{"id":75971,"date":"2023-11-05T17:06:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T15:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?page_id=75971"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:32:13","slug":"ben-kuemmel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/ben-kuemmel\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben K\u00fcmmel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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Ben K\u00fcmmel<\/strong><\/h1>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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Ben K\u00fcmmel<\/strong>, born in 1998 and from M\u00f6nchengladbach, has been studying Visual Journalism in Hannover since 2022. His focus is people \u2013 whether in a documentary context, in fashion or in art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact:<\/strong>
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Stories by Ben<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\r\n
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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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Recommended by the editors<\/h2>\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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\r\n Unexploded bombs beneath the city: the dangerous job of bomb disposal <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Painstaking precision with deadly risk: a look at a profession in which every move has to be exactly right.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n The patriarchal obsession with virginity <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Older men’s fascination with teenage girls runs deep in our culture. The Wecker case recently brought it back into the headlines. Films, music and the internet fuel hypersexualisation \u2013 with far-reaching consequences.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n From outlaw to spiritual healer <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Alexander Golandsky was a criminal biker and cocaine dealer. Then he changed his life radically.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Censorship in the USA: \u2018Seeing someone like me in a book meant everything to me\u2019 <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Why removing books from US school libraries means far more than politics to many young people.<\/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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\r\n Utopia versus state power. <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Student Tim Wagner accompanies the clearing of the Dannenr\u00f6der Forest.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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