{"id":76129,"date":"2024-04-19T07:27:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T05:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?page_id=76129"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:31:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:31:38","slug":"martin-steger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/martin-steger\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Steger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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Martin Steger<\/strong> lives in Berlin and Hannover. As a photographer he works in portraiture and documentary photography. After training as a media designer, he assisted various architectural photographers in Germany, Italy and Brazil. From 2018 to 2020 he studied and attended seminars at the Ostkreuzschule f\u00fcr Fotografie in Berlin. Since 2019 he has been studying photojournalism and documentary photography at Hochschule Hannover. Martin\u2019s work focuses on social documentary subjects and political photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin Steger\u2019s work has been published in DIE ZEIT, on ZEIT ONLINE, in Greenpeace Magazin, in DER SPIEGEL and in stern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Friedrich Merz: between BlackRock and the Chancellery.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

The CDU leader presents himself as a man of the people \u2013 despite a multimillion past in the world of finance. Why do so many listen to him?<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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\r\n Images in spite of all: photographic testimony from Auschwitz <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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In his groundbreaking study \u2018Images malgr\u00e9 tout\u2019, Georges Didi-Huberman contradicts the thesis that the Holocaust cannot be represented. His approach to the photographs from Auschwitz sparked a controversy.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

\r\n \"Reconstruction\r\n <\/figure>\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n <\/a>\r\n\r\n <\/article>\r\n\r\n \r\n
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\r\n Which camera for photography? Professionals explain why the technology comes second. <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Analogue or digital, full frame or APS-C, mirrorless or DSLR? Magnum photographer Nanna Heitmann and lecturers at Hochschule Hannover explain why good photos depend not on the camera brand but on the person behind it.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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From engine to muscle, from horsepower to watts: a bike shop reveals how men relate to technology and status today \u2013 and whether anything has really changed.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Reality TV: life in front of the cameras <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Millions watch as strangers fall in love, fight and fail. But how much reality is there really in it?<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Pet play: welcome to the Wuffel zone <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Wearing dog masks to their regulars\u2019 night, on a lead to a party \u2013 why some people enjoy slipping into animal roles.<\/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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