{"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<\/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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\r\n \u2018You’ll never be a man\u2019 \u2013 or will you? <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Growing up in Afghanistan, Sajad never fitted the usual image of masculinity. Today he is looking for his own definition of it \u2013 and for the courage to reinvent himself.<\/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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\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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When estate agent Bernd Schr\u00f6ter set out to build the world\u2019s largest amateur telescope, many people thought he was mad. But in time for Expo 2000, he really did open his observatory.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Community-supported agriculture aims to make environmentally friendly farming possible. Our author wanted to know whether it works and visited a farm.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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A young photographer drifts through the city and discovers quiet places that hardly anyone sees.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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