{"id":76828,"date":"2025-12-28T22:50:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T20:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?page_id=76828"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:30:19","slug":"rafael-heygster","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/rafael-heygster\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Heygster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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Rafael Heygster<\/strong> (born 1990) studied cultural anthropology, political science and photojournalism in Hamburg, Hannover and Aarhus. In long-term projects he examines people\u2019s relationship with their cultural and political environment. His work has been widely exhibited internationally and received a World Press Photo award in 2025, among other honours.



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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 Pankower Tor: the toads missing from the building plan <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Berlin wants to build 2,000 homes here \u2013 but strictly protected amphibians are holding up the major project. A case study.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n The image of women \u2013 who actually decides? <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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An interview with photographer and author Franziska Gilli about being a woman in Italy.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Circle in the air: a performance artist between the circus and the Reeperbahn <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Greta lived between the circus ring and the nightclub \u2013 and struggled with a strain that hardly anyone talks about.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Youth in Lockdown. <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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In the project “Between the Years”, student Valentin Goppel deals with the effects of the pandemic on his generation.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Seven days of silence: a self-experiment in a silent retreat <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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A week without a single word: what it feels like to fall completely silent \u2013 and where your own limits lie.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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