Focus Area

Documentary Photography

We are flooded with images. Without images, there are hardly any publications and images can strongly influence the perception of journalistic topics. At the same time, photo fees are being cut and photo editors are being made redundant.
This is why we at n-ost develop projects in which the contextualised documentary image contributes to European discourse as a medium in its own right. We work together with experienced documentary photographers and editors from all over Europe.

Photo: Florian Bachmeier

News

n-ost and Stiftung Frauenkirche open photo-exhibition in Dresden
Project

Photography network

Started in 2024, ongoing

news & upcoming events

News

n-ost & London Transport Museum open joint photo exhibition
News

In Düsseldorf: "Next Station Ukraine" n-ost photo exhibition
News

In Cologne: "Next Station Ukraine" n-ost photo exhibition
News

Next Station Ukraine in Hamburg

Related projects

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Project

Photography network

Started in 2024, ongoing
Project

Next Station Ukraine

Started in 2022, ongoing
Locations: Germany, Czech Republic
Project

European Images

Started in 2021, ongoing
Locations: Poland, Romania, Moldova, Germany
Project

Audio Slidshow Workshop

2013
Locations: Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Belarus, Germany, Ukraine

Featured articles

Some of the recent writing that stems from current n-ost projects and members.

Ian Visits on the n-ost LTM exhibition Echos of the Blitz in London

Your guide to London's culture

Published on Mar 12, 2024
www.ianvisits.co.uk
BBC Ukraine on the Exhibition "Echoes of the Blitz" in London

Kyiv 2022 and London 1940

Published on Mar 6, 2024
www.bbc.com
FAZ German daily

Zufluchtsort U-Bahn-Schacht

Published on Nov 19, 2022
www.faz.net
In the German daily "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung"

War in Images - the photoproject European Images

Published on Jun 10, 2022
www.faz.net
In the scientific online publication "Visual History"

Journalism in times of war

Published on Mar 28, 2022
visual-history.de
In the podcast series "New thinking of photography"

The power of images Part I

Published on Mar 23, 2022
fotografie-neu-denken.podigee.io

Network members in related projects

Check out all the participating journalists listed here. This is what brings them together.

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Alex Cordova

Filmmaker, Photographer, Artist, Freelance

Antwerp, Belgium
Michelle Maicher

Photographer, Michelle Maicher

Hamburg, Germany
Kostyantyn Chernichkin

Photographer, Freelance

Kyiv, Ukraine
Matthias Schumann

Photographer

Dresden, Germany
Marc-Steffen Unger

Photographer

Berlin, Germany
Agata Szymanska-Medina

Photographer

Berlin, Germany
Paweł Starzec

Photographer

Warsaw, Poland
Alina Smutko

Photographer

Poltava, Ukraine
Denis Sinyakov

Photographer

Moskau, Russian Federation
Maxim Sarychau

Photographer

Belarus
Marko Risovic

Photographer, Kamerades

Belgrade, Serbia
Sergey Novikov

Photographer, colta.ru
Milovan Milenkovic

Photographer, Kamerades

Belgrad, Serbia
Helena Lea Manhartsberger

Photographer
Evgeniy Maloletka

Photographer

Ukraine
Piotr Malecki

Photographer, Filmmaker, Freelance

Warsaw, Poland
Andrei Liankevich

Photographer, freelance photographer

Minsk, Belarus
Daniel Kaldori

Photographer

Budapest, Hungary
Dobrin Kashavelov

Photographer, Cinematographer

Sofia, Bulgaria
Adam Lach

Photographer
Siarhei Hudzilin

Photographer

Minsk, Belarus
Jacob Ganslmaier

Photographer
Emile Ducke

Photographer

Berlin, Germany
Karolina Mazurkiewicz

Art Director, Pismo
Anastasia Anisimova

Project Manager, n-ost

Berlin, Germany
Magdalena Kicińska

Editor in Chief, Pismo

Warsaw
Martin Fejer

Photographer, Journalist, est&ost photography

Berlin, Germany
Merlin Nadj-Torma

Photographer

Berlin, Germany
Florian Bachmeier

Photographer

La Lastra de Castro, Spain
Hannes Jung

Photographer

Berlin, Germany
Björn Steinz

Photographer, Okazphotography

Prague, Czech Republic
Anita Back

Photographer

Berlin, Germany
Roland Bogati

Photographer

Pforzheim, Germany
Ole Witt

Photographer

Berlin, Germany
Anthony Pizzoferrato

Photographer

Yerevan, Armenia
Temo Bardzimashvili

Photographer

Georgia
Stefan Günther

Photo Editor, Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Zurich, Switzerland
Ramin Mazur

Photo Editor, n-ost

Chisinau, Moldova

Cooperation partners

Kajet Journal
Pismo

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