Warszawa w październiku / Warsaw in October
In October 2021, I made several trips to Warsaw to conduct research in the Archiwum Akt Nowych. Equipped with my trusty camera (and sometimes with my GDR-made Pentacon 135mm lens), I photographed not only untold quantities of archive documents but also some of the sights of Stary Mokotów and central Warsaw.
Window on Wrocław
Signs, text, graffiti, posters, and murals in Wrocław’s public spaces.
Wrocławianie
People in Wrocław.
Wiosna / Spring
Wrocław in the Springtime.
Wrocław reopens
It has been an unusual year to do research abroad, as I have spent most of my time in Poland inside my own apartment, “Zoomed out” in front of a computer screen. Travel long remained restricted, restaurants and bars were closed, and public spaces felt risky due to the coronavirus pandemic. Spring 2021 felt like…
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Wrocławska zima / Wrocław Winter
Photos from the Winter in Wrocław, where I have been conducting a research project about the German-Polish border.
Jesień we Wrocławiu / Fall in Wrocław
Starting in September 2020, I moved for a year to Wrocław, Poland, to conduct research as part of my DAAD project, entitled “Working the Border: Policing Labor along the Polish-East German Border, 1980-1989.” Here are some of my first impressions of the city in Fall 2020.
Fridays for Future
Here are a few pictures from different “Fridays for Future” events in Berlin.
Biking the Border: Basel to Aachen, 2019
Bike trip from Basel, Switzerland along the French-German border up the Rhine and toward the Saarland, then to Luxembourg and back to Aachen, Germany.
Warszawa
A few pictures of one of my favorite cities, taken over the years.
Biking the Border: Oder-Neiße-Radweg, June-July 2018
Bike trip along the Oder-Neiße-Radweg.