{"id":76544,"date":"2024-07-19T19:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?page_id=76544"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:31:20","slug":"michael-matthey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/michael-matthey\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Matthey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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Michael Matthey
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Michael Matthey<\/strong> was born in S\u00f6mmerda in 1990 and works as a photojournalist in Hannover. After studying in Jena and Weimar, he enrolled on the Photojournalism and Documentary Photography programme at Hochschule Hannover in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Website: www.michaelmatthey.de<\/a>
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\u2018It\u2019s like dancing in the water\u2019.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

Flexibility, timing and blind trust: how a demanding sport shapes young athletes.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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\r\n Irmela Mensah-Schramm: fighting Nazi slogans with a scraper and a heart <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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For decades one woman has been scraping messages of hate out of public spaces \u2013 she has removed more than 140,000 of them. The attacks go on.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Old boys, old conflicts? <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Every year, the Coburger Convent draws thousands of fraternity members to Coburg. While some celebrate tradition, others criticise its all-male structures, its torchlight processions and the way it deals with its own history.<\/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 D\u00fclmen wild horses: truly wild or just a show? <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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The annual round-up in the M\u00fcnsterland draws thousands \u2013 and raises awkward questions about how we treat animals.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n How my ideals led me into anorexia <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Even at nursery our author didn\u2019t feel particularly sporty. She never thought she would ever become so ill.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Hospital on wheels. <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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In “Diagnosis”, Emile Ducke photographs the unusual health care in the Russian hinterland.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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