{"id":76864,"date":"2024-12-06T10:49:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T08:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?page_id=76864"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:31:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:31:04","slug":"patrick-slesiona","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/patrick-slesiona\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Slesiona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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Patrick Slesiona<\/strong><\/h1>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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Patrick Slesiona <\/strong>studied at Hochschule Hannover until 2022 and worked freelance as a portrait and documentary photographer for newspapers, magazines, agencies and companies. His pictures have appeared in publications including S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, DER SPIEGEL and DIE ZEIT.

In August 2024 Patrick Slesiona was awarded the coveted Stern scholarship<\/a> and is now working full-time for the magazine for a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact:<\/strong>
Web: www.patrickslesiona.de<\/a>
Instagram: @patrickslesiona<\/a><\/p>\n\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Articles by Patrick:<\/strong><\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\r\n
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Waiting for war.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

For his bachelor\u2019s project, photographer Patrick Slesiona travelled to Armenia. For years the democratic country has had to defend itself against its authoritarian neighbour Azerbaijan.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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\r\n Lightroom Classic: organising your photos \u2013 a simple workflow for your catalogue. <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Losing track in Lightroom Classic? This guide shows you a simple workflow for importing, organising and selecting your photos quickly.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Behind the scenes of healthcare. <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Patricia K\u00fchfuss documents the staff shortage at German hospitals<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Portrait ideas for stronger pictures: rethinking portrait photography. <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Strong portraits move us, shake us up and hold us spellbound. These creative portrait ideas and approaches from working professionals will help you achieve exactly that.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Open around the clock, almost without staff: how a self-service shop makes village life more relaxed.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Cigarette cult and cancer romance: a photobook about smoking <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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On cigarettes, addiction and smoking biographies: \u2018Pleasure to Burn\u2019 glorifies smoking \u2013 and is only half serious about it.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n 800 euros less: a ZDF journalist on the gender pay gap <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Her male colleagues earn considerably more \u2013 for the same work. What needs to happen so that equal treatment isn\u2019t just theory?<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\n TO THE MAGAZINE HOMEPAGE<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":52470,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-76864","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPatrick Slesiona – visualjournalism.de<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Patrick Slesiona studied at Hochschule Hannover until 2022 and worked freelance as a portrait and documentary photographer for newspapers, magazines,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/patrick-slesiona\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Patrick Slesiona\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Patrick Slesiona studied at Hochschule Hannover until 2022 and worked freelance as a portrait and documentary photographer for newspapers, magazines,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/patrick-slesiona\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/wwwfotostudentende\/100065173703897\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-28T10:31:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/PS_Headshot-1024x1280-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@HsHannover\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/patrick-slesiona\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/patrick-slesiona\\\/\",\"name\":\"Patrick Slesiona – visualjournalism.de\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/patrick-slesiona\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/patrick-slesiona\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/PS_Headshot-1024x1280-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-06T08:49:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-28T10:31:04+00:00\",\"description\":\"Patrick Slesiona studied at Hochschule Hannover until 2022 and worked freelance as a portrait and documentary photographer for newspapers, magazines,\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/patrick-slesiona\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/patrick-slesiona\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/en\\\/patrick-slesiona\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/PS_Headshot-1024x1280-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/visualjournalism.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/PS_Headshot-1024x1280-2.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":1280,\"caption\":\"Portrait of Patrick Slesiona. 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