https://geschewuerfel.com Gesche Wuerfel Sat, 03 Jan 2026 01:32:42 +0000 https://geschewuerfel.com en https://geschewuerfel.com/About Sat, 27 Apr 2019 01:08:02 +0000 Gesche Wuerfel https://geschewuerfel.com/About Artist Statement My research-based art practice examines how humans relate to natural, built, and ideological environments. Working primarily with photography and expanded photographic processes, I investigate how climate change, political systems, and social hierarchies manifest in landscapes and architecture. I ground my work in long-term, site-specific research and material experimentation, positioning photography as a visual medium and a critical research tool at the intersection of art, the humanities, and science. Each project develops through cycles of fieldwork and studio work. Research methods include archival study, site walks, interviews, and dialogue with experts and local communities, which inform the selection of locations. I photograph these sites with medium- or large-format analog cameras. The slow, deliberate nature of this approach allows for sustained attention to time, materiality, and chance. In the studio, I employ experimental techniques such as alternative exposure and development, solarization, heat treatment, laser etching, and collaging. These materially driven interventions reflect conditions of instability, erosion, and fragmentation, mirroring the environmental and socio-political systems under investigation. The resulting works function as visual records of change, absence, and accumulation over time. My international background is central to my practice. Having lived and worked in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States, I approach place as historically layered, politically charged, and culturally contingent. This transnational perspective is most fully articulated in my second monograph, Die Ab- und Anwesenheit der Berliner Mauer / The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall, published by DISTANZ in German and English editions in August 2025. &nbsp; &nbsp; Bio Gesche Würfel earned a diploma in Urban Planning from the Technical University Dortmund (DE), an M.A. in Photography and Urban Cultures from Goldsmiths, University of London (UK), and an MFA in Studio Art from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US). The artist has participated in exhibitions at Tate Modern, London (UK); Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (DE); David Zwirner, New York, NY (US); Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) Raleigh, NC (US); Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC (US); Goldsmiths Center for Contemporary Art, London (UK); International Center of Photography, New York (US); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MA (US); Singapore International Photography Festival (SG), among others. She is a recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including the Bloomberg New Contemporaries, London (UK); the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Bonn (DE); the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), New York, NY (US); the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), New York, NY (US); and was an Artist-in-Residence at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (DE); Studios at MASS MOCA, North Adams, MA (US). Würfel is the author of “The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall” (DISTANZ 2025) and “Basement Sanctuaries” (Schilt Publishing 2014). Her work is in the permanent collections of the MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA (US), the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR (US), and the Pensacola Museum, Pensacola, FL (US). The artist currently lives and works in New York, NY (US). She is represented by Tracey Morgan Gallery. Resume &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (download) EDUCATION 2015 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA, MFA Studio Art 2006 Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, M.A. Photography &amp; Urban Cultures (distinction) 2003 University of Dortmund, Germany, Diploma Spatial Planning (magna cum laude) GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS / AWARDS / RESIDENCIES 2025︎NYSCA FY2026&nbsp;Award for Artists, New York, NY, USA ︎Residency,&nbsp;Pollinator, online, USA&nbsp; ︎Faculty Publishing Grant,&nbsp;Tisch Creative Research, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY, USA 2024 ︎ Dean’s&nbsp;Faculty Research Grant, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY, USA ︎&nbsp;Book Subvention Grant, NYU Center for the Humanities, New York, NY, USA︎ Grant, Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ, USA 2023 ︎ Dean’s&nbsp;Faculty Research Grant, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY, USA ︎Climate Change Initiative Seed Grant (with Prof. Eric Dickson), Office of the Provost, New York University, NY, USA&nbsp; ︎Shortlist, Sustainability Category, Felix-Schoeller Photography Prize, Germany ︎&nbsp;Shortlist, Category Representations of Space, Architecture, and Conflicts, Urbanautica Institute Awards 2022, Paris, France&nbsp; ︎ Residency, Kunstraum, Brooklyn, NY, USA&nbsp; 2022 ︎ White Columns Artist Registry, New York, NY, USA ︎ Dean’s&nbsp;Faculty Research Grant, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY, USA&nbsp; ︎&nbsp;Award,&nbsp;Category Nature, Environment, and Perspectives,&nbsp;Urbanautica Institute Awards 2021, Paris, France ︎&nbsp;Grant, Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ, USA ︎ Artist Support Grant, NC Arts Council, Raleigh, NC, USA 2021 ︎Residency, International Studio Program, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany ︎ Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Bonn, Germany ︎Scholarship, Memory Work, The Federal Foundation for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Eastern Germany (Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur), Berlin, Germany ︎RJ Reynolds Foundation Junior Faculty Development Award, Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA ︎&nbsp;Artist Support Grant, NC Arts Council, Raleigh, NC, USA ︎ Nominee, Leica Oscar Barnack Award 2021 2020 ︎ UNC-CH Junior Faculty Travel Award, Center for European Studies,&nbsp;University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, US ︎ Fixed-Term Faculty Grant, Institute for the Arts &amp; Humanities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA 2019 ︎ Faculty Research Grant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA︎Faculty Residency, MASS MoCA/Assets for Artists, North Adams, MA, USA ︎ Visiting Researcher, Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA, USA ︎ Finalist, Lange-Taylor Prize, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA︎&nbsp;Shortlist German Peace Prize, Felix-Schoeller Photography Prize, Germany︎ JCME Faculty EU Research and Travel Award, Center for European Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA ︎ Travel Grant, Carolina Center for Jewish Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA 2018 ︎ Finalist, Lange-Taylor Prize, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA ︎ Excellent Artistic Creativity Photographer Award, Camel Ring on Silk Road ”Naiman International Photo Festival”, China ︎ Grant, Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ, USA ︎ 2x Faculty Research Grant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA 2017 ︎ Critical Mass Top 50, Photo Lucida, Portland, OR, USA ︎ Finalist, Lange-Taylor Prize, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA ︎ The Fifth New York Portfolio Review (organized by The New York Times and the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism, New York, NY), USA ︎ Faculty Research Grant, Department of Art &amp; Art History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA ︎ Review Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA (regretfully declined) 2016 ︎ LensCulture 2016 Emerging Talent Awards, Juror’s Pick ︎ Faculty Research Grant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA ︎ GlogauAIR Residency, Berlin, Germany (regretfully declined) 2015 ︎ Regional Emerging Artist Residency, Artspace, Raleigh, NC, USA ︎ &nbsp;The Third New York Times Portfolio Review (organized by The New York Times and the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism, New York, NY), USA 2014 ︎ LensCulture 2014 Emerging Talent Awards Top 50 Winner, LensCulture ︎ Two Travel Grants from the Center for the Study of the American South (CSAS), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA ︎ Professional Shortlist Architecture Category, SONY World Photography Awards, London, UK 2013 ︎ Longlist, Aperture Portfolio Awards, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY, USA ︎ Critical Mass Top 200, Photo Lucida, Portland, OR, USA 2012 ︎ Manhattan Community Arts Fund Grant (MCAF), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), New York, NY, USA &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎ Creative Grant, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA), New York, NY, USA ︎ Runner-up, Camera Club New York (CCNY) Darkroom Residency 2013, New York, NY, USA 2011 ︎ Individual Artist Grant, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA), New York, NY, USA 2008 ︎ Merit, Fujifilm Dinstinctions Award, UK 2007 ︎ Bloomberg New Contemporaries, UK SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2024︎ The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall, Deutsches Haus NYU, New York, NY, USA ︎ Interwoven. Unearthed Stories of Slavery, Brownsburg Museum, VA, USA (I was commissioned to photograph the remaining slave dwellings in 2023.) (catalog) 2022 ︎ The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany&nbsp; 2021︎ When Trees Are Dying, Tracey Morgan Gallery, Asheville, NC, USA 2019&nbsp; ︎&nbsp;What Remains of the Day - Memories of World War II, GreenHill, Greensboro, NC, USA&nbsp; ︎&nbsp;At the Hands of Persons Unknown, Pictura Gallery, Bloomington, IN, USA 2018 ︎&nbsp;What Remains of the Day - Memories of World War II, Pensacola Museum of Art, FL, USA&nbsp; ︎ At the Hands of Persons Unknown, Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW), Woodstock, NY, USA 2016 ︎&nbsp;Oppressive Architecture, Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, USA ︎&nbsp;Oppressive Architecture, Heavy Load-Bearing Body/Museen Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany ︎&nbsp;Plantation Still Lifes, Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC, USA 2015 ︎&nbsp;We Still Love Life, The John and June Allcott Gallery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA ︎ Basement Sanctuaries, Gallery 1401, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2014 ︎ Basement Sanctuaries, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR, USA 2013 ︎ Basement Sanctuaries, New York Public Library, New York, NY, USA &nbsp; 2012 ︎ Basement Sanctuaries, Field Projects, New York, NY, USA &nbsp; ︎ Go for Gold! The Underground Gallery, London, UK 2010 ︎ Go for Gold! The East London Landscape of the 2012 Olympics, Wolk Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA ︎ Go for Gold! The Transformation of the Lower Lea Valley, Civilian Art Projects, Washington, DC, USA &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2009&nbsp; ︎ Transitory Spaces, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK&nbsp; 2005 ︎ Raumvorstellungen, University of Dortmund, Germany &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2004 ︎ PERSPECTIVES_The Nordmarkt in Words and Images, University of Dortmund and traveling, Germany&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2016 ︎&nbsp;Raleigh Redux, Artspace, Raleigh, NC, USA 2012 ︎&nbsp;Habitats, Grady Alexis Gallery at El Taller Latino Americano, New York, NY, USA ︎&nbsp;Underground. theprintspace, London, UK 2009 ︎&nbsp;A Line Is There To Be Broken, Viewfinder Photography Gallery, London, UK (catalog) &nbsp; 2008 ︎&nbsp;A Line is There to be Broken, This is not a Gateway (TINAG) Festival, London, UK (publication) SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2026︎Photographing Absence, Open Eye Gallery and The Stable Gallery at St George’s Hall in Liverpool, UK (forthcoming)︎Blue Sky 50 Years Anniversary Exhibition: 2005 - 2015, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR, USA&nbsp;(forthcoming) 2025 ︎ DPI Faculty Exhibition, Department of Photo &amp; Imaging, NYU Tisch, New York, NY, USA ︎Friends Seminary Contemporary Art Preview, 52 Walker/David Zwirner, New York, NY, USA&nbsp; 2024︎ The Whispering Streams of Memory, Pingyao International Photography Festival 2024, Pingyao, Shanxi, China ︎ Friends Seminary Contemporary Art Preview, 52 Walker/David Zwirner, New York, NY, USA&nbsp;︎ 7 Year Itch - A Survey from 2017-2023, Tracey Morgan Gallery, Asheville, NC, USA (online) 2023 ︎ Past &amp; Present, organized by Der Greif, Pavillon 333 at Pinakothek der Moderne and ZIRKA, Munich, Germany&nbsp;︎ Memory Mirage, Kunstraum, Brooklyn, NY, USA ︎ Mirror with a Memory, NYU Tisch School of the Arts Lobby, New York, NY, USA ︎ Mirror with a Memory, Photoville, Brooklyn, NY, USA&nbsp; ︎ Friends Seminary Contemporary Art Preview,&nbsp;David Zwirner, New York, NY, USA︎ Depth of Field, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL, USA 2022 ︎ Mirror with a Memory, Department of Photo &amp; Imaging, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY, USA 2021 ︎&nbsp;Transformation, Blowing Rock Art &amp; History Museum, Blowing Rock, NC, USA ︎ Rethinking Nature, Casino Luxembourg, Forum d’Art Contemporain, as part of European Month of Photography, Luxembourg, LU &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2020 ︎ Building Dialogs, OAS Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC, USA (online) ︎ The FENCE, Photoville, Durham, NC, USA ︎ Faculty Show, The John and June Allcott Gallery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA &nbsp; ︎ 2020 North Carolina Annual Artists Exhibition, Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, USA&nbsp; ︎ FRESH. A fundraising exhibition featuring new works by NC artists, Artspace, Raleigh, NC, USA&nbsp; 2019︎&nbsp;Good Things in Small Packages, Tracey Morgan Gallery, NC, USA︎ The Light Factory’s Annual Auction, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC, USA 2018 ︎&nbsp;Across County Lines: Contemporary Photography from the Piedmont, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA ︎ Picture | Architecture, Photo BaoHe 2018, Hefei, China ︎&nbsp;In Other Image, When Words Fail. Open Call Showcase 2018. Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore &nbsp; ︎&nbsp;Environmental Conservation, Peace and Development, “Silk Road Camel Bell” 1st Naiman International Photography Festival, Naiman, Inner Mongolia, China 2017 ︎&nbsp;Charting the Invisible, APT Gallery, London, UK (catalog) ︎&nbsp;The FENCE, Durham, NC ︎&nbsp;FRESH 2017, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (catalog) ︎&nbsp;30th Anniversary Residency Invitational Retrospective, Artspace, Raleigh, NC ︎&nbsp;Elective Affinities - A Library, 205 Hudson Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY ︎&nbsp;LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards 2016, International Center of Photography (ICP) Museum, New York, NY ︎&nbsp;Urban Memories, Urban Photographers’ Association, Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art, University of&nbsp;London / London Architecture Festival, London, UK ︎&nbsp;Living in the Shadows: Underground Immigrant Communities, Center for Women in the Arts and Humanities, Rutgers University, NJ (catalogue) 2016 ︎&nbsp;Memory and Archive, Urban Photographer’s Annual Exhibition, Lewisham Art House, London, UK ︎&nbsp;Art + Dialogue: Responding to Racial Tension in America, GreenHill/High Point University, NC 2015 ︎&nbsp;Eureka, The John and June Allcott Gallery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA&nbsp; ︎&nbsp;Neo-Pre-Proto-Anti-Para-Ultra-Contra-Post-Photography, Spectre Arts, Durham, NC, USA&nbsp; ︎&nbsp;40/40, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR, USA ︎&nbsp;Art + Dialogue: Responding to Racial Tension in America, GreenHill/Greensboro College, NC, USA&nbsp; ︎&nbsp;The Land of No Things, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC, USA 2014 ︎&nbsp;Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Autumn Art Auction, William Holman Gallery, New York, NY (Invitational) ︎&nbsp;NUTUREart Benefit, The Boiler, Brooklyn, NY (Invitational) ︎&nbsp;Contemporary German Photography, The 14th China Pingyao International Photography Festival, China ︎ LensCulture 2014 Emerging Talent Awards Exhibition, Valid Foto, Barcelona, Spain ︎ Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition, Somerset House, London, UK 2013 ︎&nbsp;Rising Waters: Photographs of Hurricane Sandy, co-organized by the International Center of Photography and the Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY, USA 2012 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ︎&nbsp;Adrift - The Unfamiliar Familiar in Modern Society, Galerie Ruberl, Vienna, Austria ︎&nbsp;Residual Traces, Photofusion, London, UK ︎ FRESH 2012, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA ︎&nbsp;THE FENCE, Photoville, Brooklyn, NY, USA ︎&nbsp;Uptown Arts Review - Grantee Show, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA), New York, NY, USA 2011 ︎&nbsp;Elephant in a Room, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK ︎&nbsp;Uptown Arts Review - Grantee Show, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA), New York, NY, USA 2010 ︎&nbsp;Mixology II: Photography &amp; Photo-based Work, Curator’s Office, Washington, DC, USA&nbsp; 2009 ︎&nbsp;Olympic Visions, The Nunnery Gallery, London, UK ︎&nbsp;RePlace, Ada Street Gallery, London, UK 2007 ︎&nbsp;Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2007, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall; Rochelle School, London; Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK (catalogue) ︎&nbsp;Foundations, [space], London, UK 2006 ︎&nbsp;M.A. Thesis Exhibition No Right Turn, Village Underground, London, UK &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎&nbsp;Tor 38, Kokerei Zollverein, Essen, Germany ︎&nbsp;The Elephant Vanishes, Tate Modern, London, UK&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2002 ︎&nbsp;Phoenix_werke. Kunst in der Zwischenzeit, Phoenix-West, Dortmund, Germany (catalogue) URBAN INTERVENTIONS2016 Les Livres-Lieux, Basement Sanctuaries, Montreal, CA (with Adaptive Actions)2009 2070B, Olympic Fence, London, UK (in collaboration with Jean-François Prost) 2006 Flowers for Heygate, London, UK CURATORIAL PROJECTS 2020&nbsp;Building Dialogs, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC, USA (USA) (online)&nbsp;(with Fabian Goncalves Borrega, Exhibit Coordinator, Art Museum of the Americas) 2018 I Be Person I No Be Number, The John and June Allcott Gallery, University of Nort Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel &nbsp;Hill, NC (with Prof. Carol Magee, Makiah Belk, Uche Okpa-Iroha and The Nlele Institute, Lagos, Nigeria) as part of the For Freedoms initiative 2017 Developing Landscapes, The John and June Allcott Gallery, University of Nort Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel &nbsp;Hill, NC (with Prof. Jina Valentine, Mika Conradie and The Market Photo Workshop, South Africa) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SELECTED REVIEWS | BIBLIOGRAPHY | PUBLICATIONS 2026︎Deborah Kalb, “Book Q&amp;As with Deborah Kalb. Gesche Würfel,” 7 March, 2026, www.deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com.2025 ︎Birgit Rieger, “Alle 2,8 km ein Foto. Bildband über die Berliner Mauer,” Tagesspiegel, 29 July 2025, B16.︎Tagesspiegel, “Lesung und Gespräch: Das Erbe der Berliner Mauer“, Tagesspiegel, 29 July 2025, B12. ︎Paule Hammer and Florian Hesselbarth, “Podcast: Warum ist das Leben so lang? #64 - Die An- und Abwesenheit der Berliner Mauer mit Gesche Würfel,” Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany. ︎Radio Blau, “Gesche Würfel: Künstlerische Perspektiven auf die Berliner Mauer,” 6 August, 2025, www.freie-radios.net/137111. ︎Robert Slifkin, “Gesche Würfel: The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall”, Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, NY, February 2025. 81-82. 2024︎Sarah Girner, “Interview with Gesche Würfel”, Deutsches Haus at NYU, New York York University, New York, NY, USA, www.as.nyu.edu ︎Ruta Venclauskas, “Interweaving Community, Family, History”, The News-Gazette, Lexington, Virginia, March 20, 2024. B1-2. 2023 ︎Steve Bisson, “Gesche Würfel. Forests in the Anthropocene.” Urbanautica Institute Awards 2021 Catalog, Urbanautica Institute: Paris. 22-29. ︎Steve Bisson, “Gesche Würfel. Human Made Climate Change”, Urbanautica. Journal of Visual Anthropology and Cultural Landscapes, www.urbanautica.com︎Karline Moeller, “Christina Massey - Curator-in-Residence Kunstraum.” Artspiel, www.artfrankly.com 2022︎Liza Roberts, “Gesche Würfel”, Art of the State. Celebrating the Visual Art of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill, 170. ︎Karin&nbsp;Schulze, “Gesche Würfel”, Be Magazin 29, Künstlerhaus Bethanien GmbH: Berlin, 88-91. 2021 ︎“Slave Dwellings”, European Photography 110, Polygon Editions: Berlin, 16-21. ︎Verena Kaspar-Eisert, “Slide Show - Rethinking Nature”, European Month of Photography Luxembourg 2021 Catalogue, May 2021: 32&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎Maggie&nbsp;Dunn, “Hanes Visiting Artist Eto Otitigbe lectures on art’s role in social justice”, The Daily Tar Heel”, April 25, 2021, www.dailytarheel.com ︎Elaina James, “Artist support grant recipients use money to expand projects during pandemic”, The Daily Tar Heel”, March 14, 2021, www.dailytarheel.com &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 2020 ︎no author, “Thomas Kellner: Dialog – eine Brücke zum Unbekannten”, Das Foto Portal, September 14, 2020, www.dasfotoportal.de 2019 ︎Seth Koch, “Witness This Moment”, Southern Cultures, November 7, 2019, www.southerncultures.org ︎Filiz Cicek, Radio Interview, “ArtBeat! Episode 13: Gesche Würfel – At the Hands of Persons Unknown”, WHFB Bloomington Community Radio, Bloomington, IN, September 17, 2019 ︎ Scott D. Yost, “GreenHill Exhibit Celebrates 75th Anniversary Of WWII”,&nbsp;RHINO TIMES, August 22, 2019, www.rhinotimes.com&nbsp;&nbsp; ︎ no author, “GreenHill Celebrates 75th anniversary of World War II through photography exhibition”, YES! WEEKLY, August 19, 2019, www.yesweekly.com ︎ Aline Smithson, “Gesche Würfel: What Remains of the Day - Memories of World War II”, LENSCRATCH, January 15, 2019, www.lenscratch.com &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 2018 ︎Sam Smith, “(Over) Exposure Is Key”, inweekly, Week of Dec 13-19, December 12, 2018: no page number ︎ Marcus Cheong, “Conversations with Photographers. What Remains of the Day - Memories of World War II, Gesche Würfel (United States)”, DECK Journal, November 2018: 34-35 &nbsp; ︎ Nasher Museum of Art, “Gesche Würfel”,&nbsp; Across County Lines. Contemporary Photography from the Piedmont, (exhibition catalogue without pagination) ︎ Antonio Flores-Lobos, Radio Interview, “Gesche Würfel: Her photo exhibition in Woodstock”, Radio Kingston, Kingston, NY, August 29, 2018 ︎Paul Smart, “Two shows at CPW”, Woodstock Times, August 23, 2018: 9 ︎Petra Zwaka, “Geschichtsquartier Südkreuz. Historische Orte im Spannungsfeld zwischen Bewahren,&nbsp;Erinnern und Vermitteln”, In: Bezirksamt Tempelhof-Schöneberg (ed.) Zwischen City West und Dorfanger. Stadtentwicklungsplanung in Tempelhof-Schöneberg 1990-2020. Berlin: Stadtentwicklungsamt: 210-224. &nbsp; ︎Draženka Jalšić Ernečić, “Critical Mass Top 2017 - A Drive back to the TOP 50”, LinkedIn, May 22, 2018, www.linkedin.com &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2017 ︎&nbsp;Jeff Rich, “What Remains. Eyes on the South”. Oxford American, October 23, 2017, www.oxfordamerican.com ︎Winifred Chiocchia, “Awards: Gesche Würfel. What Remains of the Day - 71 Years After the End of World War II”, LensCulture, January 27, 2017, www.lensculture.com ︎Blue Sky Gallery, “Gesche Würfel, Basement Sanctuaries”, In: Blue Sky, 2013-2014, 2014-2015. Portland, Oregon, Blue Sky Gallery (exhibition catalogue without pagination) ︎Klompching Gallery, “Gesche Würfel”, In: FRESH 2017. The Annual Summer Exhibit at Klompching Gallery. Brooklyn, New York, Klompching Gallery, 11-12 ︎ Brian Howe, “The Fence Opening Celebration”, INDYweek. August 16, 2017: 27 2016 ︎ Chris Vitiello, “The Most Essential Local Art of 2016 Punched Back at a Disgraceful Year”, INDYweek, December 28, 2016: 25 ︎ Brian Howe, “Caitlin Cary &amp; Gesche Würfel: Raleigh Redux”. INDYweek, November 02, 2016: 40 ︎ Andrea Blanch, “Gesche Würfel, Musee Emerging Artist”, Musee Magazine, no. 15, July 11, 2016: 25 ︎ Tom Mustroph, “Schwere Hinterlassenschaft”, taz Berlin, August 11, 2016: 24 ︎ No author, TV Feature, “Tagesthemen. Oppressive Architecture”, Radio Berlin Brandenburg, Berlin, Germany, June 23, 2016 ︎ Dietmar Buehrer, ”Gesche Würfel »Oppressive Architecture«“, Brennpunkt Magazin, 3/2016: 10 2015 ︎&nbsp;Francesca Perry, “Are ‘cuddlers for hire’ a sign that city life makes us lonely?”, The Guardian, December 4, 2015, www.theguardian.com ︎ Fiona&nbsp;Shipwright, “Inner Sanctum. Gesche Würfel’s Photographs of New York Basement Sanctuaries”, uncube, December 2, 2015, www.uncubemagazine.com &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎ Elizabeth Avedon, “The New Tork Times Portfolio Reviews. Day 1“, L’oeil de la Photographie, April 24, 2015, www.loeildelaphotographie.com ︎Anita Rao &amp; Frank Stasio, Radio Feature, “The Land of No Things”, The State of Things - WUNC, Durham, NC, 13 May, 2015, www.wunc.org &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ︎Brian Howe, “We Still Love Life - Pick of the Week”, INDYweek, March 25, 2015, 38 ︎ Caitlin Schneider “How to see... Beauty in a Basement”, mental_floss, Volume 14 Issue 1, 52-53 2014 ︎ Katherine Oktober Matthews “Basement Sanctuaries”, GUP Magazine, December 24, 2014, www.gupmagazine.com ︎Jordan G. Teicher, “The Hidden Beauty of New York City’s Basements”, Slate, September 15, 2014, www.slate.com ︎Margot Peppers, “Inside New York City’s basements: Fascinating photo series reveals the rarely seen underground homes of superintendants and their families”, Daily Mail, September 22, 2014, www.dailymail.co.uk ︎Hanne Venderwege, “Zo hip zijn kelders in New York”, Het Nieuwsblad, September 27, 2014, www.nieuwsblad.be ︎Brian Howe, “Gesche Würfel: Basement Sanctuaries”, INDYweek, September 24, 2014, 55 ︎Eve Kahn, “Decorator Underground”, The New York Times, Section D, June 4, 2014: 3 ︎Amy Wolff, “Basement Sanctuaries - Photo of the Day”, PDN Online, May 29, 2014, www.potd.pdnonline.com ︎no author, “Paradies im Untergeschoss”, DIE ZEIT Online, April 10, 2014, www.zeit.de ︎Alan Feuer, “The Lairs of Super Men”, The New York Times, Metropolitan, January 19, 2014, 1, 9 ︎Oliver Atwell, “Basement Sanctuaries”, Amateur Photographer, 29th March 2014, 13 2013 ︎Pete Brook, “Photographer Finds Cockatiels, Jesus in NYC Basements”, WIRED, December 23, 2013, www.wired.com ︎Julianne Welby, Radio Feature, “One NY Artist: Photographer Gesche Würfel”. WNYC-New York Public Radio, May 26, 2013, www.wnyc.org ︎Eva Dewes, “Die Individualisierung der Welt. Neue Positionen der Fotografie bei Ruberl in Wien”, Parnass, 02/2013, 2-3︎Gregg McQueen, “Sanctuary in the Cellar”, Manhattan Times, 14 (24): 12, 12 June 2013 ︎ Anne Biroleau, “Weekend Portfolios: Basement Sanctuaries”, L’oeil de la Photographie, August 17, 2013,&nbsp;www.loeildelaphotographie.com 2012 ︎Jordan Davidson, “Uptown’s Underground Spaces to be Featured in Chelsea Art Show”, DNAinfo.com, October 25, 2012, www.dnainfo.com&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎Wei Yu, “2012 Olympics Feature”, ARTCO, Aug/2012, 91 ︎Bruce Diamond and Max Sass, “NoMAA’s ‘Women in the Heights’ show puts vibrancy of Northern Manhattan’s burgeoning arts scene on display”, NYDailyNews.com, April 17, 2012, www.nydailynews.com&nbsp; &nbsp; ︎John Marriott, “The changing faces of Lea Valley”, Eastside Story: Olympic Park, AJ Editions, Volume 2, 12-13 ︎Rebecca McClelland, “Smoke Signals”, New Statesman, August 13, 2012, no page ︎Paul Carter Robinson, “Featured Artist: Gesche Würfel”, Artlyst, July 12- August 12, 2012, www.artlyst.com &nbsp; 2011 ︎Brian Massumi avec Marie-Pier Boucher et Jean-François Prost, “Fragments d’action pour la ville”, INTER. Art Actuel, Volume 108 Agir, 16-21 &nbsp; ︎Gloria Pazmino, “NoMAA exhibition celebrates women in Washington Heights and Inwood”, Manhattan Times, March 2, 2011, 3 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010 ︎Macarena García González, “Londres: La Reforma urbana que alista a la ciudad para las Olimpíadas 2012”, El Mercurio, unknown 2010, E2 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎&nbsp;Louis Jacobson, “City Light This Week’s Best. Gesche Würfel: Go for Gold! at Civilian Art Projects”,&nbsp;Washington City Paper, March 5, 2010, 29 &nbsp; ︎&nbsp;The Pink Line Project, Video Recording, “Salon Contra: Go For Gold! with Gesche Wuerfel and Al Miner”, March 17, 2010, www.vimeo.com ︎&nbsp;Heather Ring, “The Manor Garden Allotments on the Olympic Site”, bracket. on farming 1, 222 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; 2009 &nbsp; ︎Jarrett Gregory and Sarah Valdez (eds.), “Gesche Wuerfel”, Younger Than Jesus: The Artist Directory. New York: New Museum and Phaidon, 519 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎Peter D. Osborne, “The Unreachable Landscape: Some Themes in Photography in England 1990 to 2007”, Cahier Fotografie #2, 44-46 ︎David Solman, “Sight of Eternal Life Church”, In: Lisa Rigg (ed.) Hackey. Modern, Restored, Forgotten, Ignored. 40 Years to mark 40 Years of the Hackney Society. London: The Hackney Society, 148 ︎Viewfinder Photography Gallery, A Line Is There To Be Broken. Blurb creative publishing service (exhibition catalogue without pagination) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 2008 ︎Photofusion, AMPS/08, England, Blurb creative publishing service, 72-73&nbsp; &nbsp; 2007&nbsp; ︎ Bev Bytheway and Eileen Daly (eds.), Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2007 Catalogue. London: New Contemporaries [1988] Ltd. (exhibition catalogue without pagination)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎no author, “Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2007”, The Artists Information Company Magazine, December 2007, 14 ︎no author, “Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2007”, Sunday Times: Culture, December 2, 2007, www.thetimes.co.uk ︎Colin Marrs, “Borough leads way with engagement of elderly”, Planning, Issue 1746, November 23, 2007, 22 ︎no author, “New Contemporaries”, Time Out Manchester, November 9, 2007, www.timeout.com/manchester SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR 2025 The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall, DISTANZ: Berlin (Foreword by Christoph Tannert, essay by Sarah Alberti, PhD) 2021 ︎”Slave Dwellings”, Grandmama’s Print, Russia, September 2021, www.grandmamasmag.com/en/ ︎“When Trees Are Dying”, Southern Cultures, Center for the Study of the American South, UNC Press, June 11, 2021, www.southerncultures.org 2019 ︎“Jean Monnet Fellow Profile: Gesche Würfel”, Medium, Center for European Studies at UNC Chapel Hill,&nbsp;September 9, 2019, www.medium.com/unceurope&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2018 ︎“Gesche Würfel, Basement Sanctuaries”, In: Square Magazine, Issue 903, October 2018, 68-78 2017 ︎“What Remains of the Day - 71 Years After the End of World War II”, In: LensCulture (2017) Best of Lensculture 2016: 152-55 and back cover &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2015 ︎“Gesche Wuerfel. Featured photographer. Plantation Still Lifes”, Life Framer, no date, www.life-framer.com ︎ “Basement stories: the underground shrines of Manhattan supers – in pictures”, The Guardian,December 15, 2015, www.theguardian.com 2014 ︎Basement Sanctuaries, (Essay by Fabian Goncalvez Borrega, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC),&nbsp;Amsterdam: Schilt Publishing 2013 ︎“Basement Sanctuaries”, In: Boucher, Marie-Pier; Dufresne, Jean-Maxime; Melgar, Gema and Jean-François Prost (eds.), Heteropolis, 276-281 ︎ “Basement Sanctuaries”, In: PlanerIn. Fachzeitschrift für Stadt-, Regional- und Landesplanung, Volume 1_13, Berlin: SRL, 18-19&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2012 ︎“Go for Gold! - Before (and After) the London Olympics”, Foto8. July 25, 2012, www.foto8.com ︎“Go for Gold!” Der Olympiapark 2006-2011, StadtBauwelt, London - Olympia Issue, June 2012, 12-19 ︎“Go for Gold!”, Visual Studies, Olympics Special Issue, June 2012, Vol. 27 No.2, 141-147 ︎ Go for Gold! (exhibition catalogue) (Essay by Peter D. Osborne, London College of Communication, UK), London: The Velvet Cell&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ︎ “Go for Gold!”, In: Isaac Marrero-Guillamón and Powell, Hilary (eds.), The Art of Dissent. Adventures in London’s Olympic State. Marshgate Press, 2012, 136-39 2011&nbsp; ︎“Basement Sanctuaries. Story of the Week”, Foto8. September 21, 2011. www.foto8.com &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2010 ︎“Fotografie und Stadtplanung: Olympische Spiele 2012”, PlanerIn. Fachzeitschrift für Stadt-, Regional- und &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Landesplanung, Volume 1_10, Berlin: SRL, 28-30 ︎with Peter Coles “London-Luton”,&nbsp; In: Hubble, Nick and Michael O’Brien (ed.) EnterText 8. Spring 2010. Liminal London. London: Brunel University, www.brunel.ac.uk&nbsp;&nbsp; 2009 ︎“2070B”, In: Prost, Jean-Francois (ed.), Adaptive Actions, SPACE: London, 38-41 ︎with David Kendall and Tristan Fennell “A line is there to be broken. Conversation with Prof. Caroline Knowles”, Critical Cities. Ideas, Knowledge and Agitation from Emerging Urbanists. Volume 1, London: Myrdle Court Press, 62-75 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2008&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎“Farewell from the Garden Paradise” (2008), In: London Independent Photography, London Independent Photography Magazine, Summer 2008, No. 9, London, 8-11 ︎ with Rooke, Alison “Mobilising Knowledge: Working with Lewisham’s Older Population”, In: Hadzi, Adnan (ed.) Deptford.TV diaries volume II: Pirate Strategies. London: OpenMute, 56-60&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 2007 ︎with Rooke, Alison (2007) Mobilising Knowledge: Mobilising Knowledge - Solving the Interaction Gap between Older People, Planners, Experts and General Citizens within the Thames Gateway.&nbsp;Guidelines, Toolkit and Findings. London: Goldsmiths and UrbanBuzz (plus DVD) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎ “Go for Gold! Photographically engaging with the Olympics 2012” (2007), In: University of East London (UEL) Rising East Online. Making regeneration our business. Issue 6, January 2007. London: University of East London, www.uel.ac.uk &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ︎“Olympic Debris” (2007), In: Centre for Urban and Community Research (CUCR), Street Signs, London: Goldsmiths, University of London, autumn 2007, 21-22 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2006&nbsp; ︎Go for Gold! (self-published artist book) 2005 ︎“Terrains Vagues”,&nbsp; In: Europäisches Haus der Stadtkultur e.V. (ed.) Mögliche Orte - Bilderwelten, Planerwelten?&nbsp; (Possible Spaces - Spheres of Images, Spheres of Planners?). Gemeinnützige Werkstätten Neuss GmbH: Neuss, 64-65 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2004 ︎with Gregorio, Rhoda Lynn et al. Project Report Jerusalem Tourism Development Programme, Dortmunder Beiträge zur Raumplanung P/25, Projekte, Dortmund: IRPUD &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ︎ “Fotografierte Wahrnehmungen. Der Dortmunder Nordmarkt aus unterschiedlichen Sichten”, In: &nbsp; &nbsp; Vereinigung für Stadt-, Regional- und Landesplanung (SRL), PlanerIn. Fachzeitschrift für Stadt-, Regional- und Landesplanung, Volume 2_04, Berlin: SRL, 60-62 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2002 ︎“Inspiration Phoenix. Städtebaulicher Entwurf”, In: Kaestle, Thomas für den Fachbereich Design der Fachhochschule Dortmund (ed.) phoenix-werke. kunst in der zwischenzeit. Essen: Klartext, 100-101, 114-115 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ARTIST LECTURES + TALKS2025︎Deutsches Haus at NYU, “Artistic Reflections on 35 Years of German Reunification“ ︎Rutgers University, Department of Landscape Architecture, New Brundwick, NJ, USA (upcoming) ︎Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (book launch, in conversation with Rebecca Wilton, DISTANZ)︎ MdbK, Leipzig, Germany (book launch, in conversation with Sarah Alberti, PhD, Paule Hammer, and Florian Hesselbarth)︎Friedenskirche, Berlin, Germany (book launch, in conversation with Pastor Andreas Bertram, Pastor Werner Krätschell, and Sören Marotz, Curator DDR Museum)︎2x Deutsches Haus at NYU, New York University, New York, NY, USA 2024&nbsp; ︎Deutsches Haus at NYU, New York University, New York, NY, USA&nbsp;2023 ︎”Projects from the Anthropocene: On Climate Change, Space, and Time”, Tisch Earth Week/NYU2040 NOW, New York University, New York, NY, USA ︎Kunstraum, Brooklyn, NY, USA 2022&nbsp;︎Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany 2021&nbsp;︎Tracey Morgan Gallery, Asheville, NC, USA 2020&nbsp;︎ Artspace, Raleigh, NC, USA&nbsp; ︎ The FENCE, Durham, NC, USA ︎&nbsp;Center for European Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA 2019 ︎ GreenHill, Greensboro, NC, USA ︎&nbsp;Jewish Federation at GreenHill, Greensboro, NC, USA ︎&nbsp;Pictura Gallery, Bloomington, IN, USA ︎&nbsp;Jewish Federation at the Pensacola Museum of Art, University of West Florida, FL, USA ︎&nbsp;Pensacola Museum of Art, University of West Florida, FL, USA ︎&nbsp;Visiting Artist, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, USA 2018 ︎&nbsp;Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY, USA 2017 ︎&nbsp;Podbielski Galerie, Berlin, Germany ︎&nbsp;Center for Women in the Arts and Humanities, Rutgers University, NJ, USA 2016 ︎&nbsp;2x Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, USA︎ Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, NC, USA ︎ Heavy Load-Bearing Body / Schwerbelastungskörper, Berlin, Germany 2015 ︎&nbsp;Artspace, Raleigh, NC, USA︎ Spectre Arts, Durham, NC, USA︎&nbsp;GreenHill/Greensboro College, Greensboro, NC, USA︎&nbsp;John and June Allcott Gallery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA 2014 ︎&nbsp;Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR, USA ︎&nbsp;plus Book Signing, Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC, USA ︎&nbsp;plus Book Signing, Power Plant Gallery, Durham, NC, USA (regretfully declined) ︎&nbsp;plus Book Signing, Word Up, New York, NY, USA (in conversation with Joanna Castro, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance) ︎&nbsp;Center for the Study of the American South (CSAS), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA (in conversation with Prof. William Ferris, CSAS, UNC-CH) ︎&nbsp;NY Photo Salon, New York, NY, USA (regretfully declined) 2013 ︎&nbsp;New York Public Library, New York, NY, USA (in conversation with Jaime Permuth, Faculty, School of Visual Arts) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2012 ︎&nbsp;Field Projects, New York, NY, USA (in conversation with Diana Caba, Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance) ︎&nbsp;The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA), New York, NY, USA 2011 &nbsp; ︎&nbsp;The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA)/Word Up Bookstore, New York, NY, USA&nbsp; 2010 ︎ Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA ︎&nbsp;Corcoran College of Art+Design, Washington, DC, USA 2009 ︎ Visiting Artist: Lecture and Graduate Critiques, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA ︎&nbsp;Yale University/muf architects, London, UK 2008 ︎&nbsp;Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK 2007 ︎&nbsp;[space]/Goldsmiths, London, UK 2005 ︎&nbsp;University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany 2004 ︎&nbsp;University of Dortmund, Dortmund, German 2003 ︎&nbsp;University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany PUBLIC COLLECTIONS&nbsp;Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Museum, Cambridge, MA, USA Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR, USAPensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL, USA LIBRARY COLLECTIONS&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK Bibliothek des Museums der Bildenden Künste Leipzig (MdbK), Leipzig, DE Rijksmuseum Research Library, Amsterdam, NL Museum of Fine Arts, Hirsch Library, Houston, TX, US George Eastman Museum, Richard and Ronay Menschel Library, Rochester, NY, US The British Library, St. Pancras, London, UK Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas Libraries, TX, US Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, NL Musée de l’Elysée, Bibliothèque, Lausanne, CH GALLERY REPRESENTATION &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Tracey Morgan Gallery, Asheville, NC, USA &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; https://geschewuerfel.com/Contact-NEW Sat, 03 Jan 2026 01:32:42 +0000 Gesche Wuerfel https://geschewuerfel.com/Contact-NEW Contact For exhibition inquiries, commissions and to schedule studio visits, send an email to:&nbsp; gesche [at] geschewuerfel.com Instagram: @gewuerfel Sign up for my occasional newsletter. Gallery representation: Tracey Morgan Gallery22 London RoadAsheville, NC 28803, USA+1 828 505 7667info@traceymorgangallery.comwww.traceymorgangallery.com &nbsp; https://geschewuerfel.com/The-Absence-and-Presence-of-the-Berlin-Wall Wed, 23 Feb 2022 21:07:14 +0000 Gesche Wuerfel https://geschewuerfel.com/The-Absence-and-Presence-of-the-Berlin-Wall The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall&nbsp; <img width="3000" height="2107" width_o="3000" height_o="2107" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/343d1878ac902df0cf4a9062129963e48047016c423b382d7b0eefe127d2824f/Press-preview.jpg" data-mid="229438211" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/343d1878ac902df0cf4a9062129963e48047016c423b382d7b0eefe127d2824f/Press-preview.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2003" width_o="3000" height_o="2003" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eacb0a4264158b437063564dda36eee845aedf861fd12d0d3ed9f9d505ef4ede/0-km.jpg" data-mid="226881376" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eacb0a4264158b437063564dda36eee845aedf861fd12d0d3ed9f9d505ef4ede/0-km.jpg" /> 0 km (2024) archival pigment print, 70 x 105 cm / 27.56 x 41.33 inches <img width="3000" height="2002" width_o="3000" height_o="2002" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7fcdfe31b255cebacdd70f2814200ea03674be1fe24844b55520344fc7e5f8df/GW_2-8-km.jpg" data-mid="226882324" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7fcdfe31b255cebacdd70f2814200ea03674be1fe24844b55520344fc7e5f8df/GW_2-8-km.jpg" /> 2.8 km (2024) archival pigment print, 70 x 105 cm / 27.56 x 41.33 inches <img width="3000" height="2003" width_o="3000" height_o="2003" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3db74c4afefb84083159e61238002d65e411de55a3054c17ad27ba3d63a8bc6f/11-2-km.jpg" data-mid="226882319" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3db74c4afefb84083159e61238002d65e411de55a3054c17ad27ba3d63a8bc6f/11-2-km.jpg" />11.2 km (2024) archival pigment print, 70 x 105 cm / 27.56 x 41.33 inches <img width="3000" height="2002" width_o="3000" height_o="2002" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1444e7e38f991832ccf50a9a2f80a09da0234a35deddbd3e6906c3d334a301cf/GW_72-8-km.jpg" data-mid="226882326" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1444e7e38f991832ccf50a9a2f80a09da0234a35deddbd3e6906c3d334a301cf/GW_72-8-km.jpg" /> 72.8 km (2024) archival pigment print, 70 x 105 cm / 27.56 x 41.33 inches <img width="3000" height="2002" width_o="3000" height_o="2002" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32b0eebbb2fe4c9b1e6575314074110ecf4eab95beeba165685108e66a34f826/Wald_Volkspark-Potsdam-bis-Kladow_different-linear-light-filter.jpg" data-mid="226883844" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/32b0eebbb2fe4c9b1e6575314074110ecf4eab95beeba165685108e66a34f826/Wald_Volkspark-Potsdam-bis-Kladow_different-linear-light-filter.jpg" /> 86.8 km (2021-22) archival pigment print, 70 x 105 cm / 27.56 x 41.33 inches (Fall 2021 series) <img width="3000" height="2002" width_o="3000" height_o="2002" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c9f6fdb25cd4cc75f5c76c006c121a7a462cfb8b2c692c6b41e04495433cf631/Kiefern_different-again.jpg" data-mid="226883842" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c9f6fdb25cd4cc75f5c76c006c121a7a462cfb8b2c692c6b41e04495433cf631/Kiefern_different-again.jpg" /> 112 km (2021-22) archival pigment print, 70 x 105 cm &nbsp;/&nbsp;27.56 x 41.33 inches&nbsp;(Fall 2021 series)“The Berlin Wall fell in 1989; in 1990, Germany was reunited with the integration of the former German Democratic Republic into the West German political and economic system. The physical division may be forgotten and invisible in many places. However, its lingering effects can still be felt: the goal to create a united Germany with a collective identity has yet to be achieved. Gesche Würfel’s (b. Bremerhaven, 1976; lives and works in New York) most recent photographic work investigates these divisions. The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall explores the topography along the country’s division and proposes a new way of thinking about the legacy of the wall: Würfel traveled the complete course of the former Berlin Wall, stopping every 2.8 kilometers—in a nod to the 28-year history of the Wall—to document the present-day state of affairs at the line of separation in Berlin and Brandenburg. Complementing the photographs, created specifically for this book project, of scenes where the city’s division was reality, the artist, urban planner, and sociologist gathered materials from the Stasi Records Archives, the East German secret police, and spoke to witnesses, including political prisoners, former guest workers, and representatives of German politics and culture about their recollections. Würfel paints a multifaceted panorama and portrait of a Germany whose division and reunification continue to shape the country profoundly” (DISTANZ).The production of the book has been supported by NYU Tisch Dean’s Faculty Grants, NYU Tisch Creative Research Publishing Grant, the NYU Center for the Humanities, the Puffin Foundation, UA Ruhr, and private donations through NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship and Kickstarter. I created the project during my participation in the International Studio Program at Künstlerhaus Bethanien from 2021-22 and the summers of 2023 and 2024. It was sponsored by: <img src="https://www.bethanien.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/daad_logo_suppl_deen_h_basic_rgb-300x109.png" width="300" height="109" style="width: 300px; height: 109px;"> <img src="https://www.bethanien.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/BstA_Logol4c_rgb-300x55.jpg" width="300" height="55" style="width: 300px; height: 55px;"> Tracey Morgan Gallery – NC Arts Council – Durham Arts Council – Center for European Studies at UNC Chapel Hill – New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fiscal Sponsorship - The Puffin Foundation - NYU Tisch School of the Arts Partners: Stiftung Berliner Mauer – Universität der Künste, Berlin (UdK) <img width="3000" height="1999" width_o="3000" height_o="1999" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7231a185cb5c51a2c0039cc88fd60fc44b46776bc485bfb3c3cb34b06df97cd/GW_156-8-km.jpg" data-mid="226882328" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d7231a185cb5c51a2c0039cc88fd60fc44b46776bc485bfb3c3cb34b06df97cd/GW_156-8-km.jpg" /> 156.8 km (2024) archival pigment print, 70 x 105 cm / 27.56 x 41.33 inches <img width="3000" height="2003" width_o="3000" height_o="2003" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d09af95c3cd5a8ea6810f4b68cbc819a0539e4d8c195b5cbf19ee8b2bf005e0a/159-6-km.jpg" data-mid="226882321" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d09af95c3cd5a8ea6810f4b68cbc819a0539e4d8c195b5cbf19ee8b2bf005e0a/159-6-km.jpg" /> 159.6 km (2024) archival pigment print, 70 x 105 cm / 27.56 x 41.33 inches <img width="3000" height="2001" width_o="3000" height_o="2001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/96fe74bb82a3332e0a954224ba8021a1263206d49aaf723300718bfc4fe0fde5/GW_165-2-km.jpg" data-mid="226882330" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/96fe74bb82a3332e0a954224ba8021a1263206d49aaf723300718bfc4fe0fde5/GW_165-2-km.jpg" /> 165.2 km (2024) archival pigment print, 70 x 105 cm / 27.56 x 41.33 inches This project consists of three parts: - 61 composite images. I cycled along the 160-km long Berlin Wall Trail starting from the Brandenburg Gate, and every 2.8 km – representing the 28 years of the Wall’s history - I photographically recorded those places where the divided city used to be reality. I took six photos at each location (front, back, left, right, sky, and ground) and combined them as composites in Photoshop. -Interviews with and portraits of twenty-seven Berlin Wall witnesses. I also photographed the witnesses’ objects relating to their memories of the Berlin Wall and German reunification. - 23 Collages of Berlin Wall archive images from the Stasi Records Archive (Archive of the Ministry of State Security of the former German Democratic Republic). I cut out the death strip from each panorama image and collaged the remains of the images to envision new landscapes without the Wall. - 134 cut-out death strips/Berlin Wall pieces. -134 Scanograms of the Berlin Wall pieces. <img width="5000" height="1767" width_o="5000" height_o="1767" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/868b227faa63c955c72b61d10f110b6c4095a31c20dbfc4ec8ddd5771efa3191/GW_New-Landscape-1.jpg" data-mid="226878583" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/868b227faa63c955c72b61d10f110b6c4095a31c20dbfc4ec8ddd5771efa3191/GW_New-Landscape-1.jpg" /> Neue Landschaft 1 / New Landscape 1 (2024), Collaged archival pigment prints, acid-free tape, 3.46 x 10.5 inches Quelle/Source: BArch, MfS, HA I, Fo Nr. 1, Bilder 123, 16, 69 <img width="5000" height="3704" width_o="5000" height_o="3704" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c0af0a983d580fa7354ed54b16c84e72656ad932651425e642717cd8fab9118/GW_New-Landscape-2.jpg" data-mid="226878584" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c0af0a983d580fa7354ed54b16c84e72656ad932651425e642717cd8fab9118/GW_New-Landscape-2.jpg" /> Neue Landschaft 2 / New Landscape 2&nbsp;(2025), Collaged archival pigment prints, acid-free tape, bookbinding glue , 7.67 x 10.43 inches, Quelle/Source: BArch, MfS, HA I, Fo Nr. 349, Bilder 63, 97, 58, 64, 83, 35 <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f53948b4c5e2dcc2ca252edbbad2c9256ac2db0b7aff8b5b09b7220b10571763/03_20220228_KB_Wuerfel_1691_.jpg" data-mid="139248015" border="0" alt="Installation view | Solo show &quot;The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall&quot; | K&uuml;nstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany | 2022 | &copy; David Brandt 2022" data-caption="Installation view | Solo show &quot;The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall&quot; | Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany | 2022 | © David Brandt 2022" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f53948b4c5e2dcc2ca252edbbad2c9256ac2db0b7aff8b5b09b7220b10571763/03_20220228_KB_Wuerfel_1691_.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4581ec601b9094bc9e29e838805087b3de8abdf5b70b7bd51e0d601fb54d5735/01_20220228_KB_Wuerfel_1697_.jpg" data-mid="139248014" border="0" alt="Installation view | Solo show &quot;The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall&quot; | K&uuml;nstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany | 2022 | &copy; David Brandt 2022" data-caption="Installation view | Solo show &quot;The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall&quot; | Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany | 2022 | © David Brandt 2022" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4581ec601b9094bc9e29e838805087b3de8abdf5b70b7bd51e0d601fb54d5735/01_20220228_KB_Wuerfel_1697_.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="928" width_o="1500" height_o="928" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bfcb81622770a15b6ddc9e022b013ccbdbd2e5b10bcb70bee4e60a1c142a863a/07_GW_DSC_7386_crop.jpg" data-mid="139248115" border="0" alt="Installation view | Solo show &quot;The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall&quot; | K&uuml;nstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany | 2022 | Lightboxes, archival pigment print on backlit paper, plexi, MDF, LED strip, 72.5 x 108 x 20 cm / 28.54 x 42.52 x 7.87 inches. Installation view " data-caption="Installation view | Solo show &quot;The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall&quot; | Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany | 2022 | Lightboxes, archival pigment print on backlit paper, plexi, MDF, LED strip, 72.5 x 108 x 20 cm / 28.54 x 42.52 x 7.87 inches. Installation view " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bfcb81622770a15b6ddc9e022b013ccbdbd2e5b10bcb70bee4e60a1c142a863a/07_GW_DSC_7386_crop.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/90da0d7413e6931e97ddff5224f34abe8e7cc55eed72142fd97b6936bd108768/20220228_KB_Wuerfel_1650_.jpg" data-mid="139248017" border="0" alt="Installation view | Solo show &quot;The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall&quot; | K&uuml;nstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany | 2022 | Lightboxes, 72.5 x 108 x 20 cm,&nbsp;archival pigment print on Folex Backlit, plexi, MDF, LED strip | &copy; David Brandt 2022" data-caption="Installation view | Solo show &quot;The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall&quot; | Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany | 2022 | Lightboxes, 72.5 x 108 x 20 cm,&nbsp;archival pigment print on Folex Backlit, plexi, MDF, LED strip | © David Brandt 2022" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/90da0d7413e6931e97ddff5224f34abe8e7cc55eed72142fd97b6936bd108768/20220228_KB_Wuerfel_1650_.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f6f41ab9b435ed7b6c461c7441594199bd9359086871bd1963a6bd0b670a4a1/20220228_KB_Wuerfel_1655_.jpg" data-mid="139248018" border="0" alt="Installation view | Solo show &quot;The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall&quot; | K&uuml;nstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany | 2022| &copy; David Brandt 2022" data-caption="Installation view | Solo show &quot;The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall&quot; | Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany | 2022| © David Brandt 2022" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f6f41ab9b435ed7b6c461c7441594199bd9359086871bd1963a6bd0b670a4a1/20220228_KB_Wuerfel_1655_.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6c0c5b011811cdddf778d9a2dd8cdb91140cee6534a62331eba5889e3a89a682/20220228_KB_Wuerfel_1675_.jpg" data-mid="139258701" border="0" alt="Installation view | Solo show &quot;The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall&quot; | K&uuml;nstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany | 2022| &copy; David Brandt 2022" data-caption="Installation view | Solo show &quot;The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall&quot; | Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany | 2022| © David Brandt 2022" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6c0c5b011811cdddf778d9a2dd8cdb91140cee6534a62331eba5889e3a89a682/20220228_KB_Wuerfel_1675_.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b05a0ba28e2a33511f3f4d226b8b1f3454f84535e022ef29207b25adf63aa41c/08_GW.jpg" data-mid="240029296" border="0" alt="Installation view | Solo show &quot;The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall&quot; | Deutsches Haus at NYU, New York, NY, USA | 2025 | &copy; Nathalie Schueller 2025" data-caption="Installation view | Solo show &quot;The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall&quot; | Deutsches Haus at NYU, New York, NY, USA | 2025 | © Nathalie Schueller 2025" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b05a0ba28e2a33511f3f4d226b8b1f3454f84535e022ef29207b25adf63aa41c/08_GW.jpg" /> <img width="1523" height="2048" width_o="1523" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27f261083fdf7b121ba4e809b2c93397f0a14b3e86cd8900cba598c2abe15fd3/07_GW-newer.jpg" data-mid="242386392" border="0" alt="Installation view of the collages &quot;New Landscape 8&quot; and &quot;New Landscape 10&quot; | Solo show &quot;The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall&quot; | Deutsches Haus at NYU, New York, NY, USA | 2025" data-caption="Installation view of the collages &quot;New Landscape 8&quot; and &quot;New Landscape 10&quot; | Solo show &quot;The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall&quot; | Deutsches Haus at NYU, New York, NY, USA | 2025" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27f261083fdf7b121ba4e809b2c93397f0a14b3e86cd8900cba598c2abe15fd3/07_GW-newer.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d00484bf4ab0317e164038b4960041a308a7e63e6a76baeebe1575466af267f8/DSC_3125.JPG" data-mid="242386734" border="0" alt="Installation view | Group show &quot;The Whispering Streams of Memory,&quot; curated by Thomas Kellner | Pingyao International Photography Festival 2024, Pingyao, Shanxi, China | &copy; Thomas Kellner 2024" data-caption="Installation view | Group show &quot;The Whispering Streams of Memory,&quot; curated by Thomas Kellner | Pingyao International Photography Festival 2024, Pingyao, Shanxi, China | © Thomas Kellner 2024" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d00484bf4ab0317e164038b4960041a308a7e63e6a76baeebe1575466af267f8/DSC_3125.JPG" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14c46bfd746ee4684582b16cd841e55c9a401842ebacadf5f9064cbb35293dd1/DSC_3286.JPG" data-mid="242386732" border="0" alt="Installation view | Group show &quot;The Whispering Streams of Memory,&quot; curated by Thomas Kellner | Pingyao International Photography Festival 2024, Pingyao, Shanxi, China | &copy; Thomas Kellner 2024" data-caption="Installation view | Group show &quot;The Whispering Streams of Memory,&quot; curated by Thomas Kellner | Pingyao International Photography Festival 2024, Pingyao, Shanxi, China | © Thomas Kellner 2024" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/14c46bfd746ee4684582b16cd841e55c9a401842ebacadf5f9064cbb35293dd1/DSC_3286.JPG" /> https://geschewuerfel.com/Forests-in-the-Anthropocene Thu, 17 Nov 2022 19:08:16 +0000 Gesche Wuerfel https://geschewuerfel.com/Forests-in-the-Anthropocene Forests in the Anthropocene&nbsp; <img width="2048" height="1572" width_o="2048" height_o="1572" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb27e77dccda67b031c624f5a2af7cee49a4ea38cad3ef24fab49d0b19832efe/02_GW.jpg" data-mid="239885522" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb27e77dccda67b031c624f5a2af7cee49a4ea38cad3ef24fab49d0b19832efe/02_GW.jpg" /> Mount Greylock, MA (2), version 1 (2021), solarized and roasted gelatin silver print, 16x20” <img width="2048" height="1635" width_o="2048" height_o="1635" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77d2314947a4576113a96624562a5f94fb38429f036e619407726d6d09e611e9/01_GW.jpg" data-mid="239886233" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/77d2314947a4576113a96624562a5f94fb38429f036e619407726d6d09e611e9/01_GW.jpg" />Rumbling Bald, NC (1), version 1 (2021), solarized and roasted gelatin silver print, 8 x 10”&nbsp; <img width="2250" height="2813" width_o="2250" height_o="2813" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ceb1e3d31d21bd9d05a5471a75ab4232f244424656834aea2a8302ca3755839/2021_209_0008_MASTER_8x10.jpg" data-mid="159404469" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ceb1e3d31d21bd9d05a5471a75ab4232f244424656834aea2a8302ca3755839/2021_209_0008_MASTER_8x10.jpg" /> Rumbling Bald, NC (5), version 1 (2021) solarized and burned gelatin silver print, 9.75 x 7.5 inches (burned) 10 x 8 inches (paper size) (Photograph © Dot Editions 2021) <img width="1200" height="1500" width_o="1200" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9961235c018078ccc104658a1aa36d60fda341375a9a44fa4a3a2617374c6456/GW_Rumbling-Bald--NC-4--version-1.jpg" data-mid="159404443" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9961235c018078ccc104658a1aa36d60fda341375a9a44fa4a3a2617374c6456/GW_Rumbling-Bald--NC-4--version-1.jpg" /> Rumbling Bald, NC (4), version 1 (2021), solarized and burned gelatin silver print, 10 x 8” <img width="3000" height="2400" width_o="3000" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab8ffb1f4c92634462969cd449c73a678b2f5a28fd01aded8c5f39c7e524ebaa/2021_209_0009_MASTER_ret_larger-canvas.jpg" data-mid="159404466" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab8ffb1f4c92634462969cd449c73a678b2f5a28fd01aded8c5f39c7e524ebaa/2021_209_0009_MASTER_ret_larger-canvas.jpg" /> Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve, NC (2), version 4 (2021), solarized and burned gelatin silver print, 4 x 10 inches (burned) 8 x 10 inches (paper size) (Photograph © Dot Editions 2021) <img width="1500" height="1193" width_o="1500" height_o="1193" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9728183cd0316c7a515d783be6b2f99cde24436f0479656d5d88c469863516f5/GW_Rumbling-Bald--NC-3--version-1.jpg" data-mid="159404441" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9728183cd0316c7a515d783be6b2f99cde24436f0479656d5d88c469863516f5/GW_Rumbling-Bald--NC-3--version-1.jpg" />Rumbling Bald, NC (3), version 1, (2021), solarized and burned gelatin silver print, 6.74 x 9.5 inches (burned 8 x 10 inches (paper size) “Forests in the Anthropocene” is a photography project that explores the effects of human-made climate change on forests. Forests are major carbon sinks and remain one of the most critical ecosystems to preserve, covering 31% of the globe’s land surface, with half of the world’s forests having their homes in the Russian Federation, Brazil, Canada, the United States of America, and China[1]. Forests are essential for biodiversity, water and oxygen supply, food production, livelihoods, and climate change mitigation. However, deforestation and degradation continue at alarming rates, which, alongside increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, lead to increasing average and extreme temperatures across the globe. Depending on their geographic location, trees face a variety of climate change impacts from rising temperatures to drought, fires, invasive pests, flooding, storms, sea level rise, or saltwater intrusion. Using 4x5 film and a large format camera, I photographed forests in two U.S. states and climate zones (North Carolina and Massachusetts) to show the impacts of global warming.&nbsp; [1] FAO and UNEP. 2022. The State of the World’s Forests 2022. Forests, biodiversity and people. Rome. https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cb9360en <img width="2400" height="3000" width_o="2400" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61b694dad1e7ea7fcf22d52ac194c1c9ad4fc4d01b36793432672c7dc5bde36d/2021_209_0011_MASTER_8x10.jpg" data-mid="159404470" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/61b694dad1e7ea7fcf22d52ac194c1c9ad4fc4d01b36793432672c7dc5bde36d/2021_209_0011_MASTER_8x10.jpg" /> Rumbling Bald, NC (4), version 2 (2021), solarized and burned gelatin silver print on glossy RC paper, 9.75 x 7.5 inches (burned) 10 x 8 inches (paper size) (Photograph © Dot Editions 2021) <img width="2399" height="3000" width_o="2399" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/91e5f480bd61828ca4884fbace3adfcc08f23ea47f85d77bbfe02c727a65f8e9/2021_209_0024_MASTER_ret.jpg" data-mid="159404468" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/91e5f480bd61828ca4884fbace3adfcc08f23ea47f85d77bbfe02c727a65f8e9/2021_209_0024_MASTER_ret.jpg" /> Wayah Bald, NC (3), version 2 (2021), solarized and roasted gelatin silver print on glossy RC paper, 14 x 11” (Photograph © Dot Editions 2021) 2019 - OngoingDifferent SizesUnique Gelatin Silver Prints and Archival Pigment Prints, Edition of 5 (1 AP) <img width="2000" height="2405" width_o="2000" height_o="2405" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/209132ab33abf16aab2a4370a9e7ca46f9d730715aedd5dd6b682bc551dfeb57/GW_Wayah-Bald--NC-1--version-1.jpg" data-mid="159778638" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/209132ab33abf16aab2a4370a9e7ca46f9d730715aedd5dd6b682bc551dfeb57/GW_Wayah-Bald--NC-1--version-1.jpg" />Wayah Bald, NC (1), version 1 (2021),&nbsp;solarized gelatin silver print,&nbsp;24 x 20”&nbsp; <img width="2000" height="1600" width_o="2000" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/11f67de76c6b5c1e287f9229d8f73b24a766fd0de40cb3346e6619813f19c39f/DSC_2019_with-shaprenning.jpg" data-mid="159405091" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/11f67de76c6b5c1e287f9229d8f73b24a766fd0de40cb3346e6619813f19c39f/DSC_2019_with-shaprenning.jpg" /> Blue Ridge Parkway, NC (1), version 1 (2021), solarized gelatin silver print, 11 x 14” <img width="1523" height="1200" width_o="1523" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0207bc51958a5894c3650cee4f5806d2474a31c35d43cb6143277fd1664cb1d3/GW_Harvard-Forest--MA-1--version-1.jpg" data-mid="159404455" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0207bc51958a5894c3650cee4f5806d2474a31c35d43cb6143277fd1664cb1d3/GW_Harvard-Forest--MA-1--version-1.jpg" /> Harvard Forest, MA (1), version 1 (2021), solarized and ripped gelatin silver print, 16 x 20” <img width="1500" height="1191" width_o="1500" height_o="1191" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/317cf7a22c44fa57b663442cca6ddc2999b569cf95aacfaa588998e35f9d912a/GW_Lumber-River--NC_cropped-for-website.jpg" data-mid="159404456" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/317cf7a22c44fa57b663442cca6ddc2999b569cf95aacfaa588998e35f9d912a/GW_Lumber-River--NC_cropped-for-website.jpg" />Lumber River, NC (1),&nbsp;(2021), archival pigment print, 30 x 37.5” I used specific photographic processes to represent each impact. For example, I invoke warming through solarizing prints in the darkroom; drought with solarized prints roasted in a kiln; sea level rise by mirroring gelatin silver prints; saltwater intrusion by adding sea salt from the North Carolina coast. The resulting photographs are presented as an installation with both color and black and white photographs. &nbsp; <img width="2000" height="2395" width_o="2000" height_o="2395" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db7d0f499e0bec3ce3fa626d8d7e6a32be31587dadb23a6e772fc0b1f1f84e79/GW_Nags-Head-Woods-Preserve--NC-1.jpg" data-mid="159778572" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/db7d0f499e0bec3ce3fa626d8d7e6a32be31587dadb23a6e772fc0b1f1f84e79/GW_Nags-Head-Woods-Preserve--NC-1.jpg" />Nags Head Woods Preserve, NC (1) (2021), archival pigment print, 24 x 20” <img width="2000" height="1600" width_o="2000" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67fd87aca5ee9ccf1eb6f7cd1c4a12908b0246c403dda9a87a05cb2fad8aa3b5/GW_Saltwater01_ret_cropped_20220113.jpg" data-mid="159405891" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67fd87aca5ee9ccf1eb6f7cd1c4a12908b0246c403dda9a87a05cb2fad8aa3b5/GW_Saltwater01_ret_cropped_20220113.jpg" />The Frying Pan, NC (1) (2021), archival pigment print, 8 x 10” <img width="2000" height="1600" width_o="2000" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e76b7eee9189f8e6c6e27ffdf86819c7142aceef861cec8a553dae56d0686ba1/GW_Saltwater03_ret_cropped_V2_20221112.jpg" data-mid="159404715" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e76b7eee9189f8e6c6e27ffdf86819c7142aceef861cec8a553dae56d0686ba1/GW_Saltwater03_ret_cropped_V2_20221112.jpg" /> Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, NC (1), version 1 (2021) archival pigment print, 8 x 10” <img width="1500" height="1200" width_o="1500" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9835d477c5d65241b30d2eba7120294aaef472fa1e360d9800bb551b8139d2b2/GW_Alligator-River-National-Wildlife-Refuge--NC-2--version-1.jpg" data-mid="159404429" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9835d477c5d65241b30d2eba7120294aaef472fa1e360d9800bb551b8139d2b2/GW_Alligator-River-National-Wildlife-Refuge--NC-2--version-1.jpg" /> Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, NC (2), version 1 (2021) archival pigment print, 8 x 10” <img width="2000" height="1601" width_o="2000" height_o="1601" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/91822df813bb802bdc790bca766b1edeffa0312d23c55bcc2684de9a27d4683c/GW_4x5-016_near-USS-NC-in-wilmington_ret_2-images_-V2-wit-hsharepning.jpg" data-mid="159404719" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/91822df813bb802bdc790bca766b1edeffa0312d23c55bcc2684de9a27d4683c/GW_4x5-016_near-USS-NC-in-wilmington_ret_2-images_-V2-wit-hsharepning.jpg" /> Cape Fear River, NC (1), (2022), archival pigment print, 16 x 20” Photography creates a plethora of carbon emissions, such as traveling to locations, shipping, and supplies such as paper and darkroom chemicals, among others. I tried to stay local as much as possible to emit as little carbon as possible. The first part of the project was photographed in Massachusetts while I was attending a residency at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and while a visiting researcher at Harvard Forest in 2019. The second part of the project was photographed in North Carolina, where I lived for several years until 2022. I would like to thank Prof. Peter White (UNC Chapel Hill), Robert Leverett, the researchers from Harvard Forest and the Southern Research Station for their scientific input. The carbon emissions created with this project were offset through&nbsp;www.carbonfootprint.com. &nbsp; <img width="2000" height="2526" width_o="2000" height_o="2526" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d2a9e54778854814abbc98d02b3cd1ab018b3a2d5ebae70c8e5cacd162e814b7/GW_Eno-River--NC-1_new.jpg" data-mid="159407018" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d2a9e54778854814abbc98d02b3cd1ab018b3a2d5ebae70c8e5cacd162e814b7/GW_Eno-River--NC-1_new.jpg" /> Eno River, NC (1) (2021) laser-etched archival pigment print, 20 x 16”&nbsp; <img width="2000" height="1581" width_o="2000" height_o="1581" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b61499cb58770f28d2bde5b312b9303695fec87d569c082fbdf2576d11a9d347/GW_4x5-010_clingmans-dome_ret-w-sharepning.jpg" data-mid="159405093" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b61499cb58770f28d2bde5b312b9303695fec87d569c082fbdf2576d11a9d347/GW_4x5-010_clingmans-dome_ret-w-sharepning.jpg" /> Clingman’s Dome, NC (1) (2022),&nbsp; archival pigment print,&nbsp;30 x 37.5” This project was supported by awards from the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, the Institute for the Arts &amp; Humanities, and the Department of Art &amp; Art History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. https://geschewuerfel.com/untitled-Pandemic Wed, 20 May 2020 20:16:14 +0000 Gesche Wuerfel https://geschewuerfel.com/untitled-Pandemic untitled (Pandemic) <img width="1499" height="1799" width_o="1499" height_o="1799" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed6f5b3026239024b924c9baa879b3c3e7817f86d7c1133f013935965a84845c/GW_01_photogram-1.jpg" data-mid="117057496" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed6f5b3026239024b924c9baa879b3c3e7817f86d7c1133f013935965a84845c/GW_01_photogram-1.jpg" />The Most Valuable Item #1 (2021) 24 x 20”, gelatin silver print <img width="1486" height="1858" width_o="1486" height_o="1858" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f899076974c7f0af7b8c59b80a71c580e7d01d46b5a51d9609d61cc2e370df4b/GW_02_photogram-2.jpg" data-mid="117057948" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f899076974c7f0af7b8c59b80a71c580e7d01d46b5a51d9609d61cc2e370df4b/GW_02_photogram-2.jpg" /> The Most Valuable Item Study #1 (2021) 10 x 8”, gelatin silver print 2021 Gelatin silver prints, unique photograms, 24 x 20” and 10 x 8” <img width="3500" height="2285" width_o="3500" height_o="2285" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/feaae4e75b2365318744147a7e6f4be61f5e390801da35f075cc064314851839/Lumen-1-diptych.jpg" data-mid="209568598" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/feaae4e75b2365318744147a7e6f4be61f5e390801da35f075cc064314851839/Lumen-1-diptych.jpg" /> Lumen #1 Diptych (2020), archival pigment print, 37.5 x 30” each panel <img width="6544" height="2961" width_o="6544" height_o="2961" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/96499ddb25f4addcad298499146f9dd3daf2da1390036a6e0c4f0d35bc1b3f4e/Lumen-2-triptych.jpg" data-mid="209568599" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/96499ddb25f4addcad298499146f9dd3daf2da1390036a6e0c4f0d35bc1b3f4e/Lumen-2-triptych.jpg" /> Lumen #2 Triptych (2020), archival pigment print, 37.5 x 30” each panel <img width="3273" height="4000" width_o="3273" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a6b6ab9918ef3a3bf4be96f5a4e95e58dbbdd6da6536b977bc2c7685bbe2c6a/Lumen-3-quadriptych.jpg" data-mid="209568600" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a6b6ab9918ef3a3bf4be96f5a4e95e58dbbdd6da6536b977bc2c7685bbe2c6a/Lumen-3-quadriptych.jpg" /> Lumen #3 Quadriptych (2020), archival pigment print, 37.5 x 30” each panel <img width="1600" height="2000" width_o="1600" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/917228c91c30ebf2b52020954e46561c571a7101c6f4627613c096e2d819cd94/lumen-neg41_ret.jpg" data-mid="89751799" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/917228c91c30ebf2b52020954e46561c571a7101c6f4627613c096e2d819cd94/lumen-neg41_ret.jpg" /> Lumen #6 (2020), archival pigment print, 20 x 16” <img width="2000" height="1580" width_o="2000" height_o="1580" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/46ebd019148fa6ddf70f9ccfed9bf195df0f00630cb5fd5186ef977802be5157/lumen-neg51_ret_crop2.jpg" data-mid="89751800" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/46ebd019148fa6ddf70f9ccfed9bf195df0f00630cb5fd5186ef977802be5157/lumen-neg51_ret_crop2.jpg" /> Lumen #7 (2020), archival pigment print, 16 x 20” 2020Archival Pigment Prints from Lumen Negatives, 20 x 16 inches, Edition of 5, 1 AP (plus 80 additional lumen negs) <img width="1000" height="1498" width_o="1000" height_o="1498" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c088a5d88b623c7686664fe3b0013b5e613bec6472946cbb3b52fc6ac451fc31/GW_12_untitled-1.jpg" data-mid="71802868" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c088a5d88b623c7686664fe3b0013b5e613bec6472946cbb3b52fc6ac451fc31/GW_12_untitled-1.jpg" /> <img width="2248" height="1500" width_o="2248" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/668d92c0427a401a5a7b93024db52fae43b862a3671a4b65076e9f1c59a5ce16/GW_20_untitled-9.jpg" data-mid="71802917" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/668d92c0427a401a5a7b93024db52fae43b862a3671a4b65076e9f1c59a5ce16/GW_20_untitled-9.jpg" /> <img width="801" height="1200" width_o="801" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c2fc993cc6f90046816b259d76771111e2bf9d99d05b03464cf471118a5548d/GW_13_untitled-2.jpg" data-mid="71802906" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/801/i/3c2fc993cc6f90046816b259d76771111e2bf9d99d05b03464cf471118a5548d/GW_13_untitled-2.jpg" /> <img width="1001" height="1500" width_o="1001" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c746a507d28b7a5cf9d847f35fce4652519d5d6c4beb9b7e0198f67b20927a72/GW_18_untitled-7.jpg" data-mid="71802914" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c746a507d28b7a5cf9d847f35fce4652519d5d6c4beb9b7e0198f67b20927a72/GW_18_untitled-7.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1001" width_o="1500" height_o="1001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b629dfd75373b232bc7998a4d26e4ec63f2538d84ebcfc27ae63637f605007ef/GW_15_untitled-4.jpg" data-mid="71802909" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b629dfd75373b232bc7998a4d26e4ec63f2538d84ebcfc27ae63637f605007ef/GW_15_untitled-4.jpg" /> <img width="1001" height="1500" width_o="1001" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6334b29a4d0fe2faac17c5ce0b6c174b4baec6d524a22843f177dd982d6e798a/GW_16_untitled-5.jpg" data-mid="71802911" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6334b29a4d0fe2faac17c5ce0b6c174b4baec6d524a22843f177dd982d6e798a/GW_16_untitled-5.jpg" /> <img width="1001" height="1500" width_o="1001" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b227c304456cd3c22542c28b185eabdedc0d597dfb890e277dd6e1d2e6f1fc74/GW_17_untitled-6.jpg" data-mid="71802913" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b227c304456cd3c22542c28b185eabdedc0d597dfb890e277dd6e1d2e6f1fc74/GW_17_untitled-6.jpg" /> <img width="1001" height="1500" width_o="1001" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b918de1667ad0233f6fc6a720d0417249c5f5e3517c9010103910311fe3f3f47/GW_19_untitled-8.jpg" data-mid="71802915" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b918de1667ad0233f6fc6a720d0417249c5f5e3517c9010103910311fe3f3f47/GW_19_untitled-8.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1001" width_o="1500" height_o="1001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/224265507081dcb7de14e0b0b6b133fc8aef9b5297a2994ce9083342a03ac7ae/GW_21_untitled-10.jpg" data-mid="71802918" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/224265507081dcb7de14e0b0b6b133fc8aef9b5297a2994ce9083342a03ac7ae/GW_21_untitled-10.jpg" /> 2020&nbsp;24 x 16” and 16 x 24”Archival Pigment Prints, Edition of 5 (1 AP) https://geschewuerfel.com/What-Remains-of-the-Day-Memories-of-World-War-II Sat, 27 Apr 2019 01:07:59 +0000 Gesche Wuerfel https://geschewuerfel.com/What-Remains-of-the-Day-Memories-of-World-War-II What Remains of the Day - Memories of World War II <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c9cea71d6acf92a084fee319989a10e822820519dd7cca3699394dcb69c7096/GW_6x6_03_v.2-001_ret_20180803_transf_cropped_09182018_copped-again.psb_stalag.jpg" data-mid="40933096" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c9cea71d6acf92a084fee319989a10e822820519dd7cca3699394dcb69c7096/GW_6x6_03_v.2-001_ret_20180803_transf_cropped_09182018_copped-again.psb_stalag.jpg" /> Prisoner’s Barracks (Stalag XB, Sandbostel, Germany) (2015) <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c5671c4cd4100737ab344cbcd4270f6ca931bff35cd30efbef039ab829a30e4b/GW_Color4_3-002_2_newcolor20180803.jpg" data-mid="40933101" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c5671c4cd4100737ab344cbcd4270f6ca931bff35cd30efbef039ab829a30e4b/GW_Color4_3-002_2_newcolor20180803.jpg" /> Valley of Death (Flossenbürg Memorial and Museum, Germany) (2016) <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b60dd154e83063e3bd5d0e55222823388938ab8c110bcef9730b284dc0100f29/GW_Topography_3_BW.jpg" data-mid="40933105" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b60dd154e83063e3bd5d0e55222823388938ab8c110bcef9730b284dc0100f29/GW_Topography_3_BW.jpg" /> Foundation of the SS Reich Main Security Office, Gestapo Headquarters, Security Police, Security Service, and Task Forces; Berlin Wall, Reich Aviation Ministry (Berlin, Germany) (2016) <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9facb03116b60358b9eef607a9b3ad71cbc2e60a0398f5f9f4bbcc7a691cceef/04_Krakow-Ghetto007.jpg" data-mid="40933091" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9facb03116b60358b9eef607a9b3ad71cbc2e60a0398f5f9f4bbcc7a691cceef/04_Krakow-Ghetto007.jpg" /> Jewish Ghetto (Krakow, Poland)&nbsp;(2016)&nbsp; <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/802b1b29e9ed7fb24d8d36f8c884c73f46e6b45f3c257e8f14a6400c65d3de70/GW_1630_20170622_GOESCHE_09-2-25_use-this-one_cropped_flattened.jpg" data-mid="40933098" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/802b1b29e9ed7fb24d8d36f8c884c73f46e6b45f3c257e8f14a6400c65d3de70/GW_1630_20170622_GOESCHE_09-2-25_use-this-one_cropped_flattened.jpg" /> Watch Tower (Dachau Memorial and Museum, Germany) (2016) <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6dbe8385e5bd75440192de03310891a584baeeee05d4c477809afe8b1eee1ad5/e_House-of-the-Wannsee-Conference-NEW.jpg" data-mid="41804700" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6dbe8385e5bd75440192de03310891a584baeeee05d4c477809afe8b1eee1ad5/e_House-of-the-Wannsee-Conference-NEW.jpg" /> House of the Wannsee Conference (Berlin, Germany) (2016) <img width="1000" height="1250" width_o="1000" height_o="1250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4631e069778e9ea61dd2208f7a141a6a9a2203caee356538fd69675184974458/GW_003_terezin_ret_cropped-and-flattened-background-layer_Cropped2020.jpg" data-mid="61412549" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4631e069778e9ea61dd2208f7a141a6a9a2203caee356538fd69675184974458/GW_003_terezin_ret_cropped-and-flattened-background-layer_Cropped2020.jpg" /> Jewish Ghetto Terezín (Terezín, Czech Republic) (2019) 2014 - 201930 x 30” or 30 x 37.5”Archival Pigment PrintsEdition of 5, 1 AP “What Remains of the Day – Memories of World War II” explores the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust on contemporary life by grappling with time and memory through images of places and people. I photograph places that evoke the horrors of the Nazi regime by overexposing the images for one second for every year since the war ended in Europe on May 8, 1945 so that only traces of the resulting images are recorded. For example, photos taken in 2016 (71 years after the end of World War II) were overexposed for 71 seconds. Much like memories, the photographs are fragmented and ambiguous, and some are in color, others in black and white. <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27eecb827ad31f3aae764d9e8dbf286cabb4001087b76be36423372d5a27bc86/GW_12_2-correct-orientation-edit_Denkmal_Ret_cropped-1.psb.jpg" data-mid="40933097" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27eecb827ad31f3aae764d9e8dbf286cabb4001087b76be36423372d5a27bc86/GW_12_2-correct-orientation-edit_Denkmal_Ret_cropped-1.psb.jpg" />Ministers' Gardens (Berlin, Germany)&nbsp;now: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (2016) <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ffb9981772b980f3d12f85a73fcf53aa5a07ec6ce56c647ed5e3c394eeb50e1b/GW_Color2_Coloseum_3-001_1.jpg" data-mid="69100813" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ffb9981772b980f3d12f85a73fcf53aa5a07ec6ce56c647ed5e3c394eeb50e1b/GW_Color2_Coloseum_3-001_1.jpg" /> Congress Hall (Nazi Party Rally Grounds, Nuremberg, Germany) (2016)<img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c83ced8080f61fb4d075112860ad55d8102e15dd2648b62a60ebd906c9319b7c/GW_6x6_02_EDIT_ret_tree-bark_09192018_coppred.psb.jpg" data-mid="40933095" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c83ced8080f61fb4d075112860ad55d8102e15dd2648b62a60ebd906c9319b7c/GW_6x6_02_EDIT_ret_tree-bark_09192018_coppred.psb.jpg" />Below Forest (Germany) (2014) <img width="1000" height="997" width_o="1000" height_o="997" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4fb075b2e0c7a13eee7b5ad57a079a0b453d1f8f8675cfdb25cd81a86fbac9d2/GW_Places_03-001_pond_ret.psb.jpg" data-mid="40933103" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4fb075b2e0c7a13eee7b5ad57a079a0b453d1f8f8675cfdb25cd81a86fbac9d2/GW_Places_03-001_pond_ret.psb.jpg" /> Pond in Which the Ashes Were Disposed of After Cremation (Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, Poland) (2016) <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/285fa53c1d1146dfd52372368bd09dde1d8550036b57f06d546eb012836042d2/GW_6x6_01_v.2-001_ret_shapren_cropped_tree_09192018.psb.jpg" data-mid="40933093" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/285fa53c1d1146dfd52372368bd09dde1d8550036b57f06d546eb012836042d2/GW_6x6_01_v.2-001_ret_shapren_cropped_tree_09192018.psb.jpg" /> Tree on Foundation of Prisoners' Barracks (Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum, Germany) (2014) <img width="1250" height="1000" width_o="1250" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/68b18550c65d5387104f826223fe01b99d49a249d8de7242c849357ac3b43695/GW_G_01-001_EDIT_ret_Gleisdreieck_11172018_more-spotting_flattenedn-and-cropped-and-sharpened.jpg" data-mid="40933102" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/68b18550c65d5387104f826223fe01b99d49a249d8de7242c849357ac3b43695/GW_G_01-001_EDIT_ret_Gleisdreieck_11172018_more-spotting_flattenedn-and-cropped-and-sharpened.jpg" /> Gleisdreieck (Track Triangle) near Anhalter Bahnhof (Berlin, Germany) (2014) <img width="2000" height="1600" width_o="2000" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1270ac940d36a575428a3770e4841915f8d09266ae67e620966f847eb8bee608/LF_Piasnica015_ret_small-lighter.jpg" data-mid="54519587" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1270ac940d36a575428a3770e4841915f8d09266ae67e620966f847eb8bee608/LF_Piasnica015_ret_small-lighter.jpg" /> Piaśnica Forest (Piaśnica Wielka, Poland) (2019) The places I photograph include concentration, labor and death camps, the Reich Aviation Ministry, the House of the Wannsee Conference, and the D-Day Beaches in Normandy, France, or the Atlantic Wall fortifications in Brittany, France. <img width="1250" height="1000" width_o="1250" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8bb2aa2a9a380a5ad9ba984f2c8ee11a42f902dd80b43d8a7cd89ab27049a92e/GW_PDH_01-001_EDIT_pointe-du-hoc_ret.jpg" data-mid="40933702" border="0" alt="Pointe du Hoc, Atlantic Wall Fortifications (France) (2017)" data-caption="Pointe du Hoc, Atlantic Wall Fortifications (France) (2017)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8bb2aa2a9a380a5ad9ba984f2c8ee11a42f902dd80b43d8a7cd89ab27049a92e/GW_PDH_01-001_EDIT_pointe-du-hoc_ret.jpg" /> Pointe du Hoc, Atlantic Wall Fortifications (France) (2017) <img width="1480" height="1184" width_o="1480" height_o="1184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7502bd612da473b7cfb4bbfe34d5fcc0da52a5c10cd46951dc22bd690a488f14/GW_OmahaBeach2_please-check-color_baryta-lw-edit2_GW.jpg" data-mid="101394091" border="0" alt="Omaha Beach (France) 2017" data-caption="Omaha Beach (France) 2017" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7502bd612da473b7cfb4bbfe34d5fcc0da52a5c10cd46951dc22bd690a488f14/GW_OmahaBeach2_please-check-color_baryta-lw-edit2_GW.jpg" /> Omaha Beach (France) (2017) <img width="1250" height="1000" width_o="1250" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/030abf571df40249466606b0f11d2156f7eba2f2a4749f8fd0109efddc2ec5ab/GW_A_06-001_EDITArromachnes.psb.jpg" data-mid="40933699" border="0" alt="Artificial Harbor for the Invasion of Normandy (Arromanches-les-Bains, France) (2017)" data-caption="Artificial Harbor for the Invasion of Normandy (Arromanches-les-Bains, France) (2017)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/030abf571df40249466606b0f11d2156f7eba2f2a4749f8fd0109efddc2ec5ab/GW_A_06-001_EDITArromachnes.psb.jpg" /> Artificial Harbor for the Invasion of Normandy (Arromanches-les-Bains, France) (2017) <img width="1250" height="1000" width_o="1250" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/291ee8098cc9e3942d51a5c6f91a60e15a81cceb48795f62f2b167cb1b52cdfc/gold_ret_new_enlarged.jpg" data-mid="141506861" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/291ee8098cc9e3942d51a5c6f91a60e15a81cceb48795f62f2b167cb1b52cdfc/gold_ret_new_enlarged.jpg" /> Gold Beach (France) (2017) <img width="1250" height="1000" width_o="1250" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a6094138e8f42fd0a468dd52bbf1c441392d5ff076bdbf59b63462a11a2edf08/GW_AC_01-001_EDIT_ret_GW_cropped-1.psb.jpg" data-mid="40933700" border="0" alt="American Cemetery (Colleville-sur-Mer, France) (2017)" data-caption="American Cemetery (Colleville-sur-Mer, France) (2017)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a6094138e8f42fd0a468dd52bbf1c441392d5ff076bdbf59b63462a11a2edf08/GW_AC_01-001_EDIT_ret_GW_cropped-1.psb.jpg" /> American Cemetery (Colleville-sur-Mer, France) (2017) <img width="1250" height="1000" width_o="1250" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6638e2d37877835e0c332c39ca483655c169bca7da82d80d19feba5dc72b32b6/GW_Places_07-001.psb_stmalo_flattened-1.psb.jpg" data-mid="40933704" border="0" alt="Atlantic Wall Fortifications Cit&eacute; d&rsquo;Alet (St. Malo, France) (2018)" data-caption="Atlantic Wall Fortifications Cité d’Alet (St. Malo, France) (2018)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6638e2d37877835e0c332c39ca483655c169bca7da82d80d19feba5dc72b32b6/GW_Places_07-001.psb_stmalo_flattened-1.psb.jpg" /> Atlantic Wall Fortifications Cité d’Alet (St. Malo, France) (2018) <img width="1250" height="1000" width_o="1250" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c3774ca82deff5e3aa3527bf703de0298bc6deeee36b0962bdf97ae5c3c22ad/GW_Places_06-001.psb_ret_GW_cropped-1.psb.jpg" data-mid="40933703" border="0" alt="Bunker of the Atlantic Wall Fortifications (Saint-Lunaire, France) (2018)" data-caption="Bunker of the Atlantic Wall Fortifications (Saint-Lunaire, France) (2018)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c3774ca82deff5e3aa3527bf703de0298bc6deeee36b0962bdf97ae5c3c22ad/GW_Places_06-001.psb_ret_GW_cropped-1.psb.jpg" /> Bunker of the Atlantic Wall Fortifications (Saint-Lunaire, France) (2018) I explore people through portraits and interviews. I select people who experienced the war in diverse ways: including Holocaust survivors, Germans, and Allied veterans. These interviews present personal perspectives on the war and the Hitler regime. I have interviewed and taken portraits of 22 people. The portraits were taken in Germany, the UK, the U.S., and the Czech Republic. <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd0bdea0e1fc78f74d6c74c1746ae07934e53c5b3b2aad6d403bf01f556e4df8/GW_Portrait_04-001_Barbara_GW.jpg" data-mid="40969976" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cd0bdea0e1fc78f74d6c74c1746ae07934e53c5b3b2aad6d403bf01f556e4df8/GW_Portrait_04-001_Barbara_GW.jpg" />Barbara (2018) <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84d9fd239356a63fa5ac8135117d648fcad71090786c7ab16a9bca25b1713d1e/GW_WhatRemains_RA_sharp_color_new.jpg" data-mid="40969985" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/84d9fd239356a63fa5ac8135117d648fcad71090786c7ab16a9bca25b1713d1e/GW_WhatRemains_RA_sharp_color_new.jpg" />Ruth (2016) <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54ecad7df24c4f114601e53a0f77ee6bf3b9641c8a2368df12905224014e7adf/GW_Portrait_10-001_Hal_ret_GW_cropped.jpg" data-mid="40969982" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/54ecad7df24c4f114601e53a0f77ee6bf3b9641c8a2368df12905224014e7adf/GW_Portrait_10-001_Hal_ret_GW_cropped.jpg" /> Hal (2018)&nbsp; <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b38a69dd7f6168ca5f9432741a724a3b6830d2426aab00f44eedbca9654494f5/GW_Portrait_01-001-copy.psb_Sylten-ret_GW.jpg" data-mid="42441065" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b38a69dd7f6168ca5f9432741a724a3b6830d2426aab00f44eedbca9654494f5/GW_Portrait_01-001-copy.psb_Sylten-ret_GW.jpg" /> Walter&nbsp;(2018)<img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02fd4712a728e137959683341de612347b81f9157f0ffe8f7897f8d323a15d32/GW_Doris.jpg" data-mid="57524524" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/02fd4712a728e137959683341de612347b81f9157f0ffe8f7897f8d323a15d32/GW_Doris.jpg" /> Doris (2019) <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0527d40a02726271943eec99b175a639a33a1057c7175615beae844edaf24bf/GW_Portrait_07-001.psb_ret.jpg" data-mid="40969979" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b0527d40a02726271943eec99b175a639a33a1057c7175615beae844edaf24bf/GW_Portrait_07-001.psb_ret.jpg" /> Godela&nbsp;(2018) <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ace26c005295a8d3be06217c168a23e030b7915dd9ad4679730872323a352d92/GW_Portrait_05-001_Renee.psb_ret_more.psb_change.jpg" data-mid="40969978" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ace26c005295a8d3be06217c168a23e030b7915dd9ad4679730872323a352d92/GW_Portrait_05-001_Renee.psb_ret_more.psb_change.jpg" /> Renée (2018)&nbsp;<img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a5306cafe6857391ae5ea4d3d4be0f289bcda3b1d3709e825fdfe5401ba32dd/GW_12-001_edit_Tibor_ret.jpg" data-mid="40969972" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1a5306cafe6857391ae5ea4d3d4be0f289bcda3b1d3709e825fdfe5401ba32dd/GW_12-001_edit_Tibor_ret.jpg" />Tibor (2017) <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b5ccd79b978d1f489d2250056cdbb9dc35578dde5f610537728bac4f3d2c4e8f/GW_02_2-002_edit_Eve-Willman_ret-Recovered_edit_GW-try_101018_cropped.jpg" data-mid="40969969" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b5ccd79b978d1f489d2250056cdbb9dc35578dde5f610537728bac4f3d2c4e8f/GW_02_2-002_edit_Eve-Willman_ret-Recovered_edit_GW-try_101018_cropped.jpg" /> Eve (2017)<img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f72d929b670c6467ba3c76a1a68be1a9d633773cc1aa3a4d4f2d19c5a94c992/GW_WhatRemains_HeinzL.jpg" data-mid="40969984" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3f72d929b670c6467ba3c76a1a68be1a9d633773cc1aa3a4d4f2d19c5a94c992/GW_WhatRemains_HeinzL.jpg" /> Heinz (2016) I was born and raised in Germany, so I have a personal relationship to the aftermath of WWII and my family’s involvement in the war. I now live in the U.S., which enables me to view my home country through a different lens. My background as urban planner, visual sociologist, and photographer qualifies me to both interview and photograph people and places. With this project, I offer an approach to place, history, and personal trauma that is historical but still resonates in contemporary U.S. and European politics where anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, and anti-Muslim sentiments have risen. The photos encourage the viewers to think about how the horrors of Fascism and World War II are still relevant today. What will happen to Europe as anti-immigrant right-wing parties become stronger? Is U.S. democracy weakening and heading towards authoritarianism? “What Remains of the Day – Memories of World War II” engages its viewers by forming a bridge between the past and the present. Witnessing Memory - Eve Willman, Werner Höpfner, Tibor Spitz, Margrit Metzmacher&nbsp;(excerpt) (2019) | Sound Installation | 55:05 minutes <img width="1200" height="801" width_o="1200" height_o="801" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/614af91366129b1ee236d3f2d2302b974f90322bcc7b6744bfefcdc8eeebbf53/GW_DSC_3513_changed05162019.jpg" data-mid="42439278" border="0" alt="What Remains of the Day - Memories of World War II | Pensacola Museum of Art, FL, USA | 2018-19" data-caption="What Remains of the Day - Memories of World War II | Pensacola Museum of Art, FL, USA | 2018-19" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/614af91366129b1ee236d3f2d2302b974f90322bcc7b6744bfefcdc8eeebbf53/GW_DSC_3513_changed05162019.jpg" /> <img width="1918" height="1280" width_o="1918" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34392159b7e2a1c988ca228d77c1ee495e9751a315e5d6f9dd4e185c12bc32b1/GW_DSC_3429_changed.jpg" data-mid="42439276" border="0" alt="What Remains of the Day - Memories of World War II | Pensacola Museum of Art, FL, USA | 2018-19" data-caption="What Remains of the Day - Memories of World War II | Pensacola Museum of Art, FL, USA | 2018-19" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/34392159b7e2a1c988ca228d77c1ee495e9751a315e5d6f9dd4e185c12bc32b1/GW_DSC_3429_changed.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="806" width_o="1200" height_o="806" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac98ca9e22d1b5ac49dcbccb88a79672d4bf6b469b50fb95aac22babd703d304/DSC_3435_new_changed05162019.jpg" data-mid="42439265" border="0" alt="What Remains of the Day - Memories of World War II | Pensacola Museum of Art, FL, USA | 2018-19" data-caption="What Remains of the Day - Memories of World War II | Pensacola Museum of Art, FL, USA | 2018-19" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ac98ca9e22d1b5ac49dcbccb88a79672d4bf6b469b50fb95aac22babd703d304/DSC_3435_new_changed05162019.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="788" width_o="1200" height_o="788" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5233e5d66a7a19ecafa7451684e4a55866a8a30baccf7fff348066b8d070a845/GW_DSC_3448_changed05162019.jpg" data-mid="42439277" border="0" alt="What Remains of the Day - Memories of World War II | Pensacola Museum of Art, FL, USA | 2018-19" data-caption="What Remains of the Day - Memories of World War II | Pensacola Museum of Art, FL, USA | 2018-19" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5233e5d66a7a19ecafa7451684e4a55866a8a30baccf7fff348066b8d070a845/GW_DSC_3448_changed05162019.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="794" width_o="1200" height_o="794" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6fd43b2febc2ea44ac7f8f52999c29600725729ea056a6da055ed5d20dfbe6e2/GW_DSC_3615_changed05162019.jpg" data-mid="42439283" border="0" alt="What Remains of the Day - Memories of World War II | Pensacola Museum of Art, FL, USA | 2018-19 | Map created by Michael Te&szlig;mer, www.gwf-ausstellungen.de, on behalf of KZ-Gedenkst&auml;tte Neuengamme / Hamburg" data-caption="What Remains of the Day - Memories of World War II | Pensacola Museum of Art, FL, USA | 2018-19 | Map created by Michael Teßmer, www.gwf-ausstellungen.de, on behalf of KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme / Hamburg" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6fd43b2febc2ea44ac7f8f52999c29600725729ea056a6da055ed5d20dfbe6e2/GW_DSC_3615_changed05162019.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="813" width_o="1200" height_o="813" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e61db1796ac5debc38aa812cdf32aaa00c913d4414383d06529fb8212298e85e/GW_DSC_3340_changed05162019.jpg" data-mid="42439269" border="0" alt="What Remains of the Day - Memories of World War II | Pensacola Museum of Art, FL, USA | 2018-19" data-caption="What Remains of the Day - Memories of World War II | Pensacola Museum of Art, FL, USA | 2018-19" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e61db1796ac5debc38aa812cdf32aaa00c913d4414383d06529fb8212298e85e/GW_DSC_3340_changed05162019.jpg" /> <img width="1950" height="1280" width_o="1950" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d2d6f61b3eab664dfa0ca97fa07b77f191688322cc5c2b46e207cee6d42c57c/GW_DSC_3624_auto-color.jpg" data-mid="42439284" border="0" alt="What Remains of the Day - Memories of World War II | Pensacola Museum of Art, FL, USA | 2018-19" data-caption="What Remains of the Day - Memories of World War II | Pensacola Museum of Art, FL, USA | 2018-19" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d2d6f61b3eab664dfa0ca97fa07b77f191688322cc5c2b46e207cee6d42c57c/GW_DSC_3624_auto-color.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7e5d7f5dde81f239fba770d6536cb9fdc8c9321a3a66516aaa016eff1648a65/_MG_6202.jpg" data-mid="43675983" border="0" alt="In Other Image, When Words Fail. Open Call Showcase | Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore | 2018 | Image by Adar Ng" data-caption="In Other Image, When Words Fail. Open Call Showcase | Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore | 2018 | Image by Adar Ng" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e7e5d7f5dde81f239fba770d6536cb9fdc8c9321a3a66516aaa016eff1648a65/_MG_6202.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f3218a99ca429573374a61b2bf7b12a0d5d04b55af3fe40ff077e304d7aac7e/_MG_6207.jpg" data-mid="43675984" border="0" alt="In Other Image, When Words Fail. Open Call Showcase | Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore | 2018 | Image by Adar Ng" data-caption="In Other Image, When Words Fail. Open Call Showcase | Singapore International Photography Festival, Singapore | 2018 | Image by Adar Ng" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f3218a99ca429573374a61b2bf7b12a0d5d04b55af3fe40ff077e304d7aac7e/_MG_6207.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1001" width_o="1500" height_o="1001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/724545c97f2488c58e07608f052923bf7087c78c5b19deaabd4a34ca076b57fe/PhotoNicolo_170712_NIC9317.jpg" data-mid="43676054" border="0" alt="FRESH | Klompching Gallery, New York, NY, USA | 2017 | Image by Nicolo Sertorio" data-caption="FRESH | Klompching Gallery, New York, NY, USA | 2017 | Image by Nicolo Sertorio" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/724545c97f2488c58e07608f052923bf7087c78c5b19deaabd4a34ca076b57fe/PhotoNicolo_170712_NIC9317.jpg" /> https://geschewuerfel.com/Slave-Dwellings Sat, 27 Apr 2019 01:08:00 +0000 Gesche Wuerfel https://geschewuerfel.com/Slave-Dwellings Slave Dwellings&nbsp; <img width="1500" height="1900" width_o="1500" height_o="1900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6c8d5660a3cda2f05cda2858b202c6a855e27a6a909b98db0e09a1cb115298a7/SlaveDwelling-1-3_NEW_14.25x11.25inches.jpg" data-mid="185233480" border="0" alt="Slave Dwelling (Castle Carberry) (2023)" data-caption="Slave Dwelling (Castle Carberry) (2023)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6c8d5660a3cda2f05cda2858b202c6a855e27a6a909b98db0e09a1cb115298a7/SlaveDwelling-1-3_NEW_14.25x11.25inches.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1900" width_o="1500" height_o="1900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/310399fa1d3da0726cf0deb070ab89d23fc9283901901bc093b0b322a907a0f9/Slave-Dwelling-3_14.25x11.25inches.jpg" data-mid="185383392" border="0" alt="Slave Dwelling (Mulberry Grove) (2023)" data-caption="Slave Dwelling (Mulberry Grove) (2023)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/310399fa1d3da0726cf0deb070ab89d23fc9283901901bc093b0b322a907a0f9/Slave-Dwelling-3_14.25x11.25inches.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1875" width_o="1500" height_o="1875" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ab72ea69e3251b611bcee0bc4539237943fe753b5eed016858e1dc4c8dcb2ba/SlaveDwelling-2.jpg" data-mid="185383394" border="0" alt="Slave Dwelling (Whitehall) (2023)" data-caption="Slave Dwelling (Whitehall) (2023)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4ab72ea69e3251b611bcee0bc4539237943fe753b5eed016858e1dc4c8dcb2ba/SlaveDwelling-2.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1184" width_o="1500" height_o="1184" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2169fdb5c27dcd3c1eb79bfcd713f3422d4236ad66cc413380757684c44eb0a8/Slave-Dwelling-4_11.25x14.25inches.jpg" data-mid="185383393" border="0" alt="Slave Dwelling (Lavell Tavern) (2023)" data-caption="Slave Dwelling (Lavell Tavern) (2023)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2169fdb5c27dcd3c1eb79bfcd713f3422d4236ad66cc413380757684c44eb0a8/Slave-Dwelling-4_11.25x14.25inches.jpg" /> <img width="1008" height="792" width_o="1008" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/724cb24374e81a7ec952e3e83450cc93721a47d2b477172a928975cbd8388020/Slave-Dwelling-Sleepy-Hollow.jpg" data-mid="186543332" border="0" alt="Slave Dwelling (Sleepy Hollow) (2023)" data-caption="Slave Dwelling (Sleepy Hollow) (2023)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/724cb24374e81a7ec952e3e83450cc93721a47d2b477172a928975cbd8388020/Slave-Dwelling-Sleepy-Hollow.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="943" width_o="1200" height_o="943" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76de4ec233bd9ddc0fe8c78591cea629e134dd11c40ea8d3d952308ac854661c/DSC_3789_color_bw_V2_some-changes_flattened-and-few-more-changes_cropped-and-final.jpg" data-mid="58780340" border="0" alt="Slave Dwelling (Somerset Place) (2020)" data-caption="Slave Dwelling (Somerset Place) (2020)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/76de4ec233bd9ddc0fe8c78591cea629e134dd11c40ea8d3d952308ac854661c/DSC_3789_color_bw_V2_some-changes_flattened-and-few-more-changes_cropped-and-final.jpg" /> <img width="1397" height="1099" width_o="1397" height_o="1099" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7b442f93acc7c5fa77ee7c9640d9af338fd03d8b5bf2e43da5dadc9ab4a078c/GW_Slave-Cabin--Coachman-Quarters-Property-of-N.C.-Supreme-Court-Judge-Thomas-Ruffin.jpg" data-mid="68696158" border="0" alt="Coachman Quarters (Property of Former N.C. Supreme Court Judge Thomas Ruffin) (2020)" data-caption="Coachman Quarters (Property of Former N.C. Supreme Court Judge Thomas Ruffin) (2020)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7b442f93acc7c5fa77ee7c9640d9af338fd03d8b5bf2e43da5dadc9ab4a078c/GW_Slave-Cabin--Coachman-Quarters-Property-of-N.C.-Supreme-Court-Judge-Thomas-Ruffin.jpg" /> 2014 - 2023 Archival Pigment Prints 11 x 14”&nbsp; Edition of 5, 1 AP “Slave Dwellings (Oppressive Architecture)” is a project that examines how architecture functioned as an instrument of control within the plantation system of the American South. It investigates the inhumane living and working conditions imposed on people of African descent and analyzes how architectural forms supported commodity production, enforced social repression, and regulated human life and reproduction. This project seeks to demonstrate how these structures continue to shape the contemporary landscape, affect present-day communities, and influence our understanding of history. My personal connection to this subject—through my marriage to an African American man whose family was forcibly brought to Virginia—motivates this inquiry. Through this and related projects, I examine my relationship and the intertwined histories of our families in the United States and Germany, addressing themes that include slavery, the Holocaust, and World War II. All images of former slave dwellings were photographed at dusk in North Carolina and Virginia. Locating these structures has been difficult, as many slave dwellings have been demolished or allowed to deteriorate beyond repair. In contrast, the plantation owners’ “big houses” are often preserved—frequently repurposed as venues for weddings and other events—thereby perpetuating a one-sided account of the history of slavery. I am deeply grateful to the Slave Dwelling Project and to several individuals committed to this work, particularly Jon Williams, for assisting me in finding these sites. Through the leadership of its founder, Joseph McGill, the Slave Dwelling Project seeks to advance a more honest and inclusive historical narrative. McGill’s mission is to spend a night in every surviving slave dwelling in the United States in order to help preserve these structures and educate the public about their significance. In 2023, I was commissioned to photograph the remaining three dwellings in Brownsburg, VA, for the exhibition, "Intervowen - Unearthed Stories of Slavery," which is on view through the end of 2026. <img width="1500" height="1179" width_o="1500" height_o="1179" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8ee207a80ffc5ae2d8d5f40f829e3454d27d917bb876bbb84e22bcb23f73d931/GW_Slave-Quarters-Bellamy-Mansion_2020.jpg" data-mid="68696958" border="0" alt="Slave Quarters (Bellamy Mansion) (2014)" data-caption="Slave Quarters (Bellamy Mansion) (2014)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8ee207a80ffc5ae2d8d5f40f829e3454d27d917bb876bbb84e22bcb23f73d931/GW_Slave-Quarters-Bellamy-Mansion_2020.jpg" /> <img width="1420" height="1116" width_o="1420" height_o="1116" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/43bf4364b932fe21257ff356774d7239662a86a419632b66eb760adb6675fe62/06_slavecabinleighfarm.jpg" data-mid="68942818" border="0" alt="Slave Dwelling (Leigh Farm) (2015)" data-caption="Slave Dwelling (Leigh Farm) (2015)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/43bf4364b932fe21257ff356774d7239662a86a419632b66eb760adb6675fe62/06_slavecabinleighfarm.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1572" width_o="2000" height_o="1572" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b5f91b3a287a3f0bbaa53b8502da8f8587d64c8a676e01d77d333ccafae44d7a/GW_Slave-Cabin-Hargraves-Plantation.jpg" data-mid="41050458" border="0" alt="Slave Dwelling (Hargraves Plantation) (2014)" data-caption="Slave Dwelling (Hargraves Plantation) (2014)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b5f91b3a287a3f0bbaa53b8502da8f8587d64c8a676e01d77d333ccafae44d7a/GW_Slave-Cabin-Hargraves-Plantation.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1571" width_o="2000" height_o="1571" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b915f3e0eac8e6faefa9c88f022f164bb6a29e0a4b749181a45539b45e697fc/GW_Slave-Cabin-McCollum-Farm.jpg" data-mid="41050460" border="0" alt="Slave Dwelling (McCollum Farm) (2014)" data-caption="Slave Dwelling (McCollum Farm) (2014)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b915f3e0eac8e6faefa9c88f022f164bb6a29e0a4b749181a45539b45e697fc/GW_Slave-Cabin-McCollum-Farm.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1571" width_o="2000" height_o="1571" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a34d8a8814a6063af0d750e06bd58fc46649796dabb5a0ab845fa72d3f5db97/GW_Slave-Cabin-Pine-Hall-Plantation.jpg" data-mid="41050466" border="0" alt="Slave Dwelling (Pine Hall Plantation) (2014)" data-caption="Slave Dwelling (Pine Hall Plantation) (2014)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a34d8a8814a6063af0d750e06bd58fc46649796dabb5a0ab845fa72d3f5db97/GW_Slave-Cabin-Pine-Hall-Plantation.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1571" width_o="2000" height_o="1571" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a64f86a4ccd24da61e3832ab371ff9e25265f13d0fe608381596819bd7ffe8a9/GW_Slave-Cabin-Stagville-Plantation.jpg" data-mid="41050471" border="0" alt="Slave Dwelling (Stagville Plantation) (2015)" data-caption="Slave Dwelling (Stagville Plantation) (2015)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a64f86a4ccd24da61e3832ab371ff9e25265f13d0fe608381596819bd7ffe8a9/GW_Slave-Cabin-Stagville-Plantation.jpg" /> <img width="1990" height="1563" width_o="1990" height_o="1563" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83e72f6ab9d0efa241371bfa576022710dfd23481dfeb4f5c777a64bdac11379/GW_Slave-Cabin-2-Pine-Hall-Plantation.jpg" data-mid="41365807" border="0" alt="Slave Dwelling 2 (Pine Hall Plantation) (2014)" data-caption="Slave Dwelling 2 (Pine Hall Plantation) (2014)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/83e72f6ab9d0efa241371bfa576022710dfd23481dfeb4f5c777a64bdac11379/GW_Slave-Cabin-2-Pine-Hall-Plantation.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1019" width_o="1500" height_o="1019" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ec80628c4db975671a1f9689db14a9f85f2d322f9031ba8c6f200f3f1472847/DSC_0381.jpg" data-mid="41050271" border="0" alt="Oppressive Architecture | Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) Raleigh, NC, USA | 2016" data-caption="Oppressive Architecture | Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) Raleigh, NC, USA | 2016" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ec80628c4db975671a1f9689db14a9f85f2d322f9031ba8c6f200f3f1472847/DSC_0381.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1001" width_o="1500" height_o="1001" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4863be9b8c6eaa29cfe0e0e8b20f986f3e19ee20e899f3dbe6f1a5687ac50234/DSC_0330.jpg" data-mid="41050269" border="0" data-scale="100" alt="Oppressive Architecture | Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) Raleigh, NC, USA | 2016" data-caption="Oppressive Architecture | Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) Raleigh, NC, USA | 2016" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4863be9b8c6eaa29cfe0e0e8b20f986f3e19ee20e899f3dbe6f1a5687ac50234/DSC_0330.jpg" /> <img width="1443" height="985" width_o="1443" height_o="985" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b8a9cd00c33fc2030709b02722f1e728d4177f7333827121af3669c2a155ba7/DSC_0368_new.jpg" data-mid="41050270" border="0" alt="Oppressive Architecture | Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) Raleigh, NC, USA | 2016" data-caption="Oppressive Architecture | Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) Raleigh, NC, USA | 2016" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4b8a9cd00c33fc2030709b02722f1e728d4177f7333827121af3669c2a155ba7/DSC_0368_new.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1367" width_o="2048" height_o="1367" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1446b58300963ff545e15a17305f4c3248c75d592d940253005c7b47e472f9a4/20_GW_Install-Browsnburg.jpg" data-mid="242386241" border="0" alt="Intervowen. Unearthed Stories of Slavery | Brownsburg Museum, VA, USA | 2024" data-caption="Intervowen. Unearthed Stories of Slavery | Brownsburg Museum, VA, USA | 2024" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1446b58300963ff545e15a17305f4c3248c75d592d940253005c7b47e472f9a4/20_GW_Install-Browsnburg.jpg" /> https://geschewuerfel.com/Plantation-Still-Lifes Sat, 27 Apr 2019 01:08:00 +0000 Gesche Wuerfel https://geschewuerfel.com/Plantation-Still-Lifes Plantation Still Lifes <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2422f56fe9f2d9f5612c83848705a13d920a742c93f2088fe3004d05972f3e0c/GW_squash_large_incraese-canvas-on-bottom.jpg" data-mid="185231674" border="0" alt="Squash (Castle Carberry) (2023)" data-caption="Squash (Castle Carberry) (2023)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2422f56fe9f2d9f5612c83848705a13d920a742c93f2088fe3004d05972f3e0c/GW_squash_large_incraese-canvas-on-bottom.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f86d17738862d68f89806355314d5a788af4b6a0044ed61841cb8980b8b2d474/GW_Allium_large.jpg" data-mid="185231671" border="0" alt="Allium (Mulberry Grove) (2023)" data-caption="Allium (Mulberry Grove) (2023)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f86d17738862d68f89806355314d5a788af4b6a0044ed61841cb8980b8b2d474/GW_Allium_large.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e741cf06a7e863c1030abb95d05db94800585743f3ebf5d87dba2eba0dbfeea/GW_Lambs-Ear_large.jpg" data-mid="185231672" border="0" alt="Lamb's Ear (Sleepy Hollow) (2023)" data-caption="Lamb's Ear (Sleepy Hollow) (2023)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e741cf06a7e863c1030abb95d05db94800585743f3ebf5d87dba2eba0dbfeea/GW_Lambs-Ear_large.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6b18eba2e3d3f071d537f2c988eaf11643b04f1c76b7098c3578b79d3ffe79e3/GW_turnips_large.jpg" data-mid="185231675" border="0" alt="Turnips (Whitehall) (2023)" data-caption="Turnips (Whitehall) (2023)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6b18eba2e3d3f071d537f2c988eaf11643b04f1c76b7098c3578b79d3ffe79e3/GW_turnips_large.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53f913f62833d82422d95ac6be510e05bf236be85f44af715e2ed2df4f03726a/GW_Pecan_large.jpg" data-mid="185231673" border="0" alt="Pecan (Lavell Tavern) (2023)" data-caption="Pecan (Lavell Tavern) (2023)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53f913f62833d82422d95ac6be510e05bf236be85f44af715e2ed2df4f03726a/GW_Pecan_large.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4665651d2afdd97b6de0b97dc6749f8cbfbf258562212afee430bd626509958a/GW_Wheat_large.jpg" data-mid="185231676" border="0" alt="Wheat (Oakburne) (2023)" data-caption="Wheat (Oakburne) (2023)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4665651d2afdd97b6de0b97dc6749f8cbfbf258562212afee430bd626509958a/GW_Wheat_large.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="960" width_o="960" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/301893a5020cd1dfa878a995c7847335527099e44c2a4e818b37fe47a67f4425/GW-Walnut_new.jpg" data-mid="41051108" border="0" alt="Walnut (Stagville Plantation) (2014)" data-caption="Walnut (Stagville Plantation) (2014)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/301893a5020cd1dfa878a995c7847335527099e44c2a4e818b37fe47a67f4425/GW-Walnut_new.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6868678f43033fc55db11732ee9aa351e78431be6c9bb5c1a57b95b2bf0dc4fc/GW_DSC_9742_option1_lighter.jpg" data-mid="41051096" border="0" alt="Sweet Gum Balls (Hargraves Plantation) (2016)" data-caption="Sweet Gum Balls (Hargraves Plantation) (2016)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6868678f43033fc55db11732ee9aa351e78431be6c9bb5c1a57b95b2bf0dc4fc/GW_DSC_9742_option1_lighter.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5df93568239851302e4141a8ab1d252994f701bcf2cc9a87c21b780d39c33b7c/GW_DSC_9783.jpg" data-mid="41051097" border="0" alt="Okra (Mordecai Plantation) (2016)" data-caption="Okra (Mordecai Plantation) (2016)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5df93568239851302e4141a8ab1d252994f701bcf2cc9a87c21b780d39c33b7c/GW_DSC_9783.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="960" width_o="960" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb762e83b7ddb61acad079ddae6f047027eb474c1f9fa19d30a6f2fee3aa9e08/GW_tobacco_fl.jpg" data-mid="41051106" border="0" alt="Tobacco (McCollum Farm) (2014)" data-caption="Tobacco (McCollum Farm) (2014)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/cb762e83b7ddb61acad079ddae6f047027eb474c1f9fa19d30a6f2fee3aa9e08/GW_tobacco_fl.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e6ccdc0910554bab55d5dc610c7a11ae09ddbd4d7d622f93a7b644ecdf9893a/GW_DSC_9701.jpg" data-mid="41051095" border="0" alt="Corn (Mordecai Plantation) (2016)" data-caption="Corn (Mordecai Plantation) (2016)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4e6ccdc0910554bab55d5dc610c7a11ae09ddbd4d7d622f93a7b644ecdf9893a/GW_DSC_9701.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bcb34a2eda6ad93fc86826c3a8cac0f188ac968018a837249c6d03013ac2e6b9/chestnur.jpg" data-mid="41051121" border="0" alt="Chestnut (Mordecai Plantation) (2015)" data-caption="Chestnut (Mordecai Plantation) (2015)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bcb34a2eda6ad93fc86826c3a8cac0f188ac968018a837249c6d03013ac2e6b9/chestnur.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="960" width_o="960" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9af7257120e1e0675ec7b9039f268029c6473420ae845fe9210c5b95d15bb06f/GW_Osage-Orange_fl_brighter_bit-more-yellow.jpg" data-mid="41051103" border="0" alt="Osage Orange (Stagville Plantation) (2014)" data-caption="Osage Orange (Stagville Plantation) (2014)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/9af7257120e1e0675ec7b9039f268029c6473420ae845fe9210c5b95d15bb06f/GW_Osage-Orange_fl_brighter_bit-more-yellow.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="960" width_o="960" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/703acc9e78af1d2ce0c923578522ddf56f386fe71e59d19d6860ed1fcf1c8b7a/GW_Magnolia-V2.jpg" data-mid="41051102" border="0" alt="Magnolia (Bellamy Mansion) (2014)" data-caption="Magnolia (Bellamy Mansion) (2014)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/703acc9e78af1d2ce0c923578522ddf56f386fe71e59d19d6860ed1fcf1c8b7a/GW_Magnolia-V2.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="960" width_o="960" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b11c8c3f941207a40cadabcec31f1080563cbb78d8f8a94111533b0c31390a3/GW_pines_fl.jpg" data-mid="41051105" border="0" alt="Pine (Orton Plantation) (2014)" data-caption="Pine (Orton Plantation) (2014)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/7b11c8c3f941207a40cadabcec31f1080563cbb78d8f8a94111533b0c31390a3/GW_pines_fl.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="960" width_o="960" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0cae9951a6b964bb8dc17cf585226a84e0aeb9422cc39d2b43c4092fc55da50/GW_pine_fl.jpg" data-mid="41051104" border="0" alt="Pine (Stagville Plantation) (2014)" data-caption="Pine (Stagville Plantation) (2014)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/b0cae9951a6b964bb8dc17cf585226a84e0aeb9422cc39d2b43c4092fc55da50/GW_pine_fl.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="960" width_o="960" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/429e4522529c95a13a0729e753fa1a40acc97fef8a3eb83ec7e1d58869a6c92d/GW_willow_fl_brighter.jpg" data-mid="41051107" border="0" alt="Willow (Boone Hall Plantation) (2014)" data-caption="Willow (Boone Hall Plantation) (2014)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/429e4522529c95a13a0729e753fa1a40acc97fef8a3eb83ec7e1d58869a6c92d/GW_willow_fl_brighter.jpg" /> <img width="960" height="960" width_o="960" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb524e448a427498fd2955dd9f166cd4b3084461f457c0b81bf39e93cad5a732/GW_Sage-Pine-Hall-Plantation_changed.jpg" data-mid="89748642" border="0" alt="Sage (Pine Hall Plantation) (2014)" data-caption="Sage (Pine Hall Plantation) (2014)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/bb524e448a427498fd2955dd9f166cd4b3084461f457c0b81bf39e93cad5a732/GW_Sage-Pine-Hall-Plantation_changed.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/605ef0116ac6460762ed66ea2883094251410c052e0da74712aa9c546de5f3b1/leaves.jpg" data-mid="41365960" border="0" alt="Black Locust Tree (Leigh Farm) (2016)" data-caption="Black Locust Tree (Leigh Farm) (2016)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/605ef0116ac6460762ed66ea2883094251410c052e0da74712aa9c546de5f3b1/leaves.jpg" /> 2014-2023 Archival Pigment Print Edition of 5, 1 AP 8 x 8” Whilst photographing the architectural forms at several former plantations for the Slave Dwellings&nbsp;project, I collected plant specimens - the new inhabitants of these places - and photographed them in the lighting studio. This served as a way to dislocate the specimens from their original spaces. &nbsp;Many of these plants have grown on these former plantations during slavery. <img width="1000" height="667" width_o="1000" height_o="667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42462fed9f3823821795b15dd04f7b4e032ca9ee764274f1565a89bf58395045/GW_09_Installation-Shot.jpg" data-mid="41051111" border="0" alt="The Land of No Things | Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC | 2015" data-caption="The Land of No Things | Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC | 2015" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/42462fed9f3823821795b15dd04f7b4e032ca9ee764274f1565a89bf58395045/GW_09_Installation-Shot.jpg" /> The Land of No Things | Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC | 2015 <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1021c514680b80a439d5d694dec50440fbac35069c3c311470642da917708be/GW_Stagville.jpg" data-mid="41051100" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a1021c514680b80a439d5d694dec50440fbac35069c3c311470642da917708be/GW_Stagville.jpg" /> Slave Dwelling (Stagville Plantation) (2013) 30 x 30" Archival Pigment PrintEdition of 5, 1 AP <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b589ef5422497ce36272ea9e9a04ef4ba42ebc57f98470f69dee257fac74474/GW_Stagville_32x32_360dpibicuib-smoother.jpg" data-mid="41051099" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7b589ef5422497ce36272ea9e9a04ef4ba42ebc57f98470f69dee257fac74474/GW_Stagville_32x32_360dpibicuib-smoother.jpg" /> Interior of Slave Dwelling (Stagville Plantation) <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ecef78655d4288498674c5e13404dc0239387abd4e1cca45890c7368aaa97de/GW_StagvilleRocks_32x32_237dpi_NEW.jpg" data-mid="41051101" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4ecef78655d4288498674c5e13404dc0239387abd4e1cca45890c7368aaa97de/GW_StagvilleRocks_32x32_237dpi_NEW.jpg" /> Foundation of House Slaves Dwelling (Stagville Plantation) https://geschewuerfel.com/Basement-Sanctuaries Fri, 03 May 2019 01:26:28 +0000 Gesche Wuerfel https://geschewuerfel.com/Basement-Sanctuaries Basement Sanctuaries <img width="1000" height="1114" width_o="1000" height_o="1114" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d608b1aeae4687025e568ad1ed23ef4c20520852cdb23e2735135de3b02d7b81/BS_cover.jpg" data-mid="41365532" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d608b1aeae4687025e568ad1ed23ef4c20520852cdb23e2735135de3b02d7b81/BS_cover.jpg" /> 2011-13 Archival Pigment Prints 16 x 16”Edition of 5, 1 AP Basement Sanctuaries explores the ways in which superintendents decorate basements of apartment buildings in Northern Manhattan by illuminating the process of migrant adaptation to the metropolis from&nbsp;an intimate perspective. I, a migrant myself, had the idea for this project when apartment-hunting in the&nbsp;neighborhood. Superintendents are caretakers that usually live in the basements of apartment buildings with more than thirteen units. They are in charge of the building on behalf of the owner, do minor repairs in the&nbsp;apartments and deal with the tenants’ concerns. It is a job that is mainly done by migrants. <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f02529a2339f9adf31d63b7e5785c7edaf3767ea120424d4dfda1156e3f583b/GW_01_untitled-51-tropics.jpg" data-mid="41365533" border="0" alt="untitled 51 (tropics) (2013)" data-caption="untitled 51 (tropics) (2013)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f02529a2339f9adf31d63b7e5785c7edaf3767ea120424d4dfda1156e3f583b/GW_01_untitled-51-tropics.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/801b2d1e2123085315b8a75e8e6e8b5012f95d373c6f611384b14aad321553cb/GW_02_untitled-63-manhattan-skyline.jpg" data-mid="41365534" border="0" alt="untitled 63 (manhattan skyline) (2012)" data-caption="untitled 63 (manhattan skyline) (2012)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/801b2d1e2123085315b8a75e8e6e8b5012f95d373c6f611384b14aad321553cb/GW_02_untitled-63-manhattan-skyline.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ee55e29aa0f50930f3ac0e984fc4438ee2b2ff7fa328912c27fafa08b031cd3/GW_04_untitled-67-jaguar.jpg" data-mid="41365536" border="0" alt="untitled 67 (jaguar) (2011)" data-caption="untitled 67 (jaguar) (2011)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ee55e29aa0f50930f3ac0e984fc4438ee2b2ff7fa328912c27fafa08b031cd3/GW_04_untitled-67-jaguar.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3984223e65ecddae396a8eecec0b78d3bd76778b3767b449501dfa92997ea08/GW_03_untitled-62-curtain.jpg" data-mid="41365535" border="0" alt="untitled 62 (curtain) (2012)" data-caption="untitled 62 (curtain) (2012)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a3984223e65ecddae396a8eecec0b78d3bd76778b3767b449501dfa92997ea08/GW_03_untitled-62-curtain.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f02669091cba85addf71966b0ba7708cfc2b1e3e37a2561efcfc6c8f4cb627a/GW_05_untitled-55-beethoven.jpg" data-mid="41365537" border="0" alt="untitled 55 (beethoven) (2011)" data-caption="untitled 55 (beethoven) (2011)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f02669091cba85addf71966b0ba7708cfc2b1e3e37a2561efcfc6c8f4cb627a/GW_05_untitled-55-beethoven.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6806e30adb84f92843e98894dff89128721bf1dc3062ff35a33a799c96158627/GW_06_untitled-57-cage.jpg" data-mid="41365538" border="0" alt="untitled 57 (cage) (2013)" data-caption="untitled 57 (cage) (2013)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6806e30adb84f92843e98894dff89128721bf1dc3062ff35a33a799c96158627/GW_06_untitled-57-cage.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/223917e5948a7115d5b2f452421673e5a5b71d3e64085728a8ee3d14af1e0ea1/GW_07_untitled-56-jesus.jpg" data-mid="41365539" border="0" alt="untitled 56 (jesus) (2013)" data-caption="untitled 56 (jesus) (2013)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/223917e5948a7115d5b2f452421673e5a5b71d3e64085728a8ee3d14af1e0ea1/GW_07_untitled-56-jesus.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c4fd929290b6190b95736b94a16244218319a065fcd48e02ac3bb28962ca20b8/GW_08_untitled-3-gym.jpg" data-mid="41365540" border="0" alt="untitled 3 (gym) (2011)" data-caption="untitled 3 (gym) (2011)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c4fd929290b6190b95736b94a16244218319a065fcd48e02ac3bb28962ca20b8/GW_08_untitled-3-gym.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bde55745b8f5857dc33d8778d12731f6bd7e4b3c43462e88f8efa7e118d0bedd/GW_09_untitled-52-steps.jpg" data-mid="41365541" border="0" alt="untitled 52 (steps) (2012)" data-caption="untitled 52 (steps) (2012)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bde55745b8f5857dc33d8778d12731f6bd7e4b3c43462e88f8efa7e118d0bedd/GW_09_untitled-52-steps.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3fabf3389416fb83d1b2546c8ffe3d56ce0bdbbf67f128c74dc6222d4c58570d/GW_10_untitled-11-chair.jpg" data-mid="41365542" border="0" alt="untitled 11 (chair) (2011)" data-caption="untitled 11 (chair) (2011)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3fabf3389416fb83d1b2546c8ffe3d56ce0bdbbf67f128c74dc6222d4c58570d/GW_10_untitled-11-chair.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8903d4c132948508cb36f9e5e4ad22f7eef566e47201724c9e7ef2e0e04b0388/GW_11_untitled-42-shopping-cart.jpg" data-mid="65533524" border="0" alt="untitled 42 (shoppingcart) (2011)" data-caption="untitled 42 (shoppingcart) (2011)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8903d4c132948508cb36f9e5e4ad22f7eef566e47201724c9e7ef2e0e04b0388/GW_11_untitled-42-shopping-cart.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93d024d7258104a3de28e86abcf26a382faebf15f429c016860e9efb247d417d/GW_12_untitled-34-dead-plant.jpg" data-mid="41365544" border="0" alt="untitled 34 (dead plant) (2011)" data-caption="untitled 34 (dead plant) (2011)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/93d024d7258104a3de28e86abcf26a382faebf15f429c016860e9efb247d417d/GW_12_untitled-34-dead-plant.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/673b5af9dd07a550e526e6ff19a8334790433b53918765b411d6ee2890ebdeca/GW_13_untitled-35-dog.jpg" data-mid="41365545" border="0" alt="untitled 35 (dog) (2011)" data-caption="untitled 35 (dog) (2011)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/673b5af9dd07a550e526e6ff19a8334790433b53918765b411d6ee2890ebdeca/GW_13_untitled-35-dog.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41382ac1f3a4f0159784782102cf4fb544d0d5b5d56576a42e119beeed7889a6/GW_14_untitled-61-paris.jpg" data-mid="41365546" border="0" alt="untitled 61 (paris) (2013)" data-caption="untitled 61 (paris) (2013)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41382ac1f3a4f0159784782102cf4fb544d0d5b5d56576a42e119beeed7889a6/GW_14_untitled-61-paris.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf386bbdd1d152699385473afe0db6c74265e5f6409781ec7e24da588ab36d10/GW_15_untitled-53-tulips.jpg" data-mid="41365547" border="0" alt="untitled 53 (tulips) (2012)" data-caption="untitled 53 (tulips) (2012)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf386bbdd1d152699385473afe0db6c74265e5f6409781ec7e24da588ab36d10/GW_15_untitled-53-tulips.jpg" /> <img width="1090" height="872" width_o="1090" height_o="872" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d527b9b94f8b82c9642b23096a6e65fe5b6e3824007408fca37ff51cd04758c0/GW_untitled-15-sofa.jpg" data-mid="41365548" border="0" alt="untitled 15 (sofa) (2011)" data-caption="untitled 15 (sofa) (2011)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d527b9b94f8b82c9642b23096a6e65fe5b6e3824007408fca37ff51cd04758c0/GW_untitled-15-sofa.jpg" /> In many ways, basements are special sanctuaries for supers and their families. Supers often live in basements that are hidden from the public and from visitors, which creates a form of privacy. However,&nbsp;the basement is also a space of work for supers and their environment is on display for the residents of&nbsp;the building. Under these circumstances, the supers’ decorations function as a territorial claim over the&nbsp;basement’s public/private space.Most of the supers in Northern Manhattan are migrants from Latin America or the Caribbean, and images from their home countries might connect their new home to a past they have left behind. This can be&nbsp;especially important given the grueling nature of their work and the difficulty of establishing oneself in New&nbsp;York City.The repeated themes of cultural, national, and religious origins suggest that similar impulses drive the decoration process for different supers. However, the photos also show the diverse ways in which supers&nbsp;have personalized their work and living spaces and created a uniquely intimate space in the basement of&nbsp;New York City.The images encourage viewers to think in new ways about how space functions in New York City apartment buildings and broaden our understanding of the relationship among migration, semi-public/private space, and the everyday landscape. The series was published by Schilt Publishing in Spring 2014.&nbsp;Basement Sanctuaries was selected for the LensCulture Emerging Talents 2014 Awards and shortlisted in Professional Architecture Cetegory in the Sony World Photography Awards 2014. It was published in The New York Times, The Guardian, WIRED, mental floss, and many other outlets. <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/90832d2a54b78e46d245d9a573e141549258b78ccf2ffe26eaa2d7a3911d4b70/2000-01-01-00.08.23_05112018_new.jpg" data-mid="41560068" border="0" data-scale="100" alt="Basement Sanctuaries | Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR, USA | 2014" data-caption="Basement Sanctuaries | Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR, USA | 2014" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/90832d2a54b78e46d245d9a573e141549258b78ccf2ffe26eaa2d7a3911d4b70/2000-01-01-00.08.23_05112018_new.jpg" /> <img width="1486" height="994" width_o="1486" height_o="994" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fbe1a6e82ead203c6ae812f36718ed0d75bf89681a350a7bdb737f1a5f3ed556/2000-01-01-00.04.36_05112018copped_new.jpg" data-mid="41560067" border="0" alt="Basement Sanctuaries | Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR, USA | 2014" data-caption="Basement Sanctuaries | Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR, USA | 2014" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fbe1a6e82ead203c6ae812f36718ed0d75bf89681a350a7bdb737f1a5f3ed556/2000-01-01-00.04.36_05112018copped_new.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="956" width_o="1200" height_o="956" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00345c5611267756be50dea29a731b460a535fcb851e9156cb3015e759ba0bbb/01887-combofinal.jpg" data-mid="41394891" border="0" alt="Across County Lines - Contemporary Photography from the Piedmont | Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA | 2018 | Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion" data-caption="Across County Lines - Contemporary Photography from the Piedmont | Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA | 2018 | Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00345c5611267756be50dea29a731b460a535fcb851e9156cb3015e759ba0bbb/01887-combofinal.jpg" /> https://geschewuerfel.com/Go-for-Gold Fri, 03 May 2019 13:24:01 +0000 Gesche Wuerfel https://geschewuerfel.com/Go-for-Gold Go for Gold! <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d226f3463b911f185784a2664f3a5e3051a0d0b0169c8820d22d4470e9697497/GW_01_Olympic-Village-1-2006.jpg" data-mid="41398768" border="0" alt="Olympic Village 1 (2006)" data-caption="Olympic Village 1 (2006)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d226f3463b911f185784a2664f3a5e3051a0d0b0169c8820d22d4470e9697497/GW_01_Olympic-Village-1-2006.jpg" /> 2006-2016 Digital C-type Prints20 x 20”Edition of 5, 1 AP Go for Gold! depicts the transformation of London’s landscape in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games. It examines how the 2012 Games contribute to the social and geographical transformation of the Lower Lea Valley landscape; a dynamic that occurs every four years across the world in new Olympic cities. <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b611394c2df9a8e29ea7de358bf6a23560f84e5c471257fe3eab8aa3f7246dfa/GW_03_Hockey-Arena-3-2007.jpg" data-mid="41398774" border="0" alt="Hockey Arena 3 (2007)" data-caption="Hockey Arena 3 (2007)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b611394c2df9a8e29ea7de358bf6a23560f84e5c471257fe3eab8aa3f7246dfa/GW_03_Hockey-Arena-3-2007.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/beb6b4214a483f1a5a4ff9b28e6f5d0bcc5f41c2bc9e08f4d945eb4b71bfdd3f/GW_02_Handball-Arena-3-2007.jpg" data-mid="41398773" border="0" alt="Handball Arena 3 (2007)" data-caption="Handball Arena 3 (2007)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/beb6b4214a483f1a5a4ff9b28e6f5d0bcc5f41c2bc9e08f4d945eb4b71bfdd3f/GW_02_Handball-Arena-3-2007.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/618f66dcea09f0d099911ecc91f8f9ee7de265c28e7f5e6b2a008a2aad5760ce/GW_04_Warm-up-Athletics-Tracks-1-2006.jpg" data-mid="41398775" border="0" alt="Warm-up Athletics Tracks 1 (2006)" data-caption="Warm-up Athletics Tracks 1 (2006)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/618f66dcea09f0d099911ecc91f8f9ee7de265c28e7f5e6b2a008a2aad5760ce/GW_04_Warm-up-Athletics-Tracks-1-2006.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64c66791365495131374afd8eb7b3af0949a38e1e7df7f2c76b58300c8d8864c/GW_05_Service-Area-2-2006.jpg" data-mid="41398776" border="0" alt="Service Area 1 (2006)" data-caption="Service Area 1 (2006)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64c66791365495131374afd8eb7b3af0949a38e1e7df7f2c76b58300c8d8864c/GW_05_Service-Area-2-2006.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9df782b76b8e985b621cb29d92e516e86de11b1bcd7186b152e594388e5a2162/GW_06_Paralympic-Tennis-1-2006.jpg" data-mid="41398777" border="0" alt="Paralympic Tennis 1 (2006)" data-caption="Paralympic Tennis 1 (2006)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9df782b76b8e985b621cb29d92e516e86de11b1bcd7186b152e594388e5a2162/GW_06_Paralympic-Tennis-1-2006.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fde2431fc7ca85383f097df5845661aad822bd85cfa59fec27fdbf9193c27fe5/GW_07_Basketball-Arena-1-2006.jpg" data-mid="41398778" border="0" alt="Basketball Arena 1 (2006)" data-caption="Basketball Arena 1 (2006)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fde2431fc7ca85383f097df5845661aad822bd85cfa59fec27fdbf9193c27fe5/GW_07_Basketball-Arena-1-2006.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c082a37a582f37d15c68f904ac696b84700981415fa8b25f26b66f4c92ff7ba2/GW_08_BMX-Track-1-2006.jpg" data-mid="41398779" border="0" alt="BMX Track 1 (2006)" data-caption="BMX Track 1 (2006)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c082a37a582f37d15c68f904ac696b84700981415fa8b25f26b66f4c92ff7ba2/GW_08_BMX-Track-1-2006.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/776f160fd5bf5e17898e73bad0ac468a4306b2a8fabdaadcb0d0b011829a1db5/GW_09_Media-and-Press-Centre-2-2006.jpg" data-mid="41398780" border="0" alt=" Media and Press Centre 2 (2006)" data-caption=" Media and Press Centre 2 (2006)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/776f160fd5bf5e17898e73bad0ac468a4306b2a8fabdaadcb0d0b011829a1db5/GW_09_Media-and-Press-Centre-2-2006.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/98d9a52cd1978896b860476541e7b87b230ad409308cc5c4fd26242a365bb4ca/GW_10_Olympic-Stadium-3-2007.jpg" data-mid="41398781" border="0" alt="Olympic Stadium 3 (2007)" data-caption="Olympic Stadium 3 (2007)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/98d9a52cd1978896b860476541e7b87b230ad409308cc5c4fd26242a365bb4ca/GW_10_Olympic-Stadium-3-2007.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/816ca7fdefa13defbe3fcd6803a3cabc1507769bd4a5ce29d954da0deda42fde/GW_11_Olympic-Stadium-1-2006.jpg" data-mid="41398782" border="0" alt="Olympic Stadium 1 (2006)" data-caption="Olympic Stadium 1 (2006)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/816ca7fdefa13defbe3fcd6803a3cabc1507769bd4a5ce29d954da0deda42fde/GW_11_Olympic-Stadium-1-2006.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14499670bb0ed7fe628d9276212fa78d4633c6e5129e5c476c5fd221cbe3a8ce/GW_12_Handball-Arena-1-2006.jpg" data-mid="41398783" border="0" alt="Handball Arena 1 (2006)" data-caption="Handball Arena 1 (2006)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/14499670bb0ed7fe628d9276212fa78d4633c6e5129e5c476c5fd221cbe3a8ce/GW_12_Handball-Arena-1-2006.jpg" /> <img width="1003" height="1003" width_o="1003" height_o="1003" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc15412a7575c10b68cfbc1087fd5120b230aae2c60a80638db2a93a9bf76547/GW_13_Olympic-Village-2-2007_new.jpg" data-mid="59842950" border="0" alt="Olympic Village 1 (2006)" data-caption="Olympic Village 1 (2006)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bc15412a7575c10b68cfbc1087fd5120b230aae2c60a80638db2a93a9bf76547/GW_13_Olympic-Village-2-2007_new.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/47ead3ddee1eeb9409f61627dac5401698d73d33d7ec0415ecb4bef9a3b3f901/GW_14_Warm-up-Athletics-Tracks-3-2007.jpg" data-mid="41398786" border="0" alt="Warm-up Athletics Tracks 3 (2007)" data-caption="Warm-up Athletics Tracks 3 (2007)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/47ead3ddee1eeb9409f61627dac5401698d73d33d7ec0415ecb4bef9a3b3f901/GW_14_Warm-up-Athletics-Tracks-3-2007.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5305e9ec556fcc6418fadb411263c9e222ab99d7d85bf273e036a89d22b2eb10/GW_15_Hockey-Arena-5-2007.jpg" data-mid="41398787" border="0" alt="Hockey Arena 5 (2007)" data-caption="Hockey Arena 5 (2007)" 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src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2de5042ac125fd97f9d8d24ce2d9e2f431ee14d23d4976a7e4faba241349ac47/GW_18_Car-Park-1-2009.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="819" width_o="1024" height_o="819" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f116cc3bf20814768a7ace0263297cb6ef4543aa33839586eade8b3ff2f302eb/GW_17_Olympic-Stadium-6.jpg" data-mid="41398789" border="0" alt="Olympic Stadium 6 (2009)" data-caption="Olympic Stadium 6 (2009)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f116cc3bf20814768a7ace0263297cb6ef4543aa33839586eade8b3ff2f302eb/GW_17_Olympic-Stadium-6.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d2738827be0002b699e0c003dc74706b5f2646a81f2d33b2756683d667aaac0b/GW_19_Transport-Interchange-and-Security-Check-1-2009.jpg" data-mid="41398791" border="0" alt="Transport Interchange and Security Check 1 (2009)" data-caption="Transport Interchange and Security Check 1 (2009)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d2738827be0002b699e0c003dc74706b5f2646a81f2d33b2756683d667aaac0b/GW_19_Transport-Interchange-and-Security-Check-1-2009.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14656807abf6fca9fa3d77f1666aec6872e9ab289616f799b50278693fe20113/GW_20_Road-Closed-1-2009.jpg" data-mid="41398792" border="0" alt="Road Closed 1 (2009)" data-caption="Road Closed 1 (2009)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/14656807abf6fca9fa3d77f1666aec6872e9ab289616f799b50278693fe20113/GW_20_Road-Closed-1-2009.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8cbd668cae298361ecfe1aca61f1b7a82997c92aa364d4fde34ac934ff0be6ef/GW_22_Towpath-1-2007.jpg" data-mid="41398800" border="0" alt="Towpath 1 (2008)" data-caption="Towpath 1 (2008)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8cbd668cae298361ecfe1aca61f1b7a82997c92aa364d4fde34ac934ff0be6ef/GW_22_Towpath-1-2007.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08953c637f1a75266f340a790af38480a960d086a329bc2a4bee849aa0c5d8ae/GW_21_Olympic-Stadium-4-2007.jpg" data-mid="41398798" border="0" alt="Olympic Stadium 4 (2007)" data-caption="Olympic Stadium 4 (2007)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08953c637f1a75266f340a790af38480a960d086a329bc2a4bee849aa0c5d8ae/GW_21_Olympic-Stadium-4-2007.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0040909ee2dede77674781eace5885069c0f59a29bf2e1e81aa46c3093ac3ec/GW_23_Media-and-Presse-Centre-1-2006.jpg" data-mid="41398801" border="0" alt="Media and Presse Centre 1 (2006)" data-caption="Media and Presse Centre 1 (2006)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b0040909ee2dede77674781eace5885069c0f59a29bf2e1e81aa46c3093ac3ec/GW_23_Media-and-Presse-Centre-1-2006.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ffbd88d36ca1ee461ca0989948d30176f3a41aff5695aae945428a0b7a100b27/GW_24_Fencing-Arena-1-2006.jpg" data-mid="41398802" border="0" alt="Fencing Arena 1 (2006)" data-caption="Fencing Arena 1 (2006)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ffbd88d36ca1ee461ca0989948d30176f3a41aff5695aae945428a0b7a100b27/GW_24_Fencing-Arena-1-2006.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf3fe26eb81b46be0f8727d8d6bd562507059cf314cdb73cfa0461638505a115/GW_25_Fencing-Arena-2-2006.jpg" data-mid="41398803" border="0" alt="Fencing Arena 2 (2006)" data-caption="Fencing Arena 2 (2006)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf3fe26eb81b46be0f8727d8d6bd562507059cf314cdb73cfa0461638505a115/GW_25_Fencing-Arena-2-2006.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/285cb69df1909c02f27044f1fbe279e48009cad87f79a03f056a9e9c1df1eaee/GW_26_Media-and-Press-Centre-3-2007.jpg" data-mid="41398804" border="0" alt="Media and Press Centre 3 (2007)" data-caption="Media and Press Centre 3 (2007)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/285cb69df1909c02f27044f1fbe279e48009cad87f79a03f056a9e9c1df1eaee/GW_26_Media-and-Press-Centre-3-2007.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f192f22cdc3ecb1e0d96fbb07ed79342657eb689c5fdabfc9d5e919a0d83478/GW_Hockey-Arena-2_rotated.jpg" data-mid="41398807" border="0" alt="Hockey Arena 2 (2006)" data-caption="Hockey Arena 2 (2006)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f192f22cdc3ecb1e0d96fbb07ed79342657eb689c5fdabfc9d5e919a0d83478/GW_Hockey-Arena-2_rotated.jpg" /> <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bcc65190a1eec077edc3a24c9b13c1a771afea76c1a49c4548970559050dd68e/GW_28_Hockey-Arena-6-2007.jpg" data-mid="41398806" border="0" alt="Hockey Arena 6 (2007)" data-caption="Hockey Arena 6 (2007)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bcc65190a1eec077edc3a24c9b13c1a771afea76c1a49c4548970559050dd68e/GW_28_Hockey-Arena-6-2007.jpg" /> The first series is from 2006-2007 when I photographed the future sports venues of the 2012 Olympic Games. These images capture the last moments of the Lea Valley landscape before construction for the Olympics’ development programme started.Images from this series are primarily of sublime landscapes and industrial spaces. The only indication of how these places will be transformed comes from the titles, which mark the specific sport venue. This ironic disjuncture between the image and the title causes one to think about the construction and disruption that must occur in order to make the Olympics real. &nbsp; The second series is from 2008-2011 when I photographed around the blue fence that surrounds the Olympic construction site and the high security fence that replaced the blue fence in 2009. These photos show how the Olympic construction site disrupts the connections between residents and their natural and built environment. The third series is from 2012-2016 for which I documented the sites during the Olympic and Paralympic Games as well as the dismantling of the venues and the transformation into the legacy park. Go for Gold!’s overarching message is a critique of how the Olympic Games have been transformed&nbsp;from a sporting to an economic event in which&nbsp;urban regeneration plays a major role. According&nbsp;to the promotional material, the Olympics will&nbsp;generate a better environment for local residents&nbsp;through urban regeneration. My work questions&nbsp;this premise/promise and I argue that the Olympics&nbsp;are mainly used to bolster London’s status as&nbsp;a global economic centre at the expense of local&nbsp;inhabitants’ needs. I encourage people to think&nbsp;about how the Olympics help London compete with&nbsp;other global cities to attract media attention, tourist&nbsp;travel, and foreign investment, all for the benefit of&nbsp;large international corporations and not the local&nbsp;population. This trend is also visible in all the other&nbsp;Olympic host cities. <img width="1486" height="1000" width_o="1486" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/735b775638416f871aef2e54ba84cd3ff947ff6287682f54f3b9edf846e9f011/Walsaall_new.jpg" data-mid="41415505" border="0" alt="Bloomberg New Contemporaries | The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, UK | 2007" data-caption="Bloomberg New Contemporaries | The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, UK | 2007" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/735b775638416f871aef2e54ba84cd3ff947ff6287682f54f3b9edf846e9f011/Walsaall_new.jpg" /> <img width="1504" height="1000" width_o="1504" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d1dac4b972575f465454a9af9ac69dfb44a777580ced3b2e5a219c2d978ed71/DSC_0001_05112018_new.jpg" data-mid="41415503" border="0" alt="Bloomberg New Contemporaries | Club Row, London, UK | 2007" data-caption="Bloomberg New Contemporaries | Club Row, London, UK | 2007" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d1dac4b972575f465454a9af9ac69dfb44a777580ced3b2e5a219c2d978ed71/DSC_0001_05112018_new.jpg" /> <img width="1514" height="1000" width_o="1514" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd362194d3e00f62017b44907e790c4e7240fc3a2abef0f2ad5af9e6729462a1/03_MIT-show-by-Daniels.jpg" data-mid="41398734" border="0" data-scale="100" alt="Go for Gold! | Wolk Gallery, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA, USA | 2010 | Photo by Daniels" data-caption="Go for Gold! | Wolk Gallery, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA, USA | 2010 | Photo by Daniels" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fd362194d3e00f62017b44907e790c4e7240fc3a2abef0f2ad5af9e6729462a1/03_MIT-show-by-Daniels.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19694e77dd41f97414e6f4991a665650026779e294557cb7a80dc3038150730a/04_MIT-show-by-Daniels.jpg" data-mid="41398735" border="0" alt="Go for Gold! | Wolk Gallery, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA, USA | 2010 | Photo by Daniels" data-caption="Go for Gold! | Wolk Gallery, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA, USA | 2010 | Photo by Daniels" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/19694e77dd41f97414e6f4991a665650026779e294557cb7a80dc3038150730a/04_MIT-show-by-Daniels.jpg" /> <img width="1480" height="1000" width_o="1480" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1e91d003276b6113acf4f67bf95aa2d6dd3c9b4d2f542187c1e7e59f52d384c/05_MIT-show-by-Daniels.jpg" data-mid="41398736" border="0" alt="Go for Gold! | Wolk Gallery, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA, USA | 2010 | Photo by Daniels" data-caption="Go for Gold! | Wolk Gallery, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA, USA | 2010 | Photo by Daniels" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1e91d003276b6113acf4f67bf95aa2d6dd3c9b4d2f542187c1e7e59f52d384c/05_MIT-show-by-Daniels.jpg" />