{"id":77017,"date":"2024-09-28T08:38:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T06:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?page_id=77017"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:31:17","slug":"christian-platz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/christian-platz\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Platz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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Christian Platz<\/strong> (born 1988), from Siegen, works as a freelance photographer in northern Germany for regional newsrooms and local businesses<\/a>, and as a science and museum photographer for institutions. From 2017 to 2023 Christian studied Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at Hochschule Hannover, and he completed his internship at the Weser-Kurier in Bremen. His independent photo projects focus on stories that visually describe human activity in its historical and spatial context. With his final project \u2018Is it Lego or is it real?<\/a>\u2019, Christian set out to deconstruct the Lego cosmos as a parallel reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact<\/strong>
www.christianplatz.de<\/a>
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\n Current fields of work<\/span>\n Business photography, science photography, museum photography<\/span>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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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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Analogue or digital, full frame or APS-C, mirrorless or DSLR? Magnum photographer Nanna Heitmann and lecturers at Hochschule Hannover explain why good photos depend not on the camera brand but on the person behind it.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Steering your dreams consciously, without apps and without hype: what sleep research knows about lucid dreaming.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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TikTok researcher Marcus B\u00f6sch on attitude, platforms and why good journalism should still be seen today.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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