{"id":75182,"date":"2025-03-28T18:59:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T16:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?page_id=75182"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:30:49","slug":"paul-geiersbach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/paul-geiersbach\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Geiersbach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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Paul Geiersbach<\/strong>, born in 2002, grew up in a small village near Kassel. After finishing school, he began studying visual communication at the Kunsthochschule Kassel. After a year, in 2023, he decided to move to Hochschule Hannover to study Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography.

He is particularly interested in digital spaces and digital identities, and in rural areas \u2013 most recently North Hesse, the region he comes from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Website: paulgeiersbach.de <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instagram: @paulgeiersbach<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Stories by Paul:<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\r\n
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\u2018Magic Nordhessen!!!\u2019: a Kassel shop full of collections for almost 100 years.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

Kassel, Vorderer Westen: a shop where things have been collected for almost a century. We took a look inside.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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The architecture of the data trade.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

Few systems are as invisible \u2013 and at the same time as far-reaching \u2013 as the trade in user data. What we click on, search for or visit becomes a signal in a global market that sorts people into categories and targets information at them.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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Arolsen Archives: when remembering becomes work.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

A small town in Hesse looks after one of the largest collections on Nazi persecution. There\u2019s a specific reason why its location isn\u2019t public.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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Recommended by the editors:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Dirk and Thomas came out to their families only recently. Today they live together as a couple. In an interview with our author, they talk about their path to an open life.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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He used to march through the streets in a leather coat, carrying the Reich war flag, giving hate speeches and dreaming of the great revolution. Today Axel Reitz works in extremism prevention.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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TikTok routines, rosemary oil, transplants: the market for hair-loss treatments is booming. Hair may be just hair in the end \u2013 but it’s never quite that simple.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Her male colleagues earn considerably more \u2013 for the same work. What needs to happen so that equal treatment isn\u2019t just theory?<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Habibi Funk: on exploitation and musical heritage <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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What does cultural responsibility mean in the music business? A Berlin label is giving forgotten Arabic music a stage \u2013 and asking who that heritage belongs to.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Misogynistic content spreads rapidly on social media. For many young women, it is no longer a digital phenomenon but part of everyday life. An investigation into quiet radicalisation, a lack of prevention and the consequences in real life.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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