1050x788.jpeg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-670x503.jpeg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-420x315.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NoemiEhratTheAbortionPlot9-150x113.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/figure><!-- .post__image -->\r\n\r\n<\/article>\r\n\r\n<article class=\"post-teaser post-67572 magazin type-magazin status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry magazinkategorie-ausgezeichnet\">\r\n\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-categories\">\n\t<a class=\"post__tag\" href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/magazin-kategorie\/ausgezeichnet\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ausgezeichnet<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/ausgezeichnet\/armina-ahmadinia-mein-haus-in-wolken-gehuellt\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\r\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\">Mein Haus in Wolken geh\u00fcllt.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<p class=\"entry-excerpt\">Armina Ahmadinia kehrt an das Kaspische Meer zur\u00fcck. 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