{"id":75065,"date":"2024-07-19T19:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T17:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?page_id=75065"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:31:19","slug":"anton-vester","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/anton-vester\/","title":{"rendered":"Anton Vester"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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Anton Vester<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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Anton Vester (born 1996) <\/strong>works as a portrait and documentary photographer between Hannover and Pforzheim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a complete change of career from police officer to photographer, he carried out projects in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Greece and Ethiopia in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he began the degree programme \u2018Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography<\/a>\u2019 in 2021, he sharpened his focus on the social and psychological challenges facing our society. His way of working is marked by openness to new realities of life and an interest in meaningful encounters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His clients include DIE ZEIT, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and STERN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact<\/strong>
+49 (0) 157 3063 2141
info@antonvester.de
www.antonvester.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Stories by Anton:<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\r\n
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\n\tMasculinity<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t

The social pull of masculinity.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

What does it mean to be a man today? On the pressure to conform, on uncertainty \u2013 and why simple answers are so seductive.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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\n\tAfter dark<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t

Narcolepsy: when sleep becomes an illness.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

Sudden attacks, hallucinations, leaden tiredness: student Livia Sommer looks for answers in a sleep lab.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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The invisible people on the waiting list.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

Germany lags behind the rest of Europe on organ donation \u2013 we show those who can\u2019t wait any longer.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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The fisherwoman of Memmingen: the row over the Fischertag.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

Can a single woman break open a centuries-old male ritual? A small town in the Allg\u00e4u is struggling to find an answer.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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\r\n The image of women \u2013 who actually decides? <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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An interview with photographer and author Franziska Gilli about being a woman in Italy.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Waiting for war <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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For his bachelor\u2019s project, photographer Patrick Slesiona travelled to Armenia. For years the democratic country has had to defend itself against its authoritarian neighbour Azerbaijan.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Life in Transnistria: a state without recognition <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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What is it like to live in a place that doesn\u2019t even exist on most maps? Young people tell their stories.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n On the edge of the hail of bullets. <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Rafael Heygster questions society’s approach to war in “I Died 22 Times.”<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Toxic silence: when silence becomes torture <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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No word, no explanation, no look: how deliberately ignoring someone hurts \u2013 and leaves its mark on many people from childhood.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Nordhorn Range: \u2018There\u2019s nothing we can do about it, in court or otherwise\u2019 <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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For years, residents have been protesting against low-flying jets and bombing practice \u2013 and keep coming up against limits.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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