{"id":75776,"date":"2024-04-23T08:12:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T06:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?page_id=75776"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:31:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:31:33","slug":"markus-heft","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/markus-heft\/","title":{"rendered":"Markus Heft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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Markus Heft<\/h1>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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Markus Heft<\/strong> (he\/him) was born in Wernigerode, Saxony-Anhalt, in 1998. After obtaining his Fachhochschulreife (a vocational college entrance qualification) with a focus on design, he qualified as a hairdresser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a queer photographer who grew up in eastern Germany, he mainly explores queerness and identity in his work.
Markus has been studying Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography at Hochschule Hannover since 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact:<\/strong>
info@markusheft.de<\/a>
www.markusheft.de<\/a>

Instagram: @Markus_Heft<\/a><\/p>\n\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Stories by Markus<\/h1>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\r\n
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Markus Heft portrays older queer people in Germany. Since 2022, he has been creating intimate portraits collaboratively, complemented by still lifes and places. The project preserves queer history and makes visible the double marginalisation of old age.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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\r\n New shores: floating islands between art and ecology <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Floating platforms like the \u2018Zukunst\u2019 in Hannover create green open spaces \u2013 a concept that is catching on around the world.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Learning to dream lucidly: awake in your own mind\u2019s cinema <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Steering your dreams consciously, without apps and without hype: what sleep research knows about lucid dreaming.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Photography law for photojournalists: image rights and press freedom explained. <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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What are photojournalists allowed to photograph and publish? This guide explains the right to one\u2019s own image under German law, where press freedom ends and personality rights begin \u2013 and how to work on the right side of the law.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Fleeing the GDR in a car boot: \u2018Inside, I was still on the run\u2019 <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Veronika Schneider fled the GDR as a young woman \u2013 and only realised decades later how long the fear had kept its grip on her.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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A week without a single word: what it feels like to fall completely silent \u2013 and where your own limits lie.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Vivid graffiti, buzzing events \u2013 the Koch-Areal in Zurich was an alternative place to live. Its eviction sparked a debate about community and gentrification.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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