{"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\n<\/div>\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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