{"id":76852,"date":"2023-07-20T14:25:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T12:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?page_id=76852"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:32:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:32:32","slug":"anastasia-shvachko","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/anastasia-shvachko\/","title":{"rendered":"Anastasia Shvachko"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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Anastasia Shvachko was born<\/strong> in Tomsk, Russia, in 1991. She graduated in journalism there in 2013 and moved to Hannover in 2014 to study photojournalism and documentary photography. In 2018 she spent six months as an intern on the picture desk of STERN magazine. Anastasia Shvachko now lives in Hannover and works as a staff camerawoman at a film agency.

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+49 (0) 176 67338358

www.anastasiashvachko.de<\/a>
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Do svidaniya, mama.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

Anastasia Shvachko explores her home country of Russia, her family and the war in her final project.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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It all began in a child’s bedroom \u2013 today Oliver Schaffer owns the world’s largest Playmobil collection, with more than 400,000 figures. A visit to his high-bay warehouse.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Dirk and Thomas came out to their families only recently. Today they live together as a couple. In an interview with our author, they talk about their path to an open life.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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He used to march through the streets in a leather coat, carrying the Reich war flag, giving hate speeches and dreaming of the great revolution. Today Axel Reitz works in extremism prevention.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Why would I voluntarily lug a camera as heavy as a sack of cement around the world? In this first-hand account, you\u2019ll find out what still makes analogue large-format photography so special today.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Almost a year after the attack on the Christmas market, the trial has begun \u2013 while many of those affected are grappling with racist assaults.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Almost every day in Germany, a woman is killed because she is a woman. Photographer Selma von Hennigs documents the crime scenes in her home town of Regensburg.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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