{"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

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Web: www.patrickslesiona.de<\/a>
Instagram: @patrickslesiona<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\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 Lost place in the Harz: the abandoned Harzgerode sanatorium <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Where children were once treated for tuberculosis, silence now reigns \u2013 a walk through crumbling walls.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Waiting for war <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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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 <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Burkinis at the swimming pool: the weight of other people\u2019s stares <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Just going for a swim \u2013 and being watched the whole time. Our author tells of prejudice at the poolside.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Habibi Funk: on exploitation and musical heritage <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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What does cultural responsibility mean in the music business? A Berlin label is giving forgotten Arabic music a stage \u2013 and asking who that heritage belongs to.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n \u2018Why would he need a raincoat? He\u2019s got a car\u2019 <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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How tunnels and roads shape life on the Faroe Islands \u2013 sometimes with surprisingly dry logic.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Expo observatory in Melle: the world\u2019s largest amateur telescope <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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When estate agent Bernd Schr\u00f6ter set out to build the world\u2019s largest amateur telescope, many people thought he was mad. But in time for Expo 2000, he really did open his observatory.<\/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 – Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography<\/title>\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: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 – Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography\",\"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\",\"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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