{"id":75294,"date":"2023-10-30T08:33:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T06:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?page_id=75294"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:32:13","slug":"pha-croissant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/pha-croissant\/","title":{"rendered":"Pha Croissant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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Pha C. Croissant (born 2001) is a German-Thai documentary photographer and artist. Her work focuses mainly on subcultures, diasporic perspectives and collaborative photography. She places great value on a participatory approach in which the people she photographs are actively involved in the creative process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stories by Pha:<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\r\n
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\n\tWhat holds us together<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t

\u2018A cultural middle finger to the system\u2019.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

For some, punk is long dead; for others, it\u2019s more alive than ever: a conversation about attitude, dissent and freedom.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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\u2018For me, power means having a say over my own life\u2019.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

Six young people on how they leave the feeling of helplessness behind \u2013 and redefine strength.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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What is silence? Ten people, ten answers.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

Ten very different lives, one question \u2013 captured in short, powerful video portraits.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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\r\n \u2018It was really lovely here!\u2019 <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Thoughts on the temporality of photography \u2013 and what Roland Barthes might have said about Nina Hagen\u2019s pop hit \u2018Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen\u2019.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Water privatisation in Chile: a village fights for its water <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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In hardly any other country is this resource so completely in private hands. In Patagonia, one community is fighting back against the consequences.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Patricia K\u00fchfuss documents the staff shortage at German hospitals<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Hannover’s hidden source of raw materials: recycling at the Nordhafen <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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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.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Stuffed, squeezed, starved \u2013 body ideals through the ages <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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For as long as we have existed, there have been supposedly ideal bodies. Which proportions were flattering in the Middle Ages? And what might a modern perspective look like?<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n A second life for building materials <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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The construction industry is one of the biggest consumers of raw materials and at the same time the world\u2019s largest producer of waste. Reclaiming building components could help reduce the problem.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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