{"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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Dates<\/h1>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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


Outdoor exhibition:<\/strong>
Leibnizufer, near Schlo\u00dfstra\u00dfe, Hannover
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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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Events for Prospective Students.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

Between now and February, there are several chances in Hannover to talk to students and lecturers on the programme. If you can\u2019t make the trip, you can get advice online.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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Young Perspectives on Old Conflicts.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

A picture editor, a satellite investigator, an XR producer and two photographers: on 10 November in Berlin, they\u2019ll discuss what kind of storytelling it takes for conflict reporting to be heard.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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Award of Excellence for Jonathan Funk.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

The student has been recognised in the \u2018Portrait\u2019 category of College Photographer of the Year \u2013 for an image from north-eastern Syria.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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Keeping the city clean.<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t

Many waste workers wonder whether their bodies will last until they retire. HsH students photographed them at work, and ver.di is showing the pictures until 14 December 2026.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/header>\r\n\r\n\t

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Recommended by the editors<\/h2>\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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In his groundbreaking study \u2018Images malgr\u00e9 tout\u2019, Georges Didi-Huberman contradicts the thesis that the Holocaust cannot be represented. His approach to the photographs from Auschwitz sparked a controversy.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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During the week Selma works at a nursery; at weekends she works the door of a club. On respect, safety and standing your ground as a woman in nightlife.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Older men’s fascination with teenage girls runs deep in our culture. The Wecker case recently brought it back into the headlines. Films, music and the internet fuel hypersexualisation \u2013 with far-reaching consequences.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Kassel, Vorderer Westen: a shop where things have been collected for almost a century. We took a look inside.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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A week without a single word: what it feels like to fall completely silent \u2013 and where your own limits lie.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Two photographers lie down in a coffin and photograph each other. What sounds like breaking a taboo is an exploration of commerce and ritual \u2013 and of the question: is this allowed?<\/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<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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