Su Lang Mer Noch Am Lääve Sin

„As Long As We Are Still Alive“ – When the coronavirus reached Germany in February 2020, I had just spent five days and nights pushing my camera through the crowds at the Cologne Carnival. “So lang mer noch am lääve sin”, I sang along with the Rhinelanders and we hugged each other. In the Südstadt district, I was pulled into a pub through a historic stained glass window because the queue outside the door was so long. Another time, on saying goodbye, a carnival president gave me 20 euros: “Celebrate properly!” Who would have thought that such hugs from strangers would be so rare only a short time later.

2021
40 black and white photographs in landscape format. Taken during the Cologne Carnival 2020 at the invitation of the Michael Horbach Foundation, Cologne. 44 pages, 300 copies