{"id":75609,"date":"2026-02-24T17:26:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?post_type=magazin&#038;p=75609"},"modified":"2026-09-26T17:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T15:25:00","slug":"losing-motivation-in-a-creative-job","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/guides\/losing-motivation-in-a-creative-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Losing motivation in a creative job: how to get your enthusiasm back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n    <div id=\"lead-in-block_9541a3b45ea484068d906f64a745e083\" class=\"block-lead-in typo--default font-size--default has-spacing--m width--default\">\n        <p><strong>Losing motivation in a creative job: how to get your enthusiasm for work back.<\/strong> Even people who turn their passion into a profession know what it is like to lose motivation. We show you why joy can turn into a chore \u2013 and the concrete steps that will help you win back your enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">\r\n    <span class=\"posted-on\"><a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/guides\/losing-motivation-in-a-creative-job\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-02-24T17:26:37+02:00\">24.02.2026<\/time><\/a><\/span><span class=\"byline\">Redaktion: <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/michael-hauri\/\">Michael Hauri<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\r\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--wide-left has-spacing--m with-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-1050x700.jpeg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-1050x700.jpeg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-1400x933.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-670x447.jpeg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-420x280.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-350x233.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max-Schlag_Carlotta-Steinkamp.jpeg 2048w\"\n                width=\"1050\" \n                height=\"700\"\n                alt=\"\" \n            \/>\n            \n                            <span class=\"post__image__title\">Photo: Carlotta Steinkamp<\/span>\n                    <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n        \n    <\/figure><!-- post__image -->\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\"><strong>We all know it:<\/strong> <strong>motivation that slowly drains away.<\/strong> Whether it\u2019s a brilliant idea, a project or just the spring clean we\u2019ve been putting off forever, at some point we lose the desire to keep going. A quick look at the research shows the number of people losing their motivation is rising. While thirty to fifty per cent of students in Germany struggle with motivation, the figure in the working world is around fifty to sixty per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\">The reasons vary: stress, burnout, being under-challenged. As I see it, the fact that several wars are raging around the world, that right-wing extremism is on the rise in Europe and that all our futures are uncertain at best, if not doomed, paralyses even the most motivated people from time to time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m\">That probably sounds thoroughly depressing and demotivating. Still, I want to look at what we can do to overcome this feeling and this state of mind. So I went looking for people around me who lose their motivation now and then. How do they deal with it, and what are their methods?<\/p>\n\n\n    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--wide-left has-spacing--m with-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivationsverlust_Kristin_Floruss-1050x704.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivationsverlust_Kristin_Floruss-1050x704.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivationsverlust_Kristin_Floruss-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivationsverlust_Kristin_Floruss-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivationsverlust_Kristin_Floruss-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivationsverlust_Kristin_Floruss-1536x1030.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivationsverlust_Kristin_Floruss-2048x1373.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivationsverlust_Kristin_Floruss-1920x1287.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivationsverlust_Kristin_Floruss-1400x938.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivationsverlust_Kristin_Floruss-670x449.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivationsverlust_Kristin_Floruss-420x282.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivationsverlust_Kristin_Floruss-350x235.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivationsverlust_Kristin_Floruss-150x101.jpg 150w\"\n                width=\"1050\" \n                height=\"704\"\n                alt=\"\" \n            \/>\n            \n                            <span class=\"post__image__title\">Photo: Max Schlag<\/span>\n                    <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n                    <figcaption class=\"post__image__caption--soehne\"><p><strong>When Kristin\u2019s<\/strong> motivation deserts her, she first looks for new stimuli in nature<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n        \n    <\/figure><!-- post__image -->\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\">For Kristin Floru\u00df, 24, motivation is something that often only kicks in when her deadlines are within reach. The trainee interior designer takes a fairly pragmatic approach to her work and often only starts when she feels it really makes sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m\">I ask her whether she ever actually loses her motivation. \u2018Never,\u2019 says Krissi with a mischievous grin. The irony is impossible to miss. Over time, she has found a few ways to handle it when her motivation goes. Her first reflex is to get outside \u2013 ideally combined with buying something sweet. Most of all, she likes to meet friends to work together and escape the stress a little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n    \n    <div id=\"quote-block_ec1ae44786f1eacf092280015aed6ed3\" class=\"block-quote has-spacing--xs\">\n        <figure class=\"quote\">\n            <blockquote>\n                <p>Put your phone down, lock Instagram and get back out into real life!<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\n\n            <figcaption>\n\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"portrait--inline\" src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max_Schlag_Motivationsverlust_Kristin_Floruss-2048x1373-1-52x52.jpg\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                            <span>Kristin Floru\u00df<\/span>\n            <\/figcaption>\n            \n        <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--m\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--wide-left has-spacing--m with-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivtionsverlust_Thomas_Mueller_Vahl-1050x700.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivtionsverlust_Thomas_Mueller_Vahl-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivtionsverlust_Thomas_Mueller_Vahl-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivtionsverlust_Thomas_Mueller_Vahl-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivtionsverlust_Thomas_Mueller_Vahl-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivtionsverlust_Thomas_Mueller_Vahl-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivtionsverlust_Thomas_Mueller_Vahl-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivtionsverlust_Thomas_Mueller_Vahl-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivtionsverlust_Thomas_Mueller_Vahl-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivtionsverlust_Thomas_Mueller_Vahl-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivtionsverlust_Thomas_Mueller_Vahl-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivtionsverlust_Thomas_Mueller_Vahl-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Max_Schlag_Motivtionsverlust_Thomas_Mueller_Vahl-150x100.jpg 150w\"\n                width=\"1050\" \n                height=\"700\"\n                alt=\"\" \n            \/>\n            \n                            <span class=\"post__image__title\">Photo: Max Schlag<\/span>\n                    <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n                    <figcaption class=\"post__image__caption--soehne\"><p><strong>Thomas M\u00fcller Vahl<\/strong> first steps back from the task<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n        \n    <\/figure><!-- post__image -->\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\">Thomas M\u00fcller Vahl, 25, studies Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography in Hannover. When motivation is lacking, he advises always stepping back a little from whatever you are supposed to be doing. Like Krissi, he finds it helps to talk to other people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m\">As someone who works creatively, he finds that how he is feeling has an enormous influence on his work ethic. \u2018What I always notice is that it\u2019s linked to how you\u2019re doing. Whether the lack of motivation comes from the work itself or whether the reasons lie elsewhere.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block has-spacing--m\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block__column--left\">\n    \n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\"><strong>For Hermann,<\/strong> motivation depends on the seasons. He would describe his current state more as a serious loss of focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m\">Lying around with no desire to do anything is more of a winter thing for him, says the 28-year-old maths master\u2019s student from Berlin. When I first ask him how he generally gets on with motivation, he has to laugh. \u2018What do you think?\u2019 he fires back in his blunt Berlin way. What helps him, though, is getting physically active. Most of his tasks are mental, so one solution might be a quick jump in the river, some stretching \u2013 or simply not forcing himself. Or deliberately putting something off for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block__column--right\">\n    \n    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--full has-spacing--m with-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlotta__Hermi07-1400x2100.jpg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlotta__Hermi07-1400x2100.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlotta__Hermi07-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlotta__Hermi07-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlotta__Hermi07-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlotta__Hermi07-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlotta__Hermi07-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlotta__Hermi07-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlotta__Hermi07-1050x1575.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlotta__Hermi07-670x1005.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlotta__Hermi07-420x630.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlotta__Hermi07-350x525.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlotta__Hermi07-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlotta__Hermi07-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carlotta__Hermi07-scaled.jpg 1707w\"\n                width=\"1400\" \n                height=\"2100\"\n                alt=\"\" \n            \/>\n            \n                            <span class=\"post__image__title\">Photo: Max Schlag<\/span>\n                    <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n        \n    <\/figure><!-- post__image -->\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--xs\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n    \n    <div id=\"quote-block_2d5a908e8391132482f405fbbd85e895\" class=\"block-quote has-spacing--m\">\n        <figure class=\"quote\">\n            <blockquote>\n                <p>For me it\u2019s fine to do something else in that moment, as long as I really do get my actual task done later.<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\n\n            <figcaption>\n\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"portrait--inline\" src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Max_Schlag_Motivtionsverlust_Thomas_Mueller_Vahl-2048x1365-1-52x52.jpg\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                            <span>Thomas M\u00fcller Vahl<\/span>\n            <\/figcaption>\n            \n        <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\">From my own experience, I can say that motivation can disappear as quickly as it came. I usually mourn it a little, try my hand at pointless tasks, get lost in what I actually wanted to do and then end up at rock bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\">In moments like that, I sometimes find it almost easier to resolve to do nothing productive at all. That usually only works for a short while anyway, but everything I manage after that feels like a bonus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\">Even if it isn\u2019t motivation in the usual sense, time pressure is also a wonderful driver for getting things done. But what helped me most last year was talking to other people. So often we are overwhelmed by the feeling that we can\u2019t manage something \u2013 often together with a sense of shame, because everyone else seems to cope somehow, don\u2019t they?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\">Losing your motivation now and then is completely normal and, in my view, perfectly fine. Sometimes the feeling may simply be a signal that it\u2019s time for a short break. Rather than presenting the one solution for getting our motivation back, my advice would be to talk about what we are feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m\">We all have different ways of dealing with it. But in the end, none of us is alone in this!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-spacing--default\">\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\n    <div id=\"lead-in-block_1eb83232c6660839444257551ae26196\" class=\"block-lead-in typo--default font-size--xl has-spacing--s width--default\">\n        <p><strong>Das k\u00f6nnte dich auch interessieren:<\/strong><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"teaser-grid grid-layout--3col has-spacing--s width--inline\">\r\n            \r\n                \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    \r\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/magazine\/ratgeber\/politikerinnen-souveraen-interviewen\/\">\r\n\r\n                    \r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Ratgeber<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                Interview f\u00fchren wie ein Profi: So beh\u00e4ltst du auch bei Politiker*innen die Oberhand.                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>\r\n                                    Ein Interview mit Politiker*innen kann schnell zum Machtkampf werden. Wir zeigen dir, wie du souver\u00e4n ein Interview f\u00fchrst, typische Interviewfallen umgehst und auch gegen Profis die Oberhand beh\u00e4ltst.                                <\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n                \r\n\r\n                        \r\n                        <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n\r\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                            src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC4729-merz-politikerinterviews-768x1024.jpg\" \r\n                            srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC4729-merz-politikerinterviews-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC4729-merz-politikerinterviews-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC4729-merz-politikerinterviews-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC4729-merz-politikerinterviews-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC4729-merz-politikerinterviews-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC4729-merz-politikerinterviews-1400x1867.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC4729-merz-politikerinterviews-1050x1400.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC4729-merz-politikerinterviews-670x893.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC4729-merz-politikerinterviews-420x560.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC4729-merz-politikerinterviews-350x467.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC4729-merz-politikerinterviews-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC4729-merz-politikerinterviews-640x853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC4729-merz-politikerinterviews-150x200.jpg 150w\" \r\n                            width=\"768\"  \r\n                            height=\"1024\" \r\n                            alt=\"CDU-Vorsitzender Friedrich Merz mit Mikrofon in der Hand, im Gespr\u00e4ch mit dem ehemaligen ZDF-Moderator Klaus Kleber auf einer B\u00fchne. 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Mit diesen Tipps zu fairer Reisefotografie fotografierst du Menschen unterwegs respektvoll \u2013 und holst dir echtes Einverst\u00e4ndnis statt nur ein L\u00e4cheln.                                <\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n                \r\n\r\n                        \r\n                        <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n\r\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                            src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SalomeZiermann_Scan_Indien_03-768x512.jpg\" \r\n                            srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SalomeZiermann_Scan_Indien_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SalomeZiermann_Scan_Indien_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SalomeZiermann_Scan_Indien_03-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SalomeZiermann_Scan_Indien_03-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SalomeZiermann_Scan_Indien_03-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SalomeZiermann_Scan_Indien_03-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SalomeZiermann_Scan_Indien_03-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SalomeZiermann_Scan_Indien_03-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/SalomeZiermann_Scan_Indien_03.jpg 1200w\" \r\n                            width=\"768\"  \r\n                            height=\"512\" \r\n                            alt=\"Zwei Frauen in traditionellen, bunten Saris l\u00e4cheln und gestikulieren in die Kamera. 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