{"id":79555,"date":"2026-10-16T08:19:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T06:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?p=79555"},"modified":"2026-10-16T09:51:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T07:51:49","slug":"keeping-the-city-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/news-en\/exhibitions\/keeping-the-city-clean\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping the city clean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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Keeping the city clean.<\/h1>\n

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 from 27 October.<\/p>\n

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Early in the morning, Jens Haase leaves<\/strong> the depot of the Northeim district waste management service in his bin lorry. Inga Kl\u00f6ber<\/a> was there with her camera. Her picture is part of the exhibition \u2018Fotografie trifft Abfallwirtschaft\u2019 (Photography meets waste management), for which eight students from our programme worked with the trade union ver.di.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project grew out of a seminar taught by Prof. Michael Trippel<\/a>. It was initiated by Jelca Kollatsch, a former student of our programme. She is now responsible for the utilities and waste management sector at ver.di.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The students portrayed 17 workers from four municipal companies: people who empty bins, sweep pavements and take in old fridges and electronic waste at recycling centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Celle, Clara Bertlich accompanied the waste collection crew, while Sarah Jansky joined the street cleaners around Hannover\u2019s main station. Anna Daliah Behnke<\/a> took pictures at a biological waste treatment plant, where protective suits and respirators are part of the work gear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The exhibition turns the spotlight on the challenges facing the sector: physically demanding work, health risks and the worry of many workers that they will not be able to stay in their job until retirement,\u2019 says Trippel. The union is showing the pictures from 27 October to 14 December 2026 at the ver.di-H\u00f6fe in Hannover. It pays tribute to people whose work usually only gets noticed when it is left undone.<\/p>\n\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\r\n

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In a protective suit<\/strong> at a biological waste treatment plant.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n\n\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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The exhibition<\/h2>\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n\n\n\n\n

Fotografie trifft Abfallwirtschaft<\/strong>
27 October to 14 December 2026
ver.di-H\u00f6fe, Goseriede 10, 30159 Hannover
A cooperation between the Visual Journalism and Documentary Photography programme at Hochschule Hannover and ver.di<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jens Haase<\/strong> at the start of his shift with the Northeim district waste management service.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n \n \n\n

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Dennis M\u00fcller<\/strong> cleans the streets near the main station.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n \n \n\n

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Chris Windhausen<\/strong> of Celle\u2019s waste collection service on the waste paper round.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n \n <\/figure>\n \n \n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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