{"id":74958,"date":"2026-09-21T13:43:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?p=74958"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:33:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:33:57","slug":"when-the-diagnosis-affects-loved-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/news-en\/exhibitions\/when-the-diagnosis-affects-loved-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"When the diagnosis affects loved ones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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When the diagnosis affects loved ones.<\/h1>\n

For a year, Anton Vester accompanied a self-help group for people with early-onset dementia. His long-term documentary \u2018Demenz in Beziehung\u2019 (\u2018Dementia in Relationships\u2019) is on show at two venues in Hannover until 12 October.<\/p>\n

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Dementia doesn\u2019t only change one life<\/strong> \u2013 it also changes the relationships around it. That is where Anton Vester<\/a> comes in. Between summer 2025 and summer 2026, he regularly visited a self-help group at Projektraum Lindenbaum in Hannover. Ines, Klaus, Peter and Guido gave him an insight into their everyday lives with the illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Germany, well over 100,000 people under the age of 65 are living with dementia. It is often diagnosed late and mistaken for burnout, depression or being overwhelmed at work. Vester focuses on the consequences: relationships come under strain, roles within the family shift, and questions of closeness and letting go shape each day.<\/p>\n\n\n \n\n

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But he also shows the strategies<\/strong> the four use to assert their dignity and independence. Photographs, portraits, video sequences, handwritten texts and excerpts from conversations come together in a multi-layered long-term documentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vester (born 1996) came to photography by a roundabout route: he was a police officer before starting the Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography programme at Hochschule Hannover in 2021. In 2024, he won the VGH Photo Prize for \u2018Ohnm\u00e4chtige Stille\u2019 (\u2018Powerless Silence\u2019), about the shortage of donor organs. \u2018Demenz in Beziehung\u2019 was produced in cooperation with Caritasverband Hannover and is funded by CaritasStiftung Hannover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exhibition period:<\/strong>
22 September \u2013 12 October 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Outdoor exhibition:<\/strong>
Leibnizufer, near Schlo\u00dfstra\u00dfe, Hannover
open at all times<\/p>\n\n\n\n


ka:punkt:<\/strong>
Grupenstra\u00dfe 8, 30159 Hannover
Tue\u2013Fri, 12 noon\u20135 pm
Free admission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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